Patent ID: 6728733
Filing Date: 2004-04-27
Classification: G06F,Y10S

Abstract:
A computer-based CAD file administrative system comprising:a display for displaying an administrative representation; a tree edit component for allowing a user to create and edit a tree representing a project on the display, the tree having one or more nodes; a CAD file edit component for allowing the user to associate the CAD file with a node of the tree by an attribute relating to the node on the display, and to store the associated CAD file in a memory; a text file edit component for allowing the user to create and edit a text file on the display, for extracting text data from the CAD file into the text file and to associate the text file with one of the nodes of the tree by an attribute relating to the node and to store the CAD file in the memory; a node shifting component for allowing the user to shift on the display one of the nodes of the tree to a different portion of the same tree or another tree, together with document files belonging to the node; and a search component for searching out a CAD file from the CAD files stored in the memory based on a given attribute relating to the text file, and representing the presence of the searched CAD file in connection with the corresponding node on the display.