Patent ID: 7330807
Filing Date: 2008-02-12
Classification: G06F,G06Q,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A method for automatically generating a drawing of a mechanical filter unit which comprises a plurality of non-moving components or elements, said method comprising the steps of: selecting at least one of a field of application of the filter unit to be produced from among a plurality of predefined or predefinable fields of application and a design of the filter unit to be produced from among a plurality of predefined or predefinable designs; generating an input field as a function of the selection made, wherein only those entries are enabled in the input field which correspond to the selection; checking whether the entries made in each input field are mutually compatible, wherein the compatibility checking step includes automatically generating an error message if the entries made in each input field are not mutually compatible; and based on the results of the mutual compatibility checking step, either outputting the error message if the entries made in each input field are not mutually compatible, or automatically generating a drawing of the mechanical filter unit in accordance with the entries made in each input field if the entries are mutually compatible.