JP2016081176A - Design support program and design support apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To improve work efficiency when arranging a tubular member, a linear member or the like on a design drawing of a building or a structure. A design support program, in a state where a plan view of a design drawing is displayed, is based on a plane coordinate position on the plan view and a depth value (a value indicating a position in the height direction) specified by the user. Set the route for tubular members such as ducts and pipes and linear members such as cables. Further, the design support program sets the route while displaying the depth value (S235), and changes the depth value according to the operation of the wheel provided on the wheel mouse (S200 to S235). [Selection diagram] Fig. 2

Description

  The present invention relates to a design support program and the like.

  There is known a PC application that moves an object displayed three-dimensionally on a display in a height direction (z-axis direction) in accordance with an operation of a mouse wheel (for example, Patent Document 1). It is considered that such an operation method is applied to a CAD system in which tubular members such as ducts and pipes and linear members such as cables are arranged on a three-dimensional design drawing for constructing a building or a structure. It is done.

Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 10-301712

However, when arranging a tubular member or the like, even if the value in the height direction is simply changed according to the operation of the mouse wheel, the working efficiency is not necessarily improved.
An object of the present invention is to improve work efficiency when arranging a tubular member, a linear member or the like on a design drawing of a building or a structure.

  The invention according to claim 1 of the present application is a two-dimensional diagram display means for displaying a two-dimensional diagram which is a design diagram of an object to be constructed as viewed from above, below, or from the side, and two The two orthogonal directions on the dimensional diagram are the A direction and the B direction, the coordinate positions corresponding to the A direction and the B direction are the two-dimensional coordinate positions, and the coordinate position in the depth direction orthogonal to the A direction and the B direction. And a path setting means for setting the path of the tubular member or the linear member based on the two-dimensional coordinate position and the depth value specified by the user, and a pointer for specifying the two-dimensional coordinate position on the two-dimensional diagram. The depth value is changed according to the operation to the operation unit that is provided in the pointing device for performing the moving operation and accepts the operation toward the first direction and the operation toward the second direction different from the first direction. Change means and back As the depth value display means for displaying the value relates to the design support program for causing a computer to operate.

  According to such a configuration, the depth value (value in the height direction of the design drawing) and the plan view of the design drawing of the object are displayed, and the setting of the path of the tubular member or the like is accepted on the plan view, The depth value is updated in accordance with an operation on an operation unit provided in a pointing device or the like.

  For this reason, you can easily adjust the position in the height direction of the route without having to enter the depth value directly with the keyboard or display the side view etc. to specify the position in the height direction. The number of steps is reduced and operability is improved. In addition, the route can be set by paying attention only to the plan view, and the thought is not interrupted by paying attention to the side view every time the height of the route is adjusted. Therefore, the work efficiency at the time of arrange | positioning a tubular member, a linear member, etc. on design drawings, such as a building and a structure, improves.

  Further, as described in claim 2, an object is arranged in the two-dimensional diagram, and one or a plurality of values included in a range in the depth direction of the arrangement area of the object is set as a corresponding value of the object. Further, highlighting means for highlighting an object whose corresponding value is the same as the depth value may be further provided.

  By doing so, it is possible to more intuitively understand the current depth value. Further, it is possible to easily and accurately grasp the state of interference between the set route such as the tubular member and other tubular members, and the route can be set while avoiding interference.

Further, as described in claim 3, the route setting means may set the route based on the highlighted object.
In this way, for example, it is possible to set a route such as a tubular member so as to connect to an object having the same depth value, and the route such as the tubular member can be easily set.

Further, as described in claim 4, the changing means changes the depth value by adding or subtracting a predetermined update value to the depth value in accordance with an operation to the operation unit. Also good.
This facilitates the adjustment of the depth value.

  In addition, as described in claim 5, the changing unit newly selects any one of a plurality of predetermined setting values in accordance with an operation on the operation unit, and the selected setting. The depth value may be changed by setting the value as the depth value.

By doing so, the depth value can be set to an appropriate value quickly and easily.
In addition, as described in claim 6, an object is arranged in the two-dimensional diagram, and one or more values included in the range of the depth direction of the arrangement area of the object are set as corresponding values of the object. In the two-dimensional diagram, an area determined based on the position of the pointer is set as a pointer area, and the changing unit newly sets a corresponding value of any object arranged in the pointer area in response to an operation on the operation unit. The depth value may be changed by selecting and setting the selected corresponding value as the depth value.

