JPH01211078A - Drawing controller - Google Patents

Abstract

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Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to a drawing management device for converting facility drawings such as water and gas piping systems, electricity and telephone wiring systems into digital information and managing the drawings.

[Conventional technology]

Conventionally, the status of facilities such as water, gas, electricity, and telephone piping and wiring systems has been managed using drawings drawn on paper or polyester film. At this time, if changes occur to the facility, the drawings will need to be revised. All drawing correction work must be done manually, which is problematic in that it requires a lot of effort and time, and the rate of errors is high. In order to solve this problem, it has been proposed to manage facility drawings by converting them into digital information, as described in Japanese Patent Publication No. 61-9667, for example. To manage facility drawings by converting them into digital information, a large number of facility drawings (topographical maps, system diagrams, symbol diagrams, etc.) stored in a file device are displayed on a monitor on a display device.

In addition, drawing correction work is also performed by displaying the drawings on a display device.

[Problem to be solved by the invention]

When managing facility drawings as digital information in this way,
When displaying a plurality of drawings on a display device or automatically correcting drawings, the processing time may take 10 seconds or more, sometimes on the order of minutes, because a large amount of data is handled. For items that take a long time to process, it is desirable to be able to visually check the processing status in order to eliminate operator frustration and anxiety. The operator uses operation input devices such as a mouse and a keyboard. It is generally said that operators become irritated when they are unsure when processing will be completed for more than three seconds, even though the display shows "Processing" as a result of giving operational instructions using these devices. . In particular, to reduce CPU processing time such as automatic correction processing,
If the progress of the process is not displayed on the display device, there is a problem in that the operator does not know when the process will be completed, and the operator becomes irritated and feels uneasy as to whether the process is being completed successfully.

The present invention has been made to address the above-mentioned problems, and its purpose is to provide a drawing management device that allows the temporal status of processing to be visually observed.

[Means to solve the problem]

The present invention displays a bar graph of the temporal situation during processing in a process that takes a long time when facility drawings are displayed on a monitor on a display device or drawing correction work is automatically performed.

[Effect]

The temporal situation during processing is displayed as a bar graph on a display device, and the bar graph changes sequentially according to the progress of the processing situation. As a result, when an operation that requires a long processing time is performed, the progress of the processing can be successively known. Therefore, the operator's frustration and anxiety regarding waiting time can be eliminated.

〔Example〕

Hereinafter, one embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 2 is a basic configuration diagram of a drawing management device which is an embodiment of the present invention.

In FIG. 2, facility drawing data is stored in a file device 203. Facility drawing data includes graphic data such as topographic maps and pipeline maps, and attribute data expressed in characters and numbers, such as town names, personal names, management diameters, and pipe types related to the graphics. The stored graphic data is input from a drawing input device 204 that scans a drawing written on paper at regular intervals and converts it into gradations according to the shading of the read data to obtain a digital image and obtain coded data. As shown in FIG. 3(a), the facility drawing consists of a plurality of drawings, each of which is divided into graphic data files. The graphic data is shown in Figure 3 (b
) is shown in a rectangular coordinate system, and the drawing size is
The lengths Xo and Yo in the Y-axis direction are determined. These graphic data have a data storage structure that is hierarchically separated into roads, main frames, and pipelines, as shown in FIGS. 4(b) to 4(d). Each layer of these data is superimposed as necessary to form graphic data as shown in FIG. 4(a). On the other hand, attribute data is input to the file device 203 using a keyboard 206 or a data input device 208 such as a floppy disk that can input data in bulk. In order for the operator to operate the mouse 207 to display a drawing on the display device (CRT) 205, the operator first operates the mouse 207 and selects CRT.
Move the cursor CU to a function selection icon displayed on the RT screen to specify it. When the “read drawing” icon is designated, the central processing unit (CPU) 201 searches the file device 203 for the corresponding drawing data (graphic data and its attribute data) and temporarily stores it in the main memory 202 . The main memory 202 functions to store programs for executing processes such as searching and editing screen data and data being processed. The drawing data temporarily stored in the main memory 202 is edited by the CPU 201 in accordance with the effective display coordinates of the display area of the CRT 205, and then displayed on the CRT 205.

The operator can know the target drawing content from this display screen. In addition, to understand the finer details, enlarge the part and display it. To do this, for example, the mouse 207 is used to move the cursor CU to designate an arbitrary rectangular area from the CRT display area at both ends on the diagonal line, and enlarge or reduce it to an arbitrary magnification. Specifically, a part of the corresponding drawing data stored in the main memory 202 is edited to be enlarged or reduced through the CPU 201 and displayed on the CRT 205.

Next, the first section describes operations and progress display processing when searching for the target drawing from the file device 203, displaying the drawing data on the CRT 205 after editing, modifying the display contents, and editing the drawing data. This will be explained using figures.

FIG. 1 shows the main parts of an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an example of a progress display processing section of No. 1; 1st
In the figure, a display surface 101 includes an icon area 1o2 for mouse operation for selecting functions for searching and modifying a target drawing. It is comprised of a drawing display area 103 that displays drawings retrieved by mouse operation, and a processing time display section 104 that selects and instructs a desired drawing processing operation by mouse operation and displays the progress status of the designated process. The processing progress time data displayed on the processing time display section 104 is processed according to the following procedure.

