JPH05324426A - Format converting device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To enable conversion into data formats corresponding to arbitrary respective devices by converting an intermediate data file to the formats corresponding to the respective devices according to a converted format by collecting respective data. CONSTITUTION:Data are extracted from respective memories 10 by an intermediate file preparing means 14, these data are edited according to the format set in advance, and intermediate file data are prepared. When these intermediate file data are prepared, converted formats 18 and 20 corresponding to arbitrary device 11 and 12 and read by a converting means 15 and according to these converted formats, required data are extracted from the intermediate file data and converged into the data formats corresponding to the respective devices 11 and 12.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a format conversion device for converting, for example, CAD data into a data format set in various mounting machines.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art FIG. 7 is a block diagram of a format conversion device. The CAD data file 1 stores each data created by CAD for operating the mounting machine 2, for example, a mounting component name and a mounting position. Also, an external storage device 3 is provided, and this external storage device 3 stores various data for other mounting machines.

The conversion unit 4 reads out each data necessary for operating the mounting machine 2 from the CAD data file 1, edits these data according to the data format of the mounting machine 2, and sets each data into a bit number according to the data format. Convert. Then, each format-converted data is stored in the data file 5 of the mounting machine 2 as control data of the mounting machine 2.

The data format of the mounting machine 2 is different for each mounting machine. Therefore, the conversion unit 4 is dedicated to the format conversion of the mounting machine 2.

Therefore, if a large number of various mounting machines are provided, each conversion section 4 must be provided according to the number of mounting machines, and conversely, when the model of the mounting machine 2 is changed, the conversion section 4 is also provided. I have to change.

[0006]

As described above, the conversion unit 4
Is dedicated to the format conversion of the mounting machine 2, and therefore each conversion unit 4 for converting the data format according to various mounting machines must be provided. Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a format conversion device that can collect each data and convert the data into a data format suitable for each device.

[0007]

The present invention provides a format conversion device for converting various data stored in each memory and having different descriptions into a data file format in various devices,

An intermediate file creating means for extracting data from each memory and editing the data as an intermediate data file in accordance with a preset format, and a conversion for temporarily storing each conversion format for converting into the format of each device. This is a format conversion apparatus that includes format storage means and conversion means for converting an intermediate data file into a format suitable for each device in accordance with this conversion format, and is intended to achieve the above object.

[0009]

By providing such means, the intermediate file creating means extracts data from each memory and arranges these data according to a preset format to create an intermediate data file. When this intermediate data file is created, the conversion means reads the conversion format corresponding to an arbitrary device from the conversion format storage means, extracts the necessary data from the intermediate data file according to this conversion format, and converts the data corresponding to each device. Convert to format.

[0010]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS A first embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a format conversion device. The CAD data file 10 includes various mounting machines 11, 1
Each CAD data for operating the No. 2 is stored, for example, the board size, the mounting component name, and the mounting position. In addition, the other data file 13 does not depend on the CAD data,
Data necessary for generating the mount data file is stored. Specifically, for example, it is a unit data file that the mounting machines 11 and 12 have, and stores a component name, a unit number, and the like. A conversion unit 15 is connected to the CAD data file 10 and the data file 13 via an intermediate data file 14.

On the other hand, a transfer unit 16 is provided, and this transfer unit 16 outputs each data required for the operation of each mounting machine 11, 12 to a CAD data file 10 and a data file 13.
The data is extracted from the data and transferred to the intermediate data file 14.

In addition to the intermediate data file 14, an intermediate format file 17, a first conversion format file 18, a first data file 19, a second conversion format file 20 and a second data file 21 are connected to the conversion unit 15. ing.

The intermediate format file 17 stores a command for editing each CAD data transferred to the intermediate data file 14 in accordance with a preset format shown in FIG. 2 and holding it as intermediate file data.

First and second conversion format files 1
8 and 20, the intermediate file data stored in the intermediate data file 14 are stored in the mounting machines 11 and 12 shown in FIG.
The command for changing the number of bits of the data in the intermediate file data according to each conversion format, editing the data according to the format, and converting the data into a format corresponding to each mounting machine 11, 12 is stored. The main control unit 22 has a function of issuing commands to the conversion unit 15 and the transfer unit 16 to control the operation according to the conversion flow chart shown in FIG. Next, the operation of the device configured as described above will be described.