  By doing so, the depth value can be quickly and easily set to a value corresponding to the height at which the object is arranged in the pointer area, and the work of connecting the tubular member or the like to the object is easily performed. be able to.

  Further, a design support apparatus corresponding to a computer that operates according to the design support program according to claim 1 may be configured. By doing so, the same effect can be obtained.

It is explanatory drawing of the display screen of the block diagram of PC, and the top view of a design drawing. It is a flowchart of a depth value update process.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. The embodiment of the present invention is not limited to the following embodiment, and can take various forms as long as they belong to the technical scope of the present invention.

[Description of configuration]
FIG. 1A shows the configuration of a known PC 1 that operates as a design support apparatus in the present embodiment. The PC 1 includes input devices such as a display 10, an HDD 20, a CPU 30, a ROM 40, a RAM 50, a keyboard 60, and a wheel mouse 70.

  The display 10 displays the video generated by the CPU 30 or the like based on the video signal. The wheel mouse 70 is a mouse provided with a disk-shaped wheel that can perform either an operation of rotating forward (forward operation) or an operation of rotating backward (rear operation). The keyboard 60 and the wheel mouse 70 output a signal corresponding to the operation received from the user to the CPU 30.

  The ROM 40 is a read-only nonvolatile memory, and the HDD 20 is a readable / writable nonvolatile memory. In the ROM 40 and the HDD 20, programs and the like that are read and executed by the CPU 30 are stored in advance. The RAM 50 is a volatile memory that can be read and written. When the CPU 30 executes a program stored in the ROM 40 or the HDD 20, the RAM 50 is temporarily stored or work data is temporarily stored. It is used as a storage area for

  The CPU 30 reads the OS from the HDD 20 and executes it, and executes various programs recorded in the HDD 20 as processes on the OS. In this process, the CPU 30 receives a signal input from the input device, generates an image to be displayed on the display 10, and controls reading and writing of data to the RAM 50 and the HDD 20.

  The design support program of this embodiment is installed in the PC 1. The design support program is stored in the HDD 20 and is one of applications executed as a process on the OS. By operating the design support program, the PC 1 operates as a design support apparatus.

[Description of operation]
Next, the operation of the design support program will be described. In the following description, it is described that the design support program performs processing, but it goes without saying that this means that the CPU 30 of the PC 1 operating according to the design support program performs processing.

  The design support program is configured as, for example, a CAD system that generates design drawings for constructing buildings such as buildings and houses, and structures such as bridges and towers. The design support program generates a design drawing according to an operation received from the user via the keyboard 60 and the wheel mouse 70. The design drawing is a stereoscopic image, and each position on the design drawing is represented by an xy coordinate indicating a position on a horizontal plane and a z coordinate indicating a position in the height direction.

  In addition, the design support program performs a process of placing an object (a tubular member (various ducts, piping, etc.), a linear member (various cables, etc.), various devices, etc.) on the design drawing according to a user operation. However, when the tubular member or the linear member is arranged, the route is set by the operation of the wheel mouse 70. The design support program receives a path setting via the plan view (corresponding to an example of a two-dimensional diagram display means) in a state where a plan view of the design drawing (a view of the design target as viewed from above) is displayed. Specifically, the designation of the position on the xy plane on the plan view is accepted by the operation of moving the wheel mouse 70 back and forth, left and right, and the designation of the position (depth value) in the z-axis direction is accepted and designated by the wheel operation. A route is set based on the set position.

  The screen 100 in FIG. 1B shows the above-described plan view displayed when setting the route of the duct 110 as an example. On the screen 100, the side lines “500 × 500”, “FL + 3000”, and the like are displayed on the duct 110 for setting the route and the already arranged ducts 120 and 130. “500 × 500” indicates the shape and size of the duct (the cross section of the duct is a square with a length of 500 mm and a width of 500 mm), and “FL + 3000” indicates the height of the duct (the duct It is located 3000mm above the floor surface.

