US5548706A
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CAD system with parallel dimension-line editing function
Assignee: Fujitsu Ltd
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Filing: 1993-09-29
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Granted: 1996-08-20
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Expires: 2013-09-29
Abstract
Abstract A Computer Aided Design (CAD) system with a dimension line editing function manages a drawing involving dimension lines and displays the drawing on a display unit connected to a terminal. The system edits the drawing according to a specified one of the dimension lines. The system has a setting unit for interactively setting an objective dimension line through the terminal; a retrieving unit for retrieving, in the drawing, dimension lines that are in parallel with the objective dimension line; and an editing unit for editing drawing data corresponding to the objective and parallel dimension lines according to a change quantity entered for the objective dimension line. The CAD system only asks a user to specify an objective dimension line to be edited as well as a change quantity applied to the dimension line. According to the specified data, the CAD system edits drawing data corresponding to the objective dimension line as well as drawing data corresponding to dimension lines that are parallel to the objective dimension line. This CAD system never asks the user to specify endpoints of the dimension lines to be edited one by one, so that the user can efficiently edit drawing data involving many dimension lines.
Inventors
- 👤 Ayako Koizumi
- 👤 Yukiko Mori
- 👤 Tomomi Aoki
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-03 20:05
CPC Classifications
G; G06; G06T; G06T19/00; G06T2219/00; G06T2219/012; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S715/00; Y10S715/961; Y10S715/964
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 23
Claim 1
Independent Claim
107 words
A Computer Aided Design (CAD) system for managing a drawing involving object dimension lines, displaying said drawing on a display means connected to a terminal, and editing said drawing according to a specified one of said dimension lines designated as an objective dimension line, wherein said CAD system comprises: setting means for interactively designating the objective dimension line through said terminal; retrieving means for automatically retrieving, in said drawing, dimension lines that are in parallel with said objective dimension line; and editing means for automatically editing drawing data corresponding to said objective and parallel dimension lines according to a change quantity entered for said objective dimension line.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
107 words
A Computer Aided Design (CAD) system for managing a drawing involving object dimension lines, displaying said drawing on a display means connected to a terminal, and editing said drawing according to a specified one of said dimension lines designated as an objective dimension line, wherein said CAD system comprises: setting means for interactively designating the objective dimension line through said terminal; retrieving means for automatically retrieving, in said drawing, dimension lines that are in parallel with said objective dimension line; and editing means for automatically editing drawing data corresponding to said objective and parallel dimension lines according to a change quantity entered for said objective dimension line.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
36 words
A CAD system as claimed in claim 1, wherein said editing means determines drawing data to be edited according to positional data for said objective dimension line, said positional data being set by said setting means.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
34 words
A CAD system as claimed in claim 1, wherein said CAD system further comprises an area setting means for interactively designating a retrieval area in which said retrieving means retrieves said parallel dimension lines.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
31 words
A CAD system as claimed in claim 1, wherein said objective dimension line designated by said setting means is a shortest of said dimension lines that are parallel to one another.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
162 words
A Computer Aided Design (CAD) system for managing a drawing involving object dimension lines, displaying said drawing on a display means connected to a terminal, and editing said drawing according to a specified one of said dimension lines designated as an objective dimension line, wherein said CAD system comprises: setting means for interactively designating the objective dimension line through said terminal and selecting one or both of endpoints of said objective dimension line according to positional data of said objective dimension line specified during said setting process; retrieving means for automatically retrieving, in said drawing, dimension lines that are in parallel with said objective dimension line; editing means for automatically editing drawing data corresponding to said objective and parallel dimension lines according to a change quantity entered for said objective dimension line; and decision means for determining a changing direction of said objective dimension line designated by said setting means according to a dimension change quantity specified for said objective dimension line.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
162 words
A Computer Aided Design (CAD) system for managing a drawing involving object dimension lines, displaying said drawing on a display means connected to a terminal, and editing said drawing according to a specified one of said dimension lines designated as an objective dimension line, wherein said CAD system comprises: setting means for interactively designating the objective dimension line through said terminal and selecting one or both of endpoints of said objective dimension line according to positional data of said objective dimension line specified during said setting process; retrieving means for automatically retrieving, in said drawing, dimension lines that are in parallel with said objective dimension line; editing means for automatically editing drawing data corresponding to said objective and parallel dimension lines according to a change quantity entered for said objective dimension line; and decision means for determining a changing direction of said objective dimension line designated by said setting means according to a dimension change quantity specified for said objective dimension line.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