In step # 1, the control unit 22 issues a transfer command for each CAD data required for the operation of the mounting machine 11 to the transfer unit 16. In response to this command, the transfer unit 16 C
Each CAD data necessary for the operation of the mounting machine 11 is extracted from the AD data file 10 and the data such as the part name is extracted from the data file 13 to obtain the intermediate data file 14.
Transfer to.

The intermediate data file 14 is composed of a board data part, a parts data part, an NC data part and a unit data part. Of these, the board data portion is formed by a model number of 16 bits, a board size X of 6 bits, a board size Y of 6 bits, a reference position offset X of 6 bits, and the like. Further, the part data part is formed of a part number of 4 bits, a part name of 12 bits, and a part length of 4 bits. The NC data part has a row number of 4 bits and a block number of 3 bits. The unit data portion is formed of a unit number of 4 bits or the like.

Next, in step # 2, a conversion format file is created according to a predetermined rule. In this case, the conversion format command to the mounting machine 11 is the first
If it is stored in the conversion format file 18, the control unit 22 determines in steps # 3 and # 4 whether the conversion format command complies with a predetermined rule.
As a result of this determination, if the conversion format command does not comply with the predetermined rule, the control unit 21 issues an error message. If the conversion format command complies with the predetermined rule, the control unit 22 moves to step # 5 and issues a format conversion command to the conversion unit 15.

The conversion unit 15 reads a conversion format command from the first conversion format file 18 and converts the intermediate file data into the conversion format shown in FIG. 3 in accordance with this command.

This conversion format is composed of a header section and a data section, and the header section has a file ID of 1
Bits, data part byte length is 2 bits, and model number is 16 bits. Further, the data part is formed by a delimiter of 1 bit, a row number of 2 bits, a part number of 2 bits, a mounting position X of 4 bits, a mounting position Y of 4 bits, and the like. When conversion is performed according to this conversion format, the conversion unit 15 transfers the data in this conversion format to the first data file 19 as control data.

On the other hand, when converting to the conversion format for the mounting machine 12, the data necessary for the operation of the mounting machine 12 is extracted from each CAD data and the other data file 13 from the CAD data file 10 in the same manner as described above to obtain the intermediate data. It is transferred to the file 14. Then, the conversion unit 15
Thus, a conversion format command is read from the second conversion format file 18, and the intermediate file data is converted into the conversion format shown in FIG. 3 in accordance with this command.

As described above, according to the first embodiment, each C
The AD data is edited according to a preset format to create intermediate file data.
The number of bits and arrangement of each data of the intermediate data file 14 is changed according to the conversion format according to
Since it is converted to the data format corresponding to 1 and 12,
Even if the various mounting machines 11 and 12 are provided, only one conversion unit 15 is required, and conversely, even when the model of the mounting machine 11 is changed, it is not necessary to change the conversion unit 15. Therefore, it is not necessary to provide each converter corresponding to each mounting machine. Next, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the configuration diagram shown in FIG.

First and second data files 31 and 32 are connected to the intermediate data file creating device 30, and the first and second data files 31 and 32 corresponding to the first and second data files 31 and 32 are connected.
And the second format files 33 and 34 are connected. The intermediate data file creating device 30 is connected with the intermediate data file 35 and a format file 36 of the file 35.

In this intermediate format file 36,
Similarly to the above, the data of each data file 31, 32 is shown in FIG.
A command for editing according to a preset format shown in and holding it as the intermediate data file 35 is stored.

The format files 33 and 34 are stored in the intermediate data file 35 by an editor (not shown).
The format of each of the data files 31 and 32 to be loaded into is stored according to a specific rule.

Each format file 33, 34
The main control unit determines whether or not each format stored in is conforming to the rule. If the result of the discrimination is that the rule is complied with, the process moves to the next intermediate file creation. If the rule is not complied with, an error message is displayed and It is supposed to stop progress.

The intermediate data file creating device 30 is
It has a function of creating an intermediate data file 35 from each format file 33, 34 and its data files 31, 32 according to the format stored in the format file 36.

A format conversion device 37 is connected to the intermediate data file 35, and the format conversion device 37 includes the data files 38 and 39 and the conversion format files 40 of the files 38 and 39.
41 is connected.

In each of the conversion format files 40 and 41, the intermediate file data stored in the intermediate data file 35 is stored in the intermediate file data 35 according to each conversion format of each mounting machine as shown in FIG. A command for changing the number of bits of data, editing the data according to the format, and converting the data into a format suitable for each mounting machine is stored. Next, the operation will be described with reference to the conversion flow chart shown in FIG.

In step # 10, the format files 33 and 34 store the formats of the data files 31 and 32 to be loaded into the intermediate data file 35 by the editor in accordance with a specific rule.

Next, in step # 11, the main control section determines whether or not the formats stored in these format files 33 and 34 comply with the rules. As a result of this determination, if the rule is followed, the process moves to the next step # 13 to create the intermediate data file,
If it does not follow the rules, it returns and an error message is displayed, and the progress of processing is stopped.

Next, in step # 13, the intermediate data file creating device 30 causes each format file 33,
An intermediate data file 35 is created from 34 and its data files 31, 32 according to the format shown in FIG.

Next, in step # 14, the control unit controls each of the data files 31, 32 to the intermediate data file 3
It is judged whether or not there is a data file to be loaded in 5, and if it exists, the process returns to step # 10.

On the other hand, along with the above operation, the format of each data file 38, 39 desired to be generated in step # 16 is described according to a specific rule, and this is stored in each conversion format file 40, 41.

Next, in step # 17, the main control section determines whether or not each format stored in each of the conversion format files 40 and 41 complies with the rule. As a result of this determination, if the rule is followed, the process proceeds to the next step # 15 to perform the format conversion, and if the rule is not followed, the process returns and an error message is displayed, and the process is stopped.

Next, in step # 15, the format conversion device 37 uses the conversion format file 40, for example.
A conversion format command is read from and the intermediate file data is converted into the conversion format shown in FIG. 3 in accordance with this command. After that, the format conversion device 37 transfers the data of this conversion format to the data file 38 as control data. As described above, according to the second embodiment, it is needless to say that the same effect as that of the first embodiment is obtained.

The present invention is not limited to the above-mentioned embodiment, and may be modified within the scope of the invention. For example, the first and second conversion format files 1
8 and 20 may be one conversion format file. Further, it may be configured as a support system that performs NC data creation by connecting an apparatus that determines an optimal mounting sequence and this apparatus. Further, the format to be converted is not limited to the mounter, and may be a format suitable for an arbitrary device.

[0038]

As described in detail above, according to the present invention, it is possible to provide a format conversion device capable of collecting each data and converting it into a data format suitable for each arbitrary device.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram showing a first embodiment of a format conversion device according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of intermediate file data in the same device.

FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of conversion file data in the same device.

FIG. 4 is a conversion flowchart of the device.

FIG. 5 is a configuration diagram showing a second embodiment of the format conversion device according to the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a conversion flowchart of the device.

FIG. 7 is a block diagram of a conventional device.

[Explanation of symbols]

10 ... CAD data file, 11, 12 ... Mounting machine, 1
3 ... Intermediate data file, 14 ... Conversion unit, 15 ... Transfer unit, 16 ... Intermediate format file, 17 ... First conversion format file, 18 ... First data file, 1
9 ... 2nd conversion format file, 20 ... 2nd data file, 21 ... Main control part.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A format conversion device for converting various data stored in each memory and having different descriptions into a format of a data file in each device, wherein the data is extracted from each memory and these data are set in a preset format. Intermediate file creating means for editing as an intermediate data file, conversion format storing means for temporarily storing each conversion format for converting to the format of each device, and the intermediate data file according to this conversion format for each device. A format conversion device, comprising: a conversion means for converting the format according to the above.