  Further, the screen 100 is provided with a depth value display area 140 for displaying the current depth value, and the depth value display area 140 has a depth value (described as FL in the figure) of 2500 mm based on the floor surface. It is shown that. On the screen 100, the cursor 150 moves according to the operation of moving the wheel mouse 70, and the path of the duct 110 arranged at the current depth value is determined based on the xy coordinates of the cursor 150. The shape and size of the frame of the cursor 150 can be set by the user. Although details will be described later, the duct 120 is highlighted because the height (FL + 2500) matches the depth value.

First to third methods are provided as methods for setting the depth value by operating the wheel.
The first method is a method of increasing or decreasing the depth value at predetermined intervals according to the operation of the wheel. Specifically, when a forward operation is performed, a value obtained by adding a pitch (predetermined value) to the current depth value over the number of times of the forward operation is set as a new depth value, and when a backward operation is performed, A value obtained by subtracting the pitch from the depth value over the number of backward operations is set as a new depth value. The pitch may be a value that can be set by the user.

  The second method is a method of selecting a depth value from a plurality of preset setting values in accordance with wheel operation. These set values may be set in advance as a standard height at which the arranged tubular members or the like are arranged, and the set value as the standard height is a tubular value. It may be provided for each type of member. These setting values may be set by the user. Then, when the current depth value and the set value are arranged in order from the smallest, the next largest set value after the current depth value is used as the increased update value, and the next smallest set value is decreased to the current depth value. Update value. When the forward operation is performed, the depth value is set as the increased update value, and when the backward operation is performed, the depth value is set as the decreased update value.

  The third method is a method of selecting a corresponding value of an object existing in the cursor frame according to the operation of the wheel. The corresponding value is one or a plurality of values indicating the position in the z-axis direction included in the object arrangement region. Specifically, for example, when a device connected to a tubular member or the like is present in the frame, the height at which the connection port connected to the tubular member or the like is located may be set as the corresponding value. In addition, when a tubular member or the like is disposed in the frame, the height at which the tubular member or the like is disposed may be set as the corresponding value. When the current depth value and the corresponding value are arranged in order from the smallest, the next corresponding value next to the current depth value is used as the increased update value, and the next smaller corresponding value is decreased to the current depth value. Update value. When the forward operation is performed, the depth value is set as the increased update value, and when the backward operation is performed, the depth value is set as the decreased update value.

  In the design support program, either the first method or the second method is selected by the user. If the object exists within the frame of the cursor, the depth value is updated by the third method, and if not, the depth value is updated by the selected method of the first and second methods.

  In the following, the depth value update processing for setting the depth value in accordance with the operation of the wheel of the wheel mouse 70 when the processing for arranging the object or the like is performed will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. This process is repeatedly executed by the design support program.

  In S200, the operation of the wheel of the wheel mouse 70 is accepted. In S205, the method selected from the first and second methods in each case where one forward operation and one backward operation are performed. Thus, a value that becomes a new depth value is specified as a candidate value. In subsequent S210, it is determined whether or not an object exists within the frame of the cursor displayed on the plan view of the design drawing. If the determination is affirmative, the process proceeds to S215, and if the determination is negative, the process proceeds to S220.

  In S215, in each case where one forward operation and one backward operation are performed, a value that becomes a new depth value is specified by the third method, and these values are set to the previously specified candidate values. It becomes a new candidate value to be replaced.

  In S220, it is determined whether a forward operation or a backward operation has been performed on the wheel. When the forward operation is performed (S225), the next largest candidate value is selected after the current depth value, and when the backward operation is performed (S230), the next smallest candidate value is selected after the current depth value. Is done.

  In S235, the selected candidate value is set as a new depth value, and the depth value displayed in the depth value display area is updated accordingly. In S240, an object whose corresponding value matches the depth value is highlighted, and the other objects are brought into a normal display state. In addition, when setting the path of the tubular member, etc., it can be connected to the tubular member that sets the path within the frame of the cursor, and the tubular member that extends in the height direction or has an inclination. Suppose that there is a tubular member or the like. At this time, if the depth value is included in the range on the z axis of the arrangement region of the tubular member or the like in the cursor frame, the tubular member or the like may be highlighted. In addition, when such a tubular member or the like exists on the plan view regardless of whether or not it is within the frame of the cursor, the depth value is included in the range on the z axis of the arrangement region of the tubular member or the like. If so, the tubular member or the like may be highlighted.

