JPS621073A - Drawing managing method for drawing production system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To always display the latest corrected drawing firstly and to extract quickly a desired drawing by adding the corrected history information to the graphic data and preserving these graphic data after rearranging them in the order of larger number of corrected histories. CONSTITUTION:When a command is given to a central processing unit 20 from an input device 21, a list display means 20a works and reads a list of drawings out of a drawing data base 24 to display it on a display device 22. Then the drawing names are selected and a retrieval/display means 20b reads the drawing data out of a drawing file 23 of the base 24. Thus the drawing is displayed on the device 22. An old drawing is partly corrected by the device 21 and a desired drawing is produced by a dialog plotting/history replacement means 20d. At the same time, the contents of the history information are increased by a piece to the drawing with a command given for storage of the history information. Then a sorting/storing means 20e rearranges the graphic data in the order of larger contents of the corrected history information and stores them in the base 24.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Industrial Application Field] The present invention relates to a drawing management method for a drawing creation system using a personal computer, which has a relatively slow processing speed, and particularly to speed up the display of drawings. It concerns a method for

[Conventional technology]

In recent years, with the development of electronic technology, design drawings have been created using computer-based drawing creation systems, making it easy to modify parts of drawings and create new drawings. Because of this, it is often used in the equipment industry, etc.

FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing a conventional drawing creation system. In the figure, 1 is a central processing unit using, for example, a Nokuichisonal computer, 2 is an input device connected to the central processing unit 1, and A keyboard and digitizer are used to input information and various commands.

3 is a drawing database connected to the central processing unit 1, which is a storage device such as a magnetic disk device for storing drawing data input from the input device 2 and drawing data created by partially modifying old drawing data. equipment is used. 4 is a display device that displays drawings under the control of the central processing unit 1; Here, as shown in FIG. 6, the central processing unit 1 includes a list display means 10 for displaying a list of drawing bases stored in the drawing database 3 on the display device 4;
From the displayed list of drawings, a drawing file corresponding to the drawing base selected by the designer using the input device 2 is searched from among the drawing data stored in the drawing database 3 and displayed on the display device 4. It includes a display means 11, an interactive drawing means 12 through which a designer interactively corrects the displayed drawing via the input device 2, and a storage means 13 for storing the corrected drawing in the drawing database 3.

In the drawing creation system configured in this manner, when a designer inputs a list request command from the input device 2, the list display means 1o in the central processing unit 1 is activated and the list is stored in the drawing database 3. A list of existing drawing groups is read out and displayed on the display device 4.

Next, when the input device 2 is operated to specify a drawing number that is considered to be the target drawing from the list displayed on the display device 4, the search/display means 11 is specified and the drawings matching the nine drawing numbers are specified. The information is searched and read from the database 3 and displayed on the display device 4. If the displayed drawing is not the desired drawing, the designer selects the drawing by repeating the same operation. After the desired drawing has been displayed, a corrected drawing is created by giving a correction command to the interactive drawing means 12 from the input device 2. When the drawing creation is completed in this way, when a command to finish the drawing creation is given from the input device 2, the storage means 1
3 is activated and the drawings created are stored in the drawing database 3.

[Problem that the invention seeks to solve]

In conventional drawing creation systems, confirmation is performed by selecting a necessary drawing from only the drawing base using a drawing name list and displaying all drawing data on a display device.

This requires repeated selection and display several times to select and obtain the required drawing, which complicates the operation and requires a long waiting time before obtaining another drawing. was there.

This invention was made to solve the above-mentioned problems, and when the selected drawing is not the required drawing, it is possible to quickly and easily select another drawing, and
The object of the present invention is to obtain a drawing management method in a drawing creation system that allows the selection of required drawings to be performed quickly.

[Means for solving problems]

A drawing management method in a drawing creation system according to the present invention adds modification history information to graphic data constituting a drawing, rearranges and saves the graphic data in descending order of modification history, and saves the graphic data in the middle of displaying the drawing. This allows you to stop displaying the next page.

[Effect]

The drawing management method in the drawing creation system of this invention adds a modification history to graphic data when modifying a drawing,
When saving, the shape data is sorted and saved in descending order of modification history, so when the drawing is displayed, the shape with the most modification history is displayed first, and as a result, it is possible to Selection display will be speeded up.

