Patent ID: 6449587
Filing Date: 2002-09-10
Classification: G06F,G06Q,Y10S

Abstract:
A process for the computerized generation of specific engineering diagrams for a product to be assembled from components on the basis of attributes of the specification of the product, the process comprising the steps of:providing an original master diagram with a generic representation of the variation spectrum of the product wherein at least one symbol Si in the original master diagram corresponds to every possible component Ki; storing the original master diagram in a computer readable memory of an information processing unit; providing a condition Bi for each symbol Si specifying the presence of the component Ki or of an indicated operational unit of the component Ki in an instance of the product that satisfies the specification; storing each condition Bi in the memory of the information processing unit for each symbol Si; determining the values of the attributes of the specification of the product from the conditions Bi from the memories, the values of the attributes being included in the conditions Bi; and generating a target engineering diagram Zx as specific engineering data for the product Px to be manufactured according to the specification from the original master diagram by performing a check for all symbols Sj of the original master diagram, for which a condition is contained in the memory, by a computerized evaluation of the associated condition Bj, using the values of the attributes of the specification, to determine whether the condition Bj is met; and entering the symbol Sj in the target engineering diagram Zx only if the condition Bj is met.