  In S245, it is determined whether or not the position on the xy plane designated by the cursor and the depth value designated by the wheel have been entered. Specifically, for example, when the wheel mouse 70 is clicked, the input may be regarded as being confirmed. If the determination is affirmative, the process proceeds to S250. If the determination is negative, the process proceeds to S200.

  In S250, whether to specify a position on the design drawing or an object is determined based on the determined input. The determination may be made based on the placed object, the progress of the process of placing the object, and the like. Specifically, for example, when a route such as a tubular member is set, it is possible to connect to a tubular member or the like for which a route is set based on the input, and an object positioned within the cursor frame is highlighted. If so, it may be decided to identify the object. In other cases, it may be determined to specify the position. If the position specification is determined, the process proceeds to S255. If the object specification is determined, the process proceeds to S260.

  In S255, the process is performed using the position on the design drawing (the position specified by the xyz coordinates) specified by the cursor position and the depth value as the input value, and then the process ends. Specifically, for example, a process of arranging the device at a specified position may be performed. Moreover, you may perform the process which sets the path | route which connects the position specified this time and the position set previously as paths, such as a tubular member. By such a process, after a position on the design drawing is designated by the wheel mouse 70, a route of a tubular member or the like extending in the height direction is set by operating the wheel while the position of the wheel mouse 70 is fixed. can do.

On the other hand, in S260, it is determined whether there is an object highlighted in the frame of the cursor. If the determination is affirmative, the process proceeds to S265, and if the determination is negative, the process ends.
In S265, the highlighted object selected within the frame of the cursor is selected, and the process related to the selected object is performed, and then this process ends. Specifically, for example, when a route such as a tubular member is set, if the selected object is another tubular member that can be connected to the tubular member or the like, the route is set so that they are connected. May be set. Further, for example, when a route such as a tubular member is set, the height of the connection port of the selected object (connection port that can be connected to the tubular member or the like setting the route) is the current depth value. If the devices match, the route may be set so as to connect to the connection port of the device.

[effect]
According to the design support program of the present embodiment, the depth value (the value in the height direction of the design drawing) and the plan view of the design drawing of the building or structure, etc. are displayed. The setting of the route of the member or the like is accepted, and the depth value is updated according to the operation on the wheel provided in the wheel mouse 70.

  Therefore, it is possible to easily adjust the position in the height direction of the route without directly inputting the depth value with the keyboard 60 or specifying the position in the height direction by displaying a side view or the like. The operation procedure is reduced and the operability is improved. In addition, the route can be set by paying attention only to the plan view, and the thought is not interrupted by paying attention to the side view every time the height of the route is adjusted. Therefore, the work efficiency at the time of arrange | positioning a tubular member, a linear member, etc. on design drawings, such as a building and a structure, improves.

[Other Embodiments]
(1) In the design support program of the present embodiment, the depth value is set by operating a disk-shaped wheel provided on the wheel mouse 70. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and a depth value may be set according to an operation on an operation unit such as a lever that can be operated in two directions. Even in such a case, a similar configuration can be obtained.

  (2) In the design support program of this embodiment, an object whose corresponding value matches the depth value is highlighted, or a path such as a tubular member is set based on the highlighted object positioned in the cursor frame. Or However, for example, when the depth value is changed according to the operation of the wheel in a state where the setting of the region is received by the operation of the wheel mouse 70 or the like, the corresponding value among the objects arranged in the region is What matches the depth value may be highlighted, or a route such as a tubular member may be set based on the highlighted object. By doing so, the usability of the design support program can be improved.

  (3) In this embodiment, the case where the setting of paths, such as a tubular member, is received via this top view in the state which displayed the top view which looked at the design object from the upper part was illustrated. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and a side view of the design object viewed from the side or a bottom view of the design object viewed from below is displayed, and the route of the tubular member or the like is displayed via the side view or the bottom view. The setting may be accepted. Specifically, in the same manner as when setting a route on a plan view, designation of a coordinate position in a side view or the like is accepted by an operation of moving the wheel mouse 70 back and forth and left and right, and a side view is obtained by operating the wheel. It is also possible to accept the designation of the position (depth value) in the depth direction (direction corresponding to the height direction of the present embodiment) orthogonal to, and set the route based on the designated position. Even in such a case, the same effect can be obtained.