〔Example〕

Hereinafter, the first embodiment of the present invention will be explained.
In the figure, reference numeral 20 denotes a central processing unit, to which an input device 21 for inputting graphic data and operation commands, a display device 22 for displaying drawings, and a drawing database 24 having drawing files 23 are connected. The central processing unit 1 also includes a list display unit 20a that displays a list of drawings in the drawing database 24 on the display device 22, and a list display unit 20a that displays a list of drawings in the drawing database 24 on the display device 22; A search/display means 20b for selectively displaying the drawings on the display device [22], and a display stop determining means for stopping drawing display on the display device 22 and returning to list display in response to a display stop command supplied from the input device 21. 20
c, interactive drawing/history updating means 20d that performs interactive drawing via the input device 21 and updates the correction history when the drawing is corrected; and rearranges the graphic data in descending order of correction history. Later drawing data 6-s2
A saw that stores the drawing file 23 in 4]... Storage means 2
Fully equipped with 0e.

In a drawing creation system configured in this way, when partially modifying a previously created drawing, the input device [21
The drawing database 2 is stored in the central processing unit 20 by the operation of
Give a command to obtain a list of drawings stored in 4. Then, the list display means 20a provided therein is activated to read out the list of drawings stored in the drawing database 24 and display it on the display device 22.

Here, when the designer selects the name of drawing issued in the past as shown in FIG. A search is performed for the drawing file 23 obtained by the search, and the drawing file 2 found by this search is
3 is read out, the display device 22
The drawing is displayed. Here, since the drawings are displayed on the display device [22], since the graphic data is stored in advance in the order of the most modification history, characteristic shapes with the most modification history are displayed first. Designers can quickly determine whether the drawings are what they need. If the selection is incorrect, input device fX! When a display stop command is input from 21, the display stop judgment means 20c stops the display operation and returns to the list display of drawings by the list display means 20a.

Next, by repeating the above operations, when it is confirmed that the desired drawing has been displayed, the designer interacts with the input device for 21 minutes to display part of the drawing. t(1G) and create the target drawing in the interactive drawing/history updating means 20d, and increase the content of the history information for that drawing by 1 as shown in FIG. 3. Then, correct the drawing. When storage in the drawing database 24 is later instructed from the input device 21, the sorting/storage means 20e rearranges the graphic data in descending order of the content of the modification history information, as shown in FIG. 4, and then stores it in the drawing database 24 again. Therefore, the drawing database 24 always stores graphic data in the order of the number of modifications, and the drawing with the latest modification is always displayed first, making it possible to quickly retrieve the target drawing. It is something that can be done.

Note that in the above embodiment, only the case where modification history information is provided for each graphic data and the content of the modification history information is updated for each graphic data has been described; It is also possible to have each unit perform the process.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As explained above, according to the present invention, modification history information is added to graphic data, and when the drawing is modified, this modification history information is updated, and the data is sorted in descending order of modification history and stored in the drawing database. Therefore, when a designer selects a drawing, characteristic shapes with a long history of modification are displayed from among similar drawings, which makes it easier to quickly confirm the display of the desired drawing. It has excellent effects.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

Fig. 1 is a block diagram for explaining the entire drawing management method in a drawing creation system according to an embodiment of the present invention, Figs. 2 to 4 are diagrams showing examples of contents of drawing files, and Fig. 5 is A block diagram showing a conventional drawing creation system, Fig. 5
FIG. 2 is a configuration diagram showing an example of the central processing unit shown in the figure. 20 is a central processing unit, 20a is a list display means, 20b
20Cl'j is a search/display means; 20Cl'j is a display/stop determination means; 20d is a dialogue drawing/history updating means; 206 is a sorting/storage means.

Claims (1)

[Claims] An input device for inputting drawing data and operation commands, a central processing unit for performing various arithmetic and control operations by inputting the drawing data and operation commands from this input device, and a drawing connected to this central processing unit for storing drawing data. In a drawing management method in a drawing creation system that includes a database and a display device that is connected to the central processing unit and displays drawings, the central processing unit corrects graphic data constituting the drawing by adding correction history information. A drawing management method in a drawing creation system, characterized in that the drawings are updated each time a drawing is added, and the drawings are stored in the drawing database after being rearranged in descending order of revision history.