JPH0567982B2 - - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to an apparatus for creating information necessary for creating an assembly drawing of a control panel.

[Conventional technology]

In order to create an assembly drawing of a control panel, first, the use of the individual appliances to be installed is investigated using catalogs and other materials, and the shapes, sizes, etc. of the appliances are recognized. Next, the original drawings for the assembly drawings are created by selecting similar original drawings from a collection of standard original drawings and making partial modifications as necessary. In the assembly drawing original drawing created in this way, we adopt a method of pasting and arranging the Watupen-like drawing of the equipment (as if it were a Watupen-like drawing on the basic drawing) separately from the data of the survey results. I prepare for creating assembly drawings by selecting the parts (as they are called) and drawing the missing parts.

On the other hand, there are tens of thousands of instruments commonly used in control panels, etc., and among them, we will investigate and draw the instruments (approximately 200) used in a certain control panel. It takes a lot of work time. Furthermore, since the essence of the work is transcription or conversion into drawings, errors are likely to occur, which has been an obstacle to improving work quality and work efficiency.

Therefore, in order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the applicant carried out the following tasks at the design preparation stage: () Investigation of the shape, size, etc. of the mounting equipment () Selection and partial correction of the original assembly drawing () Japanese Patent Application No. 139170 (1982) has proposed a device that can automate the preparation (selection, creation) and make it visible to the designer.
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Furthermore, although control panels and switchboards are generally made to order, the basic parts are always fixed and are standardized with variable parts to accommodate the special specifications of the customer. In other words, instead of designing from scratch each time we receive an order, we design a product for a specific customer by changing (deletion, addition, etc.) a part of a similar product, which is called editorial design. ing.

Since the above-mentioned equipment is designed from scratch each time an order is received, the design of the highly standardized model was insufficient for improving design efficiency and stabilizing quality. In Japanese Patent Application No. 59-252742 (Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 61-131069), we have proposed a device that can solve this problem and provide an editing design method that only requires additional design for parts with specifications that differ from similar products. .

[Problem to be solved by the invention]

On the other hand, in the manufacturing process of control panels that are made to order,
When it becomes necessary to replace all the equipment numbers specified by the manufacturer as standard, or when the circuit diagram is changed due to changes in specifications or other reasons, additions, deletions, or changes to equipment occur, and accordingly. The user is forced to add or delete the device at an optimal position in the assembly drawing. In addition, other existing instrument arrangements will also need to be moved accordingly.

In these cases, or when a device with almost the same device shape code as a similar control panel is used, but the voltage specifications of the control circuit are different and the device code is different, both the device number and the device code are similar. Since it does not match the assembly drawing of the control panel, applying the above-mentioned device has no effect, and conventionally it has been necessary to repeatedly erase, move, or add the instrument manually.

At this time, there were many errors in writing the instrument number and the outline drawing of the instrument. Also, if you don't have time and are in a hurry, you can ignore the relationship on the circuit diagram and add the fixture to the nearest empty space.
This resulted in quality issues and obstacles to improving design productivity, such as manufacturing control panels that were difficult to maintain and inspect.

The present invention aims to solve the above-mentioned problems in terms of design quality and design productivity that occur due to repeated operations such as erasing, moving, or adding information regarding instruments when changing similar board designs or assembly drawings; Automatically checks quality information such as missing equipment placement,
The purpose is to provide guidance information for the work that designers should take later.

[Means to solve the problem]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention, as shown in FIG. 1, uses the contents of the rename instruction file to match the contents of the pre-change assembly drawing file with the data of the fixture number of the fixture in the fixture latest information file. As shown in FIG.

[Effect]

Even if the instrument number or instrument code is different, if the instrument shape code is the same, the instrument number can be renamed, and spare space can be secured as instructed. Now, even if there is a device that cannot be placed, the information on that device can be called up and displayed on the screen as the contents of the modified assembly drawing file, so designers can easily install some devices that require additional installation. The instrument number is automatically renamed according to a predetermined standard by moving and displaying the instrument outline diagram at a predetermined position and processing it again by this device. In other words, in the worst case, an optimal assembly drawing can be obtained by repeating the simple operation twice using this device.

[Example] The present invention will be specifically described below based on an example shown in the drawings.

