JPH0594487A - Management system of device data - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To reduce a conversion time from drawing information to device data and to efficiently utilize a storage device for storing device data. CONSTITUTION:Device data is managed by separating into general device data obtained by converting the graphic specific to each drawing and turning-into- component device data obtained by converting a normalized graphic on the storage device. A device data synthesizing plural pieces if turning-into-component device data with general device data and transmits it to a visible drawing output device 7 as one piece of device data to output the drawing.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a device data management system, and more particularly to a device data management system in the process of outputting a drawing based on drawing information to a recording medium handled by a visible drawing output device (plotter or the like).

Here, drawing information means CAD (Comp
Utter Aided Design) and other drawing information and drawing information created by a graphics processing system, and device data refers to a set of commands for controlling a visible drawing output device to output a drawing based on drawing information.

[0003]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in the management of device data of this type, the device data is not treated as a component, and there is no function of combining different device data. That is, one piece of device data is generated from one piece of drawing information, and all information of the drawings to be output to the recording medium (paper or the like in the plotter) of the visible drawing output device is registered in one piece of device data.

In order to convert parts (graphic shapes commonly used in each drawing) common to a plurality of different drawings output to the visible drawing output device into parts, generally, the drawings before conversion into device data are used. Information is combined with each other and CAD
The term in is referred to as a component merge or a pattern merge.

[0005]

In the above-described conventional apparatus data management system, even if there are many standardized portions common to a plurality of different drawing information, each drawing information is converted into apparatus data. Since the conversion is also performed each time for the standardized part, it takes a lot of time to generate the device data, and if the generated data is stored for a certain period of time, the standardized part is stored in each device. There is a drawback in that the use of the storage device for storing the data is inefficient because it has the data.

[0006]

The system of the present invention is a device data management system in the process of outputting a drawing based on drawing information to a recording medium handled by a visible drawing output device. Among them, general device data registration means that records and manages a part unique to each drawing information as general device data on a recording device, and device data of a standardized part common to many drawing information parts Componentized device data registration means for converting and storing the data on the storage device, and general device data and a plurality of componentized device data are combined and transmitted as one device data to the visible drawing output device. And means.

[0007]

The present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an embodiment of the present invention. In this embodiment, the general device data registration means 1
It is composed of a componentizing device data registration means 2, a device data reading and transmitting means 3, three storage devices 4, 5 and 6, and a visible drawing output device 7.

The general device data registration means 1 includes a device data type management means 11 and a general device data recording means 12, and the componentized device data registration means 2 includes a device data type management means 21 and a componentized device data. The recording means 22 is included.

The device data reading / transmitting means 3 includes a device data type managing means 31 and a device data synthesizing means 32.
And general device data reading means 33, componentized device data reading means 34 and device data transmitting means 35.

In FIGS. 1 and 2, thin arrows indicate the main data flow, and thick arrows (double arrow) indicate the main processing flow.

The general device data registration means 1 stores the general device data stored in the storage device 5 into the general device data storage device 1.
2 is stored in the storage device 4. The componentizing device data registration means 2 causes the componentizing device data storage means 22 to store the componentizing device data stored in the storage device 6 in the storage device 4.

The device data type management means 11 and the device data type management means 21 store so that the device data stored in the storage device 4 can be identified as general device data or componentized device data.

The device data reading / transmitting means 3 outputs the device data in the storage device 4 to the visible drawing output device 7, and searches the general device data stored in the storage device 4 by the device data type management means 31. The general device data reading means 33 reads the general device data. When there is componentized device data corresponding to the standardized graphic information to be combined with this general device data, the device data type management means 31 retrieves the target componentized device data from the storage device 4 and converts it into a component. The device data reading means 34 reads this and synthesizes it with the device data 32.

Although it is not always necessary to combine componentized device data with arbitrary general device data, it is also possible to combine two or more componentized device data. In this way, the general device data and the componentized device data combined as one device data are transmitted to the visible drawing output device by the device data transmission means 35.

FIG. 3 illustrates an example of a storage state of various device data in the storage device 4. As described above, a plurality of different general device data and componentized device data are mixedly stored in one storage device 4, and these are managed by the device data type management information. This management information is
The device data type management means updates and refers to it.

FIG. 4 shows a specific example of a method for associating general device data with componentizing device data. In this case, the general device data 100 holds unique device data as well as composition information of two component device data to be combined.
This synthesizing information is referred to by the device data synthesizing unit 32 for synthesizing the general device data and the componentizing device data. As a specific example of this information, information indicating the name of the componentizing device data and the synthesizing position ( Coordinate values).

FIG. 5, FIG. 6, FIG. 7, and FIG. 8 are specific examples using actual device data.

FIG. 5 shows general device data, FIG. 6 shows componentizing device data in which a frame of a standardized drawing is used as a component, and FIG. 7 is componentizing device data in which a standardized logo is used as a component. In the process of outputting the general device data of FIG. 5 to the visible drawing output device 7, the device data combining means 32 combines the componentized device data shown in FIGS. 6 and 7, and outputs the visible drawing as one drawing shown in FIG. It is output to the recording medium on the device.

[0020]

As described above, according to the present invention, since the standardized graphic portion common to a plurality of different drawing information is stored in the storage device in advance so that it can be shared as the data of the componentizing device, the drawing information is stored. The effect of being able to reduce the time required to convert the standardized part in the process of converting data from device data to device data, and because many general device data have one componentized device data, the capacity of the storage device that stores device data is reduced. It has the effect of being able to.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a conventional example.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a specific example showing a management state of device data in a storage device 4 in FIG.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a specific example of a method of associating general device data with componentizing device data.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a specific example of general device data.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a specific example of componentizing device data.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a specific example of componentizing device data.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing device data obtained as a result of synthesizing the component device data of FIGS. 6 and 7 with general device data.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 General device data registration means 2 Componentized device data registration means 3 Device data read transmission means 4, 5, 6 Storage device 7 Visible drawing output device 11, 21, 31 Device data type management means 12 General device data storage means 22 Componentization Device data storage unit 32 Device data composition unit 33 General device data reading unit 34 Componentized device data reading unit 35 Device data transmission unit

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. In a device data management method in the process of outputting a drawing based on drawing information to a recording medium handled by a visible drawing output device, a part of the device data corresponding to the drawing information that is unique to each drawing information. General device data registration means for recording and managing as general device data on a recording device, and device data of a standardized portion common to many drawing information is divided into parts and stored in the storage device for management. And a device data reading and transmitting device for synthesizing general device data and a plurality of componentizing device data and transmitting the combined device data to the visible drawing output device as one device data. Data management method.