Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 7
Claim 1
Independent Claim
164 words
An automatic programming method characterized by: providing a tablet surface with a menu table having menu items conforming to various methods of defining figure elements such as points, straight lines and circles constituting a part profile, and displaying previously inputted figure elements; designating a figure element definition method by picking a prescribed menu item on the menu table, and picking a prescribed figure element displayed on the display screen; defining a new figure element using said picked figure element definition method and the picked figure element, storing the figure elements and the part profile in a memory in a first format as defined, expressing each point as coordinate values thereof, each straight line as coordinate values of two points, and each circle as coordinates of the center of the circle and a radius of a circular arc, and storing these in the memory in a second format; and executing processing using figure data expressed in a prescribed format of the first and second formats.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
164 words
An automatic programming method characterized by: providing a tablet surface with a menu table having menu items conforming to various methods of defining figure elements such as points, straight lines and circles constituting a part profile, and displaying previously inputted figure elements; designating a figure element definition method by picking a prescribed menu item on the menu table, and picking a prescribed figure element displayed on the display screen; defining a new figure element using said picked figure element definition method and the picked figure element, storing the figure elements and the part profile in a memory in a first format as defined, expressing each point as coordinate values thereof, each straight line as coordinate values of two points, and each circle as coordinates of the center of the circle and a radius of a circular arc, and storing these in the memory in a second format; and executing processing using figure data expressed in a prescribed format of the first and second formats.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
33 words
An automatic programming method according to claim 1, characterized in that the first format is a format which expresses, as defined, the figure elements and the part profile using an automatic programming language.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
40 words
An automatic programming method according to claim 1, characterized in that the coordinates of points and values of circular arc radii necessary for expression in the second format are computed using said picked definition method and said picked figure elements.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
36 words
An automatic programming method according to claim 1, characterized in that when there is a request for output of a part profile, the part profile is outputted in a programming language based on the first format.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
35 words
An automatic programming method characterized in that when a figure element designated by a graphic cursor is identified and when a figure is displayed, processing is executed using figure data stored in the second format.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
35 words
An automatic programming method characterized in that when a figure element designated by a graphic cursor is identified and when a figure is displayed, processing is executed using figure data stored in the second format.