FIG. 1 shows a conceptual diagram of an embodiment of the present invention. 1st
In the figure, 10 is an instrument number rename instruction file, 11 is an attachment latest information creation section, 12 is an attachment latest information file, 13 is an assembly diagram drawing file, 14 is a graphic input interface section, and 15 is an assembly diagram figure file. 16 is a pre-change assembly diagram file; 20 is a mounting device data identification unit; 2
1 is the fixture data file, 22 is the fixture panel parts data file, 23 is the fixture number rename processing section, 24 is the check section, 25 is the fixture number rename processing section, 26 is the fixture data file after change, and 27 is unable to be placed. An instrument recognition section, 28 an unplaceable instrument information file, 29 an instrument external figure file, 30 an output information synthesis section, and 31 a changed assembly figure file.

<Input section explanation> When a situation arises that requires replacing the appliance number or adding or subtracting appliances, first enter the identification number of the relevant control panel, the assembly drawing number before change, and the number of spare appliances to be installed for each appliance code. , is stored as the rename instruction file 10 of the instrument number.

In addition, as information on the latest equipment to be installed in the control panel, (a) a unique number for each type and type specification of the equipment, that is, the equipment code, and (b) an identification number for each equipment in the situation where it is used, that is, the equipment number. C. Information on the combination of the shape and dimensions of the device and the device external drawing number, with a unique number for each piece of data, that is, the device shape code, and d. Specific coordinate values on the circuit diagram of the device, such as circuit coordinates, etc. The missing data is synthesized in the fixture latest creation section 11, classified and arranged in the order of fixture shape code, fixture code, and circuit coordinates, and stored in the fixture latest information file 12.

On the other hand, the data of the drawing in the assembly drawing drawing file 13 is extracted in accordance with the identification number in the rename instruction file and the assembly drawing figure number before change, and the data of the drawing in the assembly drawing drawing file 13 is extracted, The creation unit 15 converts it back into text/figure data and geometric figure data, which can be used as assembly drawing information.
It is stored in the pre-change assembly drawing figure file 16 as a collection of unit figure data such as NOTE, LINE, rectangle, etc.

<Explanation of output data> FIGS. 2, 3, and 4 are output information files, that is, the modified assembly drawing figure file 31 of FIG. 1.
FIG. 3 is a whole or partial diagram of an embodiment in which data of the figure is outputted by a drawing output device.

FIG. 2 is an example of a modified assembly drawing, showing the entire drawing after being reduced in size on the graphics display section of the graphics processing device of the CAD system. In the figure, 201 is a main body display section of the modified assembly diagram, and 202 is an unplaceable instrument display section displayed on the outer periphery of the figure frame.

Figure 3 is a partially enlarged view of the main body display part of the assembled drawing after the change, 301A and 301B are the instrument numbers, and 302
A, 302B is an instrument outline drawing, and an instrument shape code is attached as attribute data. Furthermore, the instrument number, instrument outline drawing, and instrument shape code are always treated as a pair of data. 303 is an identification number. Other equipment numbers and pictures other than the equipment outline drawings are control panel parts data groups. Note that the outline drawings of instruments with blank instrument numbers indicate spare instruments.

Figure 4 is a partially enlarged view of the unplaceable instrument display area.
401 is the instrument number, 402 is the instrument outline drawing, 403
is the attribute data of the instrument shape.

<Description of Attachment Data Identification Processing> The data group stored in the pre-change assembly drawing graphic file 16 is sorted into the following two groups according to predetermined criteria described later.

B Instrument number, instrument shape information, instrument shape code,
Fixture data group (B) in which fixture attachment point coordinate data is a set of data.Graphic data group other than the above, that is, control panel parts data group.Next, a method for recognizing the fixture data group will be explained.

For example, the unit figure data stored in the pre-change assembly figure figure file 16 regarding the part 300 in FIG. 3 is as follows.

Rectangle: Coordinates (x1, y1), 1/2 horizontal side length X1, 1/2 vertical side length
Y1, attribute data (PORO10K) NOTE: Coordinates (x2, y2), character code (XXXX) On the other hand, it is defined in advance that the instrument number is written directly in the rectangular area. In other words, if a NOTE is written in a rectangular area, that NOTE
The character code is the instrument number, the rectangle is the instrument shape information, the attachment point coordinates of the rectangle are the instrument attachment point coordinate data, the attribute data therein is recognized as the instrument shape code, and these data are recognized as a set of attachment points. It becomes instrument data and is given the same group number.

Further, the set number is assigned by classifying the data in the order of the instrument shape code and the order of the instrument attachment coordinates X and Y. In this example, the mounting point coordinates of NOTE (x2, y2), rectangular mounting point coordinates (x1, y1), 1/2 horizontal side length X1 and 1/2
2. Since the following equation (1) holds true between vertical side length Y1, the "rectangle" with the attribute data "PORO10K" is the fixture outline drawing, its fixture number is "XXXX", and the fixture installation It can be said that the point coordinates are (x1, y1).

|x1 − x2 | <
If there is an appliance shape code as rectangular attribute data, it is recognized that it is a spare appliance whose appliance number is a space, and these sets of data are also included in the attachment appliance data group.

Next, the data in the pre-change assembly drawing file 16 that is not recognized as a mounting fixture data group is recognized as a control panel parts data group, and an identification number 303 is assigned to both data according to a predetermined standard. Then, each identification number is output to the mounting equipment data file 21 and the control panel parts data file 22, respectively.

<Explanation of the fixture number rename processing unit> The data in the latest information file 12 of the mounting fixtures, which are classified and stored in the order of fixture shape codes, fixture codes, and circuit coordinates, as well as the fixture shape code order and fixture attachment point coordinates X-Y. Compare the data in the attachment data file 21 that has been classified and stored in order, and for those with the same fixture shape code, the former fixture number data is sequentially compared with the group number attached to the latter fixture shape code. By overwriting the NOTE indicating the fixture number of the same group number, the fixture number is renamed and a display indicating that it has been renamed is displayed. That is, the instrument number data on the assembly drawing before change is replaced with the instrument number data of the installed instrument number information file, and this fact is displayed.

<Description of Checking Section> When performing the above processing, it is checked whether there is a difference in the number of instruments with the same instrument shape code in both files, and subsequent processing is carried out depending on the situation of the difference.

<Explanation of the fixture number renaming process> As a result of the above check, if the former number (A) ≦ the latter number (B), due to the fixture arrangement, the spare space is not placed all together at the end, but is placed in the appropriate place. Understand that it should be placed, for example, at the turn of the instrument code, and first replace all the instrument number data that does not have a rename completion indication in the data of the attached instrument data file 21 with blanks.

Next, if the instrument shape code is the same but there are multiple types of instrument codes, the following process is performed to disperse the spare spaces.

If the number of spare instruments to be installed for each instrument code is specified in the rename instruction file 10, shift the arrangement of the instrument with the renamed instrument number so that it is inserted before the instrument number at the turn of the instrument code data by that number. , performs rename processing. At this time, if it is not possible to arrange the specified number of spares, mark that fact.

In addition, if there is no instruction for the number of spare appliances to be installed, the number of distributed appliances is calculated by the ratio of the number of installed appliances for each type of appliance code by the number of spare appliances that can be placed, and in the same way, the placement of appliances with renamed appliance numbers is shifted. Perform rename processing. An identification number is attached to the renamed data and the data is stored as the changed attachment device data file 26.

<Description of the unplaceable appliance recognition processing unit> As a result of the above check, if the former number (A) > the latter number (B), or if the preliminary designated appliance could not be placed in the above process, it is determined that the appliance cannot be placed. Data that is recognized as a device and should serve as guidance for the designer to modify the device later, that is, the device number 401 of the device that has been misplaced (blank if spare), and the device outline drawing 402; The entry position of the instrument shape attribute data 403 is determined according to a predetermined standard, and is stored in the unplaceable processing instrument information file 28 with an identification number attached thereto. The instrument outline diagram is obtained by extracting a group of graphic data corresponding to the instrument outline diagram from the instrument exterior diagram file 29 using the instrument shape code corresponding to the instrument code as a key.

<Output information synthesis section> Finally, the output information synthesis section 30 synthesizes the data in the changed attachment fixture data file 26 and the data in the control panel parts data file 22 to form a changed assembly drawing main body display information section, Furthermore, the data in the unplaceable instrument information file 28 is synthesized according to a predetermined standard,
The modified assembly drawings are stored in the assembly drawing file 31.

FIG. 3 is a partial diagram of an embodiment in which the data of the changed assembly drawing main body display information section and FIG. 4 are the data of the unplaceable appliance display information section, respectively, outputted by the drawing output device.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As explained above, according to the present invention, most of the work for creating and changing similar assembly drawings can be automated by simple operation instructions. In particular, it is extremely useful in practice, since the instrument number can be made to correspond to the outline drawing of the instrument, and each instrument shape code and instrument code type can be renamed in accordance with the coordinate order on the circuit diagram. Specifically, it is possible to easily comply with the orderer's designation regarding how to obtain the appliance number. Furthermore, it is possible to immediately respond to the addition or deletion of instruments due to specification changes during control panel design, and the instrument layout design is easy to maintain and inspect, resulting in high productivity. Guidance information for additional equipment to be placed can be obtained and viewed on the same screen as the main assembly drawing, so by adding some simple operations and renaming the equipment number with this device, you can easily fill in the information. It is possible to create high-quality assembly drawings without mistakes.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a conceptual diagram of the present invention, and FIGS. 2, 3, and 4 are diagrams each illustrating a specific embodiment of the present invention. 10: Rename instruction file, 11: Mounting device latest information creation section, 12: Mounting device latest information file, 13: Assembly drawing drawing file, 14: Graphic input interface section, 15: Assembly drawing figure file creation section, 16: Change Pre-assembly figure file, 20:
Mounting device data identification section, 21: Mounting device data file, 22: Control panel parts data file, 2
3: Instrument number rename processing section, 24: Check section, 25: Instrument number rename processing section, 26: Post-change attached instrument data file, 27: Unplaceable instrument recognition section, 28: Unplaceable instrument information file, 2
9: Instrument external figure file, 30: Output information synthesis section, 31: Post-change assembly drawing figure file, 201:
Main body display section of assembly drawing after change, 202: Unplaceable instrument display section, 401: Instrument number, 402: Instrument outline drawing, 403: Attribute data of instrument shape.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] 1. In a device for creating information necessary when creating an assembly drawing of a control panel, (a) the latest information on the equipment to be installed is provided, (a-) for each type of equipment, such as type, use, etc. A set of (a-) an instrument code, which is a unique number assigned to the instrument, (a-) an instrument number, which is an identification number for each instrument in the usage situation, and (a-) the shape, dimensions, and outline drawing number of the instrument. The information includes the appliance shape code, which is a unique number set for each piece of data, and (a-) circuit coordinates, which are the coordinate values on the circuit diagram of the appliance, and these information are sorted in the order of the appliance shape code, (b) Instructs to rename the fixture number (b-) Control panel identification number; (b-) Assembly drawing number before change. (b-) means for storing the number of spare instruments to be installed for each instrument code as a rename instruction file; and (c) an assembly drawing drawing file corresponding to the identification number and pre-change assembly drawing number in the rename instruction file. Extracts the drawing in question, and converts the character/figure data and geometric figure data in the drawing into information such as instrument number data, instrument shape data, instrument attachment point coordinate data, and other unit figure data via the interface section. and (d) means for storing the converted information as reconvertible unit figure data in a pre-change assembly drawing figure file; (d) a unit figure data group in the pre-change assembly figure file; Separate the data into a group of attachment data consisting of a number, an appliance shape code, and the coordinate data of the attachment point of the appliance, and (d-) a group of control panel parts data consisting of data other than the above, according to predetermined standards,
(e) means for further classifying the former attachment data group, arranging it in the order of appliance shape code and the order of appliance attachment point coordinates and storing it as an attachment data file; (f) said attachment latest information file; and (g) a means for renaming the fixture number by comparing the fixture data file and the fixture data file and sequentially overwriting the fixture number data of the former with the data of the fixture number of the latter for those having the same fixture shape code; (h) If the former number ≦ the latter number, then the remaining number of the fixtures in the latter attachment data file is checked. means for blanking the fixture number, further distributing spare fixture spaces according to predetermined standards, renaming the fixture number, and storing it as a changed fixture data file; (i) if the former number > the latter; If the number of pieces is the former, for each remaining appliance in the latest information file for attached appliances, the appliance shape code is used as a key to determine the appliance outline diagram information and appliance shape attribute data by referring to the appliance outline figure file for each appliance number, and determines the appliance outline diagram information and appliance shape attribute data. means for storing it as an appliance information file; (j) the control panel parts data file, the changed attachment appliance data file renamed by the process of (h), and the arrangement stored by the process of (i); The output information synthesis unit includes means for synthesizing data with a disabled equipment information file according to a predetermined standard and storing the output information as a changed assembly drawing figure file, and the output information synthesis unit includes: (a) an identification number (b) a changed assembly drawing main body display information unit (c); and an unplaceable appliance display information section, and the changed assembly drawing main body display information section is made up of a changed attachment device data group in which the appliance number has been renamed and a control panel parts data group. 1. An assembly diagram information creation device comprising: an unplaceable appliance display information section that is guidance display information for additional placement appliances, which is comprised of set data such as an outline drawing display and appliance attribute display data.