Using the mouse 207 shown in FIG. 2, a cursor CU', which moves in one-to-one correspondence with the operation of the mouse 207, is moved to the icon area 102 on the display surface 101 to select and command the icon of r drawing inspection MJ. This selection command passes through the operation unit 1o5 of the CPU 201, and the graphic search unit 106 indexes the corresponding drawing data from the file device 203, and temporarily stores it in the main memory 202. CPU2
01, the drawing data and the layered display editing section 107 edit the data layer by layer according to the drawing display area 103, and display the drawing data in the drawing display area 103 on the display 205 via the display editing section 109. Similarly to the above, when the "Drawing Edit" icon is selected and commanded by operating the mouse 201, the selection command is sent to the drawing data temporarily stored in the main memory 202 by the figure II collection unit 108 via the operation unit 105 of the CPU 201. After editing, 1 layer display Editorial Department 10
7. The edited data is displayed in the drawing display area 103 via the display editing unit 109. If the time required for such processing is long, the progress of the processing is displayed.
The processing time display determination unit 110 determines the registered contents of whether or not processing time display is necessary for each processing item set in advance. When there is a processing time display request, the processing time required for the processing is calculated by the processing time calculation unit 111, the calculation result is sent to the processing time display processing unit 112, and the time transition status is displayed according to the progress of the processing. For example, it is edited into a bar graph display and displayed on the processing time display section 107 via the display editing section 109.

FIG. 5 shows a processing flow of the processing time progress status displayed on the processing time display section. In FIG. 5, first step 501
Then, use the mouse 207 to select an icon for requesting what kind of processing is to be applied to the drawing data.

Next, in steps 502 and 503, in order to calculate the estimated processing time for the drawing to be processed, a graphic data capacity table in which the graphic data amount for each drawing shown in FIG. 6 (1) is stored in advance;
A graphic processing time conversion table in which the processing time per unit capacity of drawing data for each processing item in FIG. 6(2) is stored in advance is indexed. Using these index tables, step 504 calculates processing time.

The calculation formula is shown below.

Ti=tsXnJ - (1) where, T1: Processing time of processing item i (seconds) tt: Processing time per unit drawing capacity of processing item i (seconds/
nJ: Figure data capacity of drawing number j (K bytes) The data indexed in steps 502 and 503 is given to the above calculation formula to find the processing time Ti. The calculation result is shown in step 5.
In step 05, the display contents of the processing time display section are edited as shown in an example in FIG. The calculation result is an estimated processing time, and a bar graph is created in which the estimated processing time is converted into a percentage. In step 506, the edited data is displayed on the processing time display section 104 of the drawing display area 103 in FIG.

Furthermore, in order to update the processing progress status at fixed time intervals until the processing is completed, in step 507, the remaining time and the percentage display bar graph of the processing elapsed time shown in FIG. 7 are updated at fixed time intervals.
Displayed on the processing time display section. As a result, the process progress is displayed for processes that require a long processing time.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As explained above, the present invention is capable of displaying the required processing time for graphic processing, etc., which requires a long processing time, and the progress of the processing on the display, so that the operator does not have to worry about how long the processing will take. This eliminates the need to worry about whether or not the process is progressing properly.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Fig. 1 is a block diagram showing the main parts of an embodiment of the present invention, Fig. 2 is an overall block diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention, and Fig. 3 is a drawing structure and figure coordinates stored in a file device. Figure 4 shows the hierarchical structure of graphic data, Figure 5 shows the contents of an index table for calculating processing time, and Figure 6 shows the processing flow of data displayed in the processing time display section. FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an example of the display of the processing time display section. 101... Display display surface, 102... Icon area, 103... Drawing display area, 104... Processing time display section, 105... Operation section, 106... Graphic search section, 107... - Layered display editing section, 108... Graphic editing section, 109... Display editing section, 110... Processing time display judgment section, 111... Processing time calculation section, 112.
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... Main memory, 203 ... File device, 20
4... Drawing input device, 205... CRT, 206...
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Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A first storage means that divides the facility drawing of the entire facility into a plurality of pieces for each management area and stores them as digital information, as well as storing attribute information for each figure, and divided facility drawing information to be stored in the first storage means. a data input device for inputting attribute information to be stored in the first storage means, and necessary divided facility drawing information and attribute information stored in the first storage means or the drawing. a second storage means for temporarily storing divided facility drawing information given from an input device, and displaying on a monitor a part or all of the divided facility drawing information stored in the second storage means, as well as the divided facility drawing information and attribute information. a display device, the positional coordinates of a divided facility drawing to be temporarily stored from the first storage means to the second storage means, the positional coordinates of the divided facility drawing from the second storage means to be displayed on a monitor on the display device, and the display device; an operation input means for inputting drawing correction information for correcting the displayed divided facility drawing;
The digital processing device is equipped with a digital processing device that controls each of these means and the device, and the digital processing device displays the divided facility drawing on the display device, and when modifying or editing the drawing, or giving interactive operation instructions on the display device. 1. A drawing management device characterized by having a function of displaying the progress of the processing process as a bar graph as a percentage of processing time converted from the graphic capacity of the processing target.