JPH0916638A - Method for extracting terminal array data - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To easily extract terminal array data. CONSTITUTION: Symbol information extracting processing 2 from development/ connection drawing data 1 is executed to prepare a work file 3. Cable route data 5 and connector connection data 6 are extracted from extracted symbol information. Inter-board transfer data 11 and plural terminal board data 121 to 12n are extracted based upon board number priority data 9 prepared based upon board number array constitution and board mark array priority inputted from an input means 7 and the cable route data 5.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a method for automatically extracting terminal arrangement data, and more particularly, to a development connection diagram (expansion connection C in a CAD system for producing a development connection diagram for a switchboard).
The present invention relates to a method for automatically extracting terminal arrangement data from AD data).

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art An exploded connection diagram is a drawing in which the operation sequence, the instrument number of each device constituting the circuit, the terminal symbol, the destination of the terminal and the line number are entered so that the movement of the circuit can be easily followed. . When extracting terminal arrangement data from this expanded connection diagram, conventionally, designers, etc., are looking at the expanded connection diagram and looking at the expansion connection diagram, such as differences in panel numbers, row panel configuration, field equipment, cable routing, connector connection data, etc. The terminal arrangement data is read based on the external shape and connection conditions for each.

[0003]

However, in the case of the method in which the designer or the like reads the terminal arrangement data as described above, since the reading depends on the ability of the designer himself, the development connection diagram is provided to the designer. However, there is a problem that the skill of the designer is required because the knowledge to read, the outline information for each equipment and the ability to understand the cable route, or the ability to design the terminal block arrangement diagram is required. Therefore, there is a problem in that the number of design steps of the terminal block array diagram created based on the above-mentioned terminal array data becomes large, and an artificial error (human error) is likely to occur.

An object of the present invention is to provide a method of extracting terminal array data which enables easy extraction of the terminal array data.

[0005]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a method for extracting terminal arrangement data from expanded connection CAD data, wherein symbol information is extracted from the expanded connection diagram data and the symbol information is extracted. The configuration is such that information is processed to create terminal array data. Further, the symbol information is processed to create cable route data and connector connection data, and the cable route data is processed based on the board number priority order data to create terminal block data terminals and board crossover data. It was done.

[0006]

According to the present invention by the above method, the expansion connection CA
From the D data, connector connection data, terminal block data terminals, and terminal arrangement data such as board-to-board data can be classified and automatically extracted.

[0007]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below. FIG. 1 shows a system of an embodiment of a method of extracting terminal arrangement data of the present invention. Specifically, this system is composed of a CAD system, and operates based on software that processes CAD data of the expanded connection diagram according to the following specifications.

In FIG. 1, symbol information extraction processing 2 is performed on expanded connection diagram data 1 composed of expanded connection CAD data, and as a result, a work file 3 is created. Here, the symbol information extracted from the developed connection diagram data 1 is, for example, a line number, an index number, a connection number, a board number, a symbol name, a device unit number, a sheet number, etc. in the developed connection diagram. In process 4, cable route data 5 and connector connection data 6 are created or extracted from the extracted symbol information.

Here, the cable route data 5 represents a board symbol associated with the line number and an external device. The connector connection data 6 is a type of terminal array data. On the other hand, from the input means 7 such as a keyboard,
Board number row board configuration, board symbol row priority order, etc. are entered,
Based on this, the board number priority order data 9 is created by the process 8. Then, using the board number priority order data 9 and the cable route data 5 described above, the board-to-board crossover data 11 and the terminal block data 121 to 12n are created or retrieved by the process 10. In addition, terminal block data 1
21 to 12n are created by the number corresponding to the number of row boards (for example, n pieces).

FIG. 2 shows an example of the terminal block data extracted as described above. In FIG. 2, for example, "B001R11" on the left side means a line number, and "CC-1-1" on the right side means a wiring partner panel number or a field device.

FIG. 3 also shows an example of board-to-board data. In FIG. 3, the upper portion A is shown in FIG.
(For example, 1 is the board number "P-1", 2 is the board number "P-2", 3 is the board number "P-3", and 4 is the board number "P-4". B) on the left side
The part of means the line number. The portion C on the right side means the presence / absence of a crossover wiring connection between the boards, and “*” represents the connection. And, in this example, it means that wiring is performed on all the boards of the board numbers P-1 to P-4 shown in FIG.

FIG. 5 is a flow chart showing a comparison of processing between the embodiment of the present invention and the conventional example.
N) Data input (panel symbol, CN device, wiring symbol, destination) etc. is manually entered in the drawing process, and terminal block data input (panel symbol, wiring symbol, destination) etc. is manually entered C
Although input to the AD processing, it is processed by the following steps in the embodiment of the present invention.

S1 is a step of inputting a temporary plate symbol (external device), and the input in this step is performed manually. When the input of the temporary board symbol is completed, the process proceeds to step S2 together with the row board information. In step S2, data interlocking processing is performed from the developed connection diagram data. After this processing, cable list output processing is performed in step S3, and step S3
The cable route is corrected by the process of 4. This correction is done manually. When the correction is completed, the data processing, particularly the data creation processing for each board, is performed in step S5. When the data processing in step S5 is completed, the CAD processing in step S6 is performed, the data is checked and corrected in step S7, the connector terminal array data is automatically created in step S8, and the drawing is sent out. . Note that step S9 is CN data, and step S10 is a wiring symbol sorting rule.

[0014]

As described above, according to the terminal arrangement data extracting method of the present invention, even an unskilled person can easily extract the terminal arrangement information from the developed connection diagram data.
Therefore, it is possible to reduce the number of design steps for the terminal block arrangement diagram and eliminate human error.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of terminal block data.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of board-to-board transfer data.

FIG. 4 is a row board configuration diagram of a board-to-board connecting terminal arrangement.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing a comparison between the example and the conventional example.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 ... Expanded connection diagram data 5 ... Cable route data 6 ... Connector connection data 11 ... Board crossing data

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A method for extracting terminal array data from expanded connection CAD data, wherein symbol information is extracted from the expanded connection diagram data, and the symbol information is processed to create terminal array data. How to retrieve array data. 2. The symbol information is processed to create cable route data and connector connection data, and the cable route data is processed based on board number priority order data to create terminal block data terminals and board crossover data. The method for extracting terminal array data according to claim 1, wherein: