Patent ID: 6871109
Filing Date: 2005-03-22
Classification: B29C,G05B,G06F,G06T,Y02P

Abstract:
1. A die design support method for supporting an operator to design a molding die of a product on a computer in accordance with a product design data of said product, said method comprising the steps of: dividing an operational procedure of designing a molding die of a specific type of products using CAD software, into a plurality of processes, and storing as a master die data each of said design procedures for said processes together with an associated CAD data, using an operational-record storing function of said CAD software; preparing as a standard layout a die layout model which defines respective models of die components estimated to be optimum in a die design for said specific type of products, and a layout thereof; in response to a request for designing a die for a new product belonging to said specific type, reading the master die data for the process to be executed among said plurality of processes; quoting a product design data of said new product belonging to said specific type or the models obtained in the previously executed process so as to execute the design procedure stored as said read master die data to create models in said currently executed process; and when the final process in said plurality of processes is executed to create respective final design data of said die components, using said die layout model directly, and quoting the models corresponding to said die components in said layout model and said models created by executing said precedent process so as to execute the operational procedure stored as the master die data to create respective design data of said die components.