53 words
A CAD system as claimed in claim 5, wherein said CAD system further comprises mark display controlling means for displaying a direction mark on said display means, said direction mark indicating said changing direction determined by said decision means and being displayed in a vicinity of the endpoint set by said setting means.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
22 words
A CAD system as claimed in claim 6, wherein said mark display controlling means employs an arrow mark as said direction mark.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
157 words
A Computer Aided Design (CAD) system for managing a drawing involving object dimension lines, displaying said drawing on a display means connected to a terminal, and editing said drawing according to a specified one of said dimension lines designated as an objective dimension line, wherein said CAD system comprises: first setting means for interactively designating the objective dimension line through said terminal; second setting means for interactively selecting one or both of endpoints of said objective dimension line through said terminal; retrieving means for automatically retrieving, in said drawing, dimension lines that are in parallel with said objective dimension line; editing means for automatically editing drawing data corresponding to said objective and parallel dimension lines according to a change quantity entered for said objective dimension line; and decision means for determining a changing direction of said objective dimension line designated by said first setting means according to a dimension change quantity specified for said objective dimension line.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
157 words
A Computer Aided Design (CAD) system for managing a drawing involving object dimension lines, displaying said drawing on a display means connected to a terminal, and editing said drawing according to a specified one of said dimension lines designated as an objective dimension line, wherein said CAD system comprises: first setting means for interactively designating the objective dimension line through said terminal; second setting means for interactively selecting one or both of endpoints of said objective dimension line through said terminal; retrieving means for automatically retrieving, in said drawing, dimension lines that are in parallel with said objective dimension line; editing means for automatically editing drawing data corresponding to said objective and parallel dimension lines according to a change quantity entered for said objective dimension line; and decision means for determining a changing direction of said objective dimension line designated by said first setting means according to a dimension change quantity specified for said objective dimension line.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
54 words
A CAD system as claimed in claim 8, wherein said CAD system further comprises mark display controlling means for displaying a direction mark on said display means, said direction mark indicating the changing direction determined by the decision means and being positioned in a vicinity of the endpoint set by said second setting means.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
22 words
A CAD system as claimed in claim 9, wherein said mark display controlling means employs an arrow mark as the direction mark.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
165 words
A Computer Aided Design (CAD) system for managing a drawing involving dimension lines, displaying said drawing on a display means connected to a terminal, and editing said drawing according to a specified one of said dimension lines designated as an objective dimension line, wherein said CAD system comprises: setting means for interactively designating the objective dimension line through said terminal and selecting drawing data to be edited among drawing data corresponding to said objective dimension line according to positional data of said objective dimension line specified during the setting process; decision means for determining whether or not the drawing data to be edited includes a chamfer; retrieving means for automatically retrieving, in said drawing, dimension lines that are in parallel with said objective dimension line; and editing means for automatically editing the drawing data corresponding to said objective and parallel dimension lines to be edited according to a change quantity given to said objective dimension line without deforming the chamfer found by said decision means.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
165 words
A Computer Aided Design (CAD) system for managing a drawing involving dimension lines, displaying said drawing on a display means connected to a terminal, and editing said drawing according to a specified one of said dimension lines designated as an objective dimension line, wherein said CAD system comprises: setting means for interactively designating the objective dimension line through said terminal and selecting drawing data to be edited among drawing data corresponding to said objective dimension line according to positional data of said objective dimension line specified during the setting process; decision means for determining whether or not the drawing data to be edited includes a chamfer; retrieving means for automatically retrieving, in said drawing, dimension lines that are in parallel with said objective dimension line; and editing means for automatically editing the drawing data corresponding to said objective and parallel dimension lines to be edited according to a change quantity given to said objective dimension line without deforming the chamfer found by said decision means.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
159 words
A Computer Aided Design (CAD) system for managing a drawing involving dimension lines, displaying said drawing on a display means connected to a terminal, and editing said drawing according to a specified one of said dimension lines designated as an objective dimension line, wherein said CAD system comprises: first setting means for interactively designating the objective dimension line through said terminal; second setting means for interactively designating, through said terminal, drawing data to be edited among drawing data corresponding to said objective dimension line; decision means for determining whether or not the drawing data to be edited includes a chamfer; retrieving means for automatically retrieving, in said drawing, dimension lines that are in parallel with said objective dimension line; and editing means for automatically editing the drawing data corresponding to said objective and parallel dimension lines to be edited according to a change quantity given to said objective dimension line without deforming the chamfer found by said decision means.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
159 words
A Computer Aided Design (CAD) system for managing a drawing involving dimension lines, displaying said drawing on a display means connected to a terminal, and editing said drawing according to a specified one of said dimension lines designated as an objective dimension line, wherein said CAD system comprises: first setting means for interactively designating the objective dimension line through said terminal; second setting means for interactively designating, through said terminal, drawing data to be edited among drawing data corresponding to said objective dimension line; decision means for determining whether or not the drawing data to be edited includes a chamfer; retrieving means for automatically retrieving, in said drawing, dimension lines that are in parallel with said objective dimension line; and editing means for automatically editing the drawing data corresponding to said objective and parallel dimension lines to be edited according to a change quantity given to said objective dimension line without deforming the chamfer found by said decision means.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
96 words
A computer aided design (CAD) process for managing a drawing involving dimension lines, displaying said drawing on a display means connected to a terminal, and editing said drawing according to a specified one of said dimension lines designated as an objective dimension line, wherein said process comprises: interactively designating the objective dimension line through said terminal; automatically retrieving, in said drawing, dimension lines that are in parallel with said objective dimension line; and automatically editing drawing data corresponding to said objective and parallel dimension lines according to a change quantity entered for said objective dimension line.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
96 words
A computer aided design (CAD) process for managing a drawing involving dimension lines, displaying said drawing on a display means connected to a terminal, and editing said drawing according to a specified one of said dimension lines designated as an objective dimension line, wherein said process comprises: interactively designating the objective dimension line through said terminal; automatically retrieving, in said drawing, dimension lines that are in parallel with said objective dimension line; and automatically editing drawing data corresponding to said objective and parallel dimension lines according to a change quantity entered for said objective dimension line.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
101 words
A computer aided design (CAD) process for managing a drawing involving dimension lines, displaying said drawing on a display means connected to a terminal, and editing said drawing according to a specified one of said dimension lines designated as an objective dimension line, wherein said process comprises: interactively designating the objective dimension line through said terminal without a user entering any relational constraints; retrieving, in said drawing, dimension lines that are in parallel with said objective dimension line; and editing drawing data corresponding to said objective and parallel dimension lines according to a change quantity entered for said objective dimension line.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
101 words
A computer aided design (CAD) process for managing a drawing involving dimension lines, displaying said drawing on a display means connected to a terminal, and editing said drawing according to a specified one of said dimension lines designated as an objective dimension line, wherein said process comprises: interactively designating the objective dimension line through said terminal without a user entering any relational constraints; retrieving, in said drawing, dimension lines that are in parallel with said objective dimension line; and editing drawing data corresponding to said objective and parallel dimension lines according to a change quantity entered for said objective dimension line.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
98 words
A computer aided design (CAD) process for managing a drawing involving dimension lines, displaying said drawing on a display means connected to a terminal, and editing said drawing according to a specified one of said dimension lines designated as an objective dimension line, wherein said process comprises: interactively designating the objective dimension line through said terminal; retrieving, in said drawing, dimension lines that are in parallel with said objective dimension line; and editing drawing data corresponding to said objective and parallel dimension lines based on only a change quantity entered for said objective dimension line and the designating.
Claim 23
Dependent Claim
98 words
A computer aided design (CAD) process for managing a drawing involving dimension lines, displaying said drawing on a display means connected to a terminal, and editing said drawing according to a specified one of said dimension lines designated as an objective dimension line, wherein said process comprises: interactively designating the objective dimension line through said terminal; retrieving, in said drawing, dimension lines that are in parallel with said objective dimension line; and editing drawing data corresponding to said objective and parallel dimension lines based on only a change quantity entered for said objective dimension line and the designating.
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