  (4) The functions of one component in this embodiment may be distributed as a plurality of components, or the functions of a plurality of components may be integrated into one component. Further, at least a part of the configuration of the present embodiment may be replaced with a known configuration having a similar function. Moreover, you may abbreviate | omit a part of structure of this embodiment. Further, at least a part of the configuration of the present embodiment may be added to or replaced with another configuration of the present embodiment. In addition, all the aspects included in the technical idea specified only by the wording described in the claim are embodiment of this invention.

  (5) In addition to the above-described design support program and design support apparatus, the present invention can also be realized in various forms such as a medium on which the design support program is recorded and a method corresponding to depth value update processing.

[Correspondence with Claims]
The correspondence between the terms used in the description of the above embodiment and the terms used in the description of the claims is shown.

  S205 to S235 of the depth value update processing of this embodiment are examples of changing means, S235 is an example of depth value display means, S240 is an example of highlighting means, and S255 and S265 are examples of path setting means. .

  1 ... PC, 10 ... display, 20 ... HDD, 30 ... CPU, 40 ... ROM, 50 ... RAM, 60 ... keyboard, 70 ... wheel mouse.

Claims (7)

A two-dimensional diagram display means for displaying a two-dimensional diagram, which is a design drawing of the object to be constructed, viewed from any one of the upper side, the lower side, and the side;
The two orthogonal directions on the two-dimensional diagram are the A direction and the B direction, the coordinate positions corresponding to the A direction and the B direction are the two-dimensional coordinate positions, and are orthogonal to the A direction and the B direction. A path setting means for setting the path of the tubular member or the linear member based on the two-dimensional coordinate position and the depth value specified by the user, with the coordinate position in the depth direction as the depth value;
Provided in a pointing device for performing an operation of moving a pointer for designating the two-dimensional coordinate position on the two-dimensional diagram, and an operation toward the first direction and a second direction different from the first direction Change means for changing the depth value in response to an operation to the operation unit that receives the operation;
As a depth value display means for displaying the depth value,
A design support program characterized by operating a computer. The design support program according to claim 1,
An object is arranged in the two-dimensional diagram, and one or more values included in the range in the depth direction of the arrangement area of the object are set as corresponding values of the object,
Further comprising highlighting means for highlighting the object whose corresponding value is the same as the depth value;
Design support program characterized by In the design support program according to claim 2,
The route setting means sets the route based on the highlighted object;
Design support program characterized by In the design support program according to any one of claims 1 to 3,
The changing means changes the depth value by adding or subtracting a predetermined update value to the depth value in response to an operation on the operation unit.
Design support program characterized by In the design support program according to any one of claims 1 to 4,
The changing unit newly selects any one of a plurality of predetermined setting values in accordance with an operation on the operation unit, and sets the selected setting value as the depth value. Changing the depth value;
Design support program characterized by In the design support program according to any one of claims 1 to 5,
An object is arranged in the two-dimensional diagram, and one or more values included in the range in the depth direction of the arrangement area of the object are set as corresponding values of the object,
In the two-dimensional diagram, an area defined based on the position of the pointer is a pointer area,
The changing unit newly selects the corresponding value of any one of the objects arranged in the pointer area in response to an operation on the operation unit, and sets the selected corresponding value as the depth value. To change the depth value,
Design support program characterized by A two-dimensional diagram display means for displaying a two-dimensional diagram, which is a design drawing of the object to be constructed, viewed from any one of the upper side, the lower side, and the side;
The two orthogonal directions on the two-dimensional diagram are the A direction and the B direction, the coordinate positions corresponding to the A direction and the B direction are the two-dimensional coordinate positions, and are orthogonal to the A direction and the B direction. A path setting means for setting the path of the tubular member or the linear member based on the two-dimensional coordinate position and the depth value specified by the user, with the coordinate position in the depth direction as the depth value;
Provided in a pointing device for performing an operation of moving a pointer for designating the two-dimensional coordinate position on the two-dimensional diagram, and an operation toward the first direction and a second direction different from the first direction Change means for changing the depth value in response to an operation to the operation unit that receives the operation;
Depth value display means for displaying the depth value;
A design support apparatus comprising: