Patent Publication Number: US-7721241-B2

Title: Automated method and tool for documenting a transformer design

Description:
FIELD OF THE INVENTION 
   The present invention relates to a transformer, and more particularly, to the automated documenting of a transformer design. 
   BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 
   Voltage transformers are used to convert electrical energy from one voltage potential to another voltage potential. Transformers range from small 120VAC to 220VAC converters to large power transformers used to convert voltages from 1 kV (kilovolt) to 1000 kV or higher. Additionally, transformers may also be categorized as standard versus non-standard transformers. Standard transformers are those transformers having non-unique designs manufactured in large quantities. Unique or non-standard transformers are typically designed and manufactured individually. 
   Current design and manufacturing procedures used to build unique transformers utilize a manual documentation generation process. This manual process often results in errors in the documentation associated with the manufacture of the transformer. Such errors can create a problem in the transformer manufactured using that documentation. If the transformer is not manufactured correctly and does not conform to the particular design specifications, additional equipment within the power distribution network connected to this transformer may be adversely affected. The present invention provides an alternative to the manual documentation process. The present invention overcomes any errors associated with manually generated documentation by creating an automatic documentation process. 
   The voltage transformer has two main pieces, the core and the coil. The core is made from materials such as steel or iron. The core may have a single leg or multiple legs depending on the type of transformer. The legs are connected together by yokes and the connection between the legs and the yokes create a closed magnetic circuit. A stacked transformer core is formed by stacking layers of grain oriented steel sheets on top of one another. Alternatively, in a wound transformer core the sheets of steel are wrapped around the coil. 
   The coil of a transformer consists of conductive material wound around the leg(s) of the core. In its simplest form the coil of a transformer has a single primary winding and a single secondary winding. The primary winding is connected to the source of power (typically AC) and the secondary winding is connected to the load. As current flows through the primary winding, a resultant magnetic field within the core causes a current to be formed in the secondary winding of the coil. 
   Transformers are manufactured to conform to various customer requirements. Depending on the application, the utility company may need a transformer with a unique kVA rating that fits a particular footprint. The transformer manufacturer takes the customer input and designs a transformer to meet the requirements. When designing the transformer, the manufacturer tries to create a design that not only meets the customer requirements, but does so in a cost effective manner. 
   In order to create a cost effective design and manufacturing flow, the transformer manufacturer automates as much of the process as possible. Automated tools may be developed to assist with the design flow as well as the manufacturing flow. For example, instead of manually calculating the number of turns required for the low voltage winding, a computer program is used to perform this function. In addition, graphical displays may be developed to assist the transformer designer in creating the design. 
   The present invention is designed to further automate the transformer design process, by eliminating the manual steps previously performed to generate the manufacturing specifications and supporting documents. The present invention links to other processes within the transformer design flow, extracts the documentation information, and deposits it in a file. The end result is a file populated with all of the information necessary to document and build the transformer. 
   SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION 
   An automated method of documenting a transformer design, the method comprising
         a) generating an electronic file comprising transformer design information,   b) analyzing the electronic file,   c) creating a drawing from the transformer design information,   d) exporting the drawing into a document.       

   An automated method of designing a transformer, the method comprising
         a) generating a file comprising a hierarchical data model of said transformer design;   b) reading the file;   c) analyzing the file;   d) opening a document;   e) inserting a drawing into said document, said drawing constructed from said hierarchical data model.       

   A computer readable media containing computer code instructing a processor to:
         a) generate an electronic file comprising transformer design information,   b) analyze said electronic file,   c) create a drawing from said transformer design information,   d) export said drawing into a document       

   
     BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS 
     The invention is further described in the detailed description that follows, by reference to the noted drawings, by way of non-limiting illustrative embodiments of the invention, in which like reference numerals represent similar elements throughout the several views of the drawings, and wherein: 
       FIG. 1  illustrates cross sectional view of a transformer. 
       FIG. 2  illustrates a screenshot of a GUI of a transformer software design tool. 
       FIG. 3  shows a flow chart outlining a physical design software process in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention. 
       FIG. 4  illustrates a drawing of a physical layout of a transformer created by the present invention. 
       FIG. 5  illustrates a document populated with the physical design information of a transformer coil. 
       FIG. 6  illustrates a drawing of an electrical circuit of a coil of a transformer created by the present invention. 
       FIG. 7  shows a flow chart outlining an electrical design software process in accordance with another embodiment of the present invention. 
       FIG. 8  illustrates a document populated with the electrical circuit information of a transformer coil. 
   

   DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF ILLUSTRATIVE EMBODIMENTS 
   The present application incorporates by reference U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10/933,535 (“the &#39;535 application”) in its entirety. A geometrical layout of a cross section of a transformer is shown in  FIG. 1 , which, except for reference numeral  120 , is identical to FIG. 1 of the &#39;535 application. The transformer includes a core  100  and a winding section  120 . The winding section  120  includes barriers B 1 -B 5  and windings W 1 -W 2 . The barriers B 1 -B 5  insulate windings W 1 -W 2  from each other and include insulating materials, such as resin, electrical glass, paper, and the like. 
   The physical layout of the barriers B 1 -B 5  and windings W 1 -W 2  can be described using the hierarchical data model described in the &#39;535 application and is repeated herein in this and the next few paragraphs. The data model includes an abstract component called a block to arrange barriers and windings either horizontally or vertically. A block can be either a horizontal block or a vertical block. A block can also include sub-blocks. For example, in  FIG. 1 , block  110  includes barrier B 3 , winding W 1 , barrier B 4 , winding W 2 , and barrier B 5 . The sub-blocks in a horizontal block are arranged horizontally. The sub-blocks in a vertical block are arranged vertically. A block can contain barriers, windings, and sub-blocks. 
   The physical layout in  FIG. 1  can be defined using the following general hierarchical data model: 
   
     
       
         
             
             
           
             
                 
                 
             
           
          
             
                 
               vertical block 
             
             
                 
                barrier B1 
             
             
                 
                horizontal block 110 
             
             
                 
                 barrier B3 
             
             
                 
                 winding W1 
             
             
                 
                 barrier B4 
             
             
                 
                 winding W2 
             
             
                 
                 barrier B5 
             
             
                 
                 
             
          
         
       
     
   
   Barrier B 2   
   The vertical block defines the entire physical layout. The horizontal block  110  defines the middle section of the physical layout between the top and bottom barriers. Because blocks can contain sub-blocks any physical layout can be described using a hierarchical data model. Any metadata created to describe this physical layout must reflect this data model and its hierarchical nature. 
   A data model for defining a geometry of a physical layout of the electrical device of  FIG. 1  as blocks and sub-blocks using XML (extensible Markup Language), a metadata markup language, is shown below: 
   Example 1 
   
     
       
         
             
             
           
             
                 
                 
             
           
          
             
                 
               &lt;physicalLayout layout=“vertical”&gt; 
             
             
                 
                &lt;barrier name=“B1” /&gt; 
             
             
                 
                 &lt;block layout=“horizontal”&gt; 
             
             
                 
                 &lt;barrier name=“B3” /&gt; 
             
             
                 
                 &lt;winding=“W1” /&gt; 
             
             
                 
                  &lt;property name=“DESCRIPTION” type=“TEXT” 
             
             
                 
                  value=“L V WINDING ” /&gt; 
             
             
                 
                 &lt;barrier name=“B4”/&gt; 
             
             
                 
                 &lt;winding=“W2”/&gt; 
             
             
                 
                  &lt;property name=“DESCRIPTION” type=“TEXT” 
             
             
                 
                  value=“H V WINDING ” /&gt; 
             
             
                 
                 &lt;barrier name=“B5” /&gt; 
             
             
                 
                &lt;/block&gt; 
             
             
                 
                &lt;barrier name=“B2” /&gt; 
             
             
                 
                &lt;/physicalLayout&gt; 
             
             
                 
                 
             
          
         
       
     
   
   The data model includes a metadata element for each block and a metadata element (referred to herein as a child metadata element) for each sub-block associated with a respective block. Within the metadata elements are tags used by software code to interpret the information contained in the element. Interpretation of the metadata information describing each element is described in greater detail in subsequent paragraphs. 
   The metadata elements are arranged in a hierarchical format. For example, indented under the metadata element &lt;block layout=“horizontal”&gt; are the child metadata elements for barrier B 3 , winding W 1 , barrier B 4 , winding W 2 , and barrier B 5 , in that order, as shown in  FIG. 1 . Each child metadata element is positioned in the data model between a start tag and an end tag of the metadata element. 
     FIG. 2 , is identical to FIG. 3 of the &#39;535 application aside from the numbering of the elements.  FIG. 2  of the present application shows a computer graphics window  200  that illustrates a graphical user interface (GUI) for creating a metadata text file corresponding to the geometry of a physical layout of a transformer coil. The window  200  is displayed on a computer accessed by a user. The computer may be a laptop or desktop running either in a network configuration or in a stand alone environment. In the left pane  210  of the window  200  is a tree view that shows a hierarchy of block identifiers. The right pane  220  shows a graphical representation of the physical layout. 
   Initially, the left pane  210  contains only a single block, called “Physical Layout,” and the right pane  220  contains no barriers, windings, or blocks. As a user adds block identifiers in the left pane  210 , the associated blocks are displayed in the right pane  220 . The block identifiers are positioned sequentially according to the geometry of the physical layout. When the block contains a sub-block, a sub-block identifier representing the sub-block is added. For example, B 3 , W 1 , B 4 , W 2 , and B 5  are sub-block identifiers. They are collectively identified in left pane  210  by  250 . The sub-block identifier is positioned sequentially in the left pane  210  according to the geometry of the physical layout within the block, in this case, left-to-right. Each block or sub-block can have characteristics (e.g., shape which, in an exemplary embodiment, can be assumed to be a particular shape, such as rectangle, position, orientation and size) stored in a file that is accessed by a drop down menu (not shown) when a block or sub-block is selected by a user. The corresponding file is accessed from the memory of the computer to render an image of the block or sub-block in the pane  220 . 
   Additional information relating to the blocks may also be entered using the drop down menu in the left pane  210  of the GUI. For example, winding W 1  may be assigned a unique name such as “L V Winding.” This is reflected in Example #1 as “&lt;property name=“DESCRIPTION” type=“TEXT” value=“L V WINDING” /&gt;. Other information such as the winding type, the conductor type, the barrier type and so forth may be added to the design via the drop down menu. The metadata file is updated as each of these properties is added to the transformer design. 
   The associated metadata text file is saved by the transformer design program. This occurs when the user launches a command (not shown in  FIG. 2 ) within the user interface, e.g., selects a file menu command, to save the metadata text file. Alternatively, the metadata file is saved automatically by the transformer design program when the last component is added, and the file is closed. 
   When the user determines that the design of the physical layout is complete and wants to generate a manufacturing document, the user selects a command in the GUI (not shown). The command automatically generates the manufacturing documentation reflecting the physical layout of the transformer coil. The manufacturing documentation is used by manufacturing personnel to assemble the coil. Ideally, the manufacturing documentation reflects the image of the physical layout shown in the right pane  220  of the window  200 . In one embodiment of the present invention, a software routine creates the physical layout documentation. A flow chart outlining the steps performed by the physical layout software routine  300 , which is stored on computer readable media and runs on the user&#39;s computer, is shown in  FIG. 3 . Using the data from the metadata file, the software routine  300  automatically creates a document populated with the transformer physical design information. The document includes drawing figures and text. An exemplary drawing  400  created by the present invention and inserted into the document is shown in  FIG. 4 . In this embodiment, the software routine  300  places the drawing  400  and associated text into the document in predefined locations. 
   The automatic creation of a document populated with transformer design information begins with step  301  in  FIG. 3 . The next step  302  in the software routine  300  is reading the metadata file. For demonstrative purposes, the metadata file of Example #1 is read in the software routine  300 . As the software routine  300  reads the metadata file in step  302 , it also analyzes the elements within the file as shown in step  304 . 
   Within step  304 , the software routine  300  extracts functional and relational information from the metadata file. Referring to Example #1, the metadata element “&lt;physicalLayout layout=vertical&gt;” identifies that this particular metadata file (Example #1) is to be used to generate the drawing  400  of the physical layout of the transformer coil. Additionally, the metadata element contains two pieces of information. The first piece “physicalLayout” identifies that any information following this tag contained within the brackets “&lt; &gt;” provides orientation information for the physical layout. The second part, “layout=vertical” defines that any subsequent elements are to be stacked vertically. 
   In step  306 , the software routine  300  determines the total number of horizontal barriers. In Example #1, there are two horizontal barriers, B 1  and B 2 . Next in step  308 , the software routine  300  determines the number of blocks, the number of sub-blocks within the blocks, the number of sub-blocks within the sub-blocks and so forth. For Example #1, the software routine determines that there is one block ( 240  of  FIG. 2 ) consisting of five sub-blocks, B 3 , W 1 , B 4 , W 2  and B 5 , respectively. 
   After the number of horizontal barriers, blocks and sub-blocks are determined, the software routine  300  allocates space for each of the pieces. In the present invention, the software routine  300  is programmed to display the components using actual assembled proportions. For example, when assembled, each of the horizontal barriers B 1 , B 2  of the coil described in  FIG. 2  is roughly 10% of the height of the coil. Based on this design of the coil, the software routine  300  is programmed to allocate a total of 20% of the available vertical display for the horizontal barriers B 1 , B 2 . Since there are only two barriers B 1  and B 2  in Example #1, they are each allocated 10% of the available vertical display space in step  310  as shown in  FIG. 4 . The remaining 80% of the vertical display is allocated to display the blocks and sub-blocks. 
   In step  308 , the software routine  300  determined that there are two windings W 1  and W 2  and three barriers B 3 , B 4  and B 5  in the block  240 . Based on this configuration of the block and sub-blocks, the software routine  300  assigns 10% of the available horizontal display to each of the barriers (B 3 , B 4  and B 5 ) and 35% of the horizontal display to each of the windings (W 1  and W 2 ) in step  312  (also illustrated in  FIG. 4 ). Similar to the space allocation for the horizontal barriers (B 1 , B 2 ), the percentages assigned for the block and sub-blocks are preprogrammed into the software routine  300  based on the actual design. The percentages correspond to the actual physical dimensions of the block pieces when fully assembled. 
   In step  314 , the software routine  300  opens a document that will be populated with the drawing  400  and associated text. For example, the document may be a Word™ document, an Excel™ document, a Word Perfect™ document or a Power Point™ document. After the document is opened, the software routine  300  determines in step  316  how large to make the drawing. The software routine  300  is programmed to vary the size of the drawing based on the format of the document the drawing is exported into. For example, the drawing may be formatted to fit into a 400×400 pixel ActiveX window if it is imported into an 8½″×11″ portrait oriented document. Those skilled in the art appreciate that the use of an ActiveX window to import information into a document is common in the software application industry. In  FIG. 4 , the dotted line  410  surrounding the drawing  400  shows the ActiveX display window. 
   After the drawing size is determined, in step  318 , the software routine  300  creates the drawing  400  in the ActiveX window. The software routine  300  starts at a reference point in the top left corner  402  of the window  400  and draws the blocks. For the metadata file of Example #1, a rectangular box comprising 10% of the vertical display and 100% of the horizontal display is drawn representing the first barrier layer B 1 . Once the box for B 1  is drawn, the label “B 1 ” is inserted in the box. The software routine  300  then draws the horizontal block comprising the five sub-blocks (B 3 , W 1 , B 4 , W 2 , and B 5 ) according to the determined percentages as previously described in steps  310  and  312 . The block  240  is drawn in the following order: barrier layer B 3 , winding W 1 , barrier layer B 4 , winding W 2  and barrier B 5 . After each sub-block is drawn, the software inserts the appropriate label into the respective section. The software then draws the last barrier B 2 , inserts the label “B 2 ” and closes the ActiveX window. The drawing is complete. The drawing  400  reflects the GUI representation as shown in the right pane  230  of  FIG. 2 . 
   After the drawing is completed in step  318 , the software routine  300  retrieves any additional textual information embedded within the metadata file in step  320 . Examples of text stored within the metadata file include, but are not limited to, barrier or winding names, electrical tolerances, insulation characteristics, and so forth. Once extracted from the metadata file, this information is inserted into the document in predetermined locations. Once all of the information is inserted into the document, the document is closed in step  322  and the software routine ends at step  324 . 
   An example page  500  of a document automatically populated with transformer physical design information is shown in  FIG. 5 . The page  500  has a transformer drawing  502 , and associated text section  506 . In this embodiment, the associated text  506  describes the characteristics of the individual pieces of the coil. The transformer drawing  502  is substantially similar to the image displayed to the user in the right pane  220  of the computer graphics window  200  of  FIG. 2 , except that in  FIG. 5  the LV and HV windings, are identified by the unique name assigned by the user. In addition to the drawing  502 , the text “L V WINDING” and “H V WINDING” is extracted and inserted into the text section  506  of the page  500  describing each of the windings of the coil. For ease of illustration, the inserted text is shown in BOLD in the text section  506 . 
   In another embodiment of the present invention, documentation relating to the electrical connectivity of the transformer is automatically generated. When describing a hierarchical model for the electrical connectivity of the coil, the top of the hierarchy is the entire circuit layout for the coil. The next level of hierarchy consists of the windings and the circuits. Under the hierarchy of the windings are the segments and below the segments are the start lead and the finish lead. Under the hierarchy of the circuits are the nodes. Below each node is the source and destination of the node. 
   The present invention extracts the connectivity information from a metadata file corresponding to the transformer electrical design and populates a document with both drawing figures and textual information. An example of such a metadata file is shown below: 
   Example #2 
   
     
       
         
             
             
           
             
                 
                 
             
           
          
             
                 
               &lt;CircuitLayout name=“LV1”&gt; 
             
             
                 
                &lt;Winding name=“Winding 1”&gt; 
             
             
                 
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                  &lt;StartLead name=“s”/&gt; 
             
             
                 
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                &lt;/Winding&gt; 
             
             
                 
                &lt;Circuit name=“C1”&gt; 
             
             
                 
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                  &lt;Src Winding=“Winding 1” Segment=“S1” Lead=“s” /&gt; 
             
             
                 
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                &lt;/Circuit&gt; 
             
             
                 
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   For ease of explanation, the circuit description of Example #2 contains only the description of a single low voltage winding. The low voltage winding of Example #2 can be the low voltage winding of a single phase transformer or one of the three low voltage windings of a three phase transformer. If a three phase transformer were described in a metadata file, there would be a low voltage winding entry for each phase. There would also be associated entries for the segments and circuits for each low voltage winding for each phase. 
   In Example #2, Winding  1  is defined as consisting of segment S 1  that has a start lead s and a finish lead f. A winding may have multiple segments, but for ease of illustration, only one segment is described in Example #2. The connectivity of the segment S 1  is defined under the circuit description. The circuit C 1  associated with Winding  1  has two nodes N 1  and N 2 . Node N 1  is defined as the source for segment S 1  and is connected to start lead s. Node N 2  is defined as the destination and is connected to the finish lead f of segment S 1 . 
   The XML file of Example #2 may be generated using a transformer design tool similar to the physical layout tool shown in the previously described  FIG. 2 . The transformer design tool generates the metadata file after the electrical circuit design has been completed. Alternatively, a designer could design the electrical circuit for the transformer coil by manually creating a metadata file describing the circuit. Once the metadata file is created, the present invention uses the information within the metadata file to automatically generate the associated electrical circuit documentation. 
     FIG. 6  is an exemplary electrical circuit drawing  600  of the low voltage winding, created by one embodiment of the present invention, using the metadata file of Example #2. The drawing  600  shows the various components and orientation of Winding  1 . The dotted line surrounding the drawing  600  depicts the boundaries of an ActiveX window  610 , in which the drawing  600  is created. The process implemented by the present invention in creating the drawing  600  is explained below. 
   The present invention utilizes an electrical layout software routine similar to the physical layout software routine  300  described in  FIG. 3 . A flow chart describing the electrical layout software routine  700  is shown in  FIG. 7 . The software routine  700  is stored on computer readable media and uses the electrical circuit metadata file, in this case Example #2, to create the drawing  600  of  FIG. 6 . 
   Referring to  FIG. 7 , in steps  701  through  704  the software routine  700  reads and analyzes the metadata file (Example #2) similar to the corresponding steps in  FIG. 3 . In Step  706 , the software routine  700  determines the number of windings in the circuit from the metadata information. After determining the number of windings, the software routine  700  determines the number of segments in each winding in step  708 . In step  710 , the software routine  700  determines the number of nodes in the circuit. For Example #2, there is one winding (Winding  1 ), one segment (S 1 ) and two nodes (N 1 , N 2 ). 
   After the software routine  700  has determined the number of elements in the circuit, it then establishes the connectivity in step  712 . For Example #2, the software routine  700  determines that Node  1  (N 1 ) is the source for the start lead s and Node  2  (N 2 ) is the destination for the finish lead f. 
   Next in step  714 , the software routine  700  allocates space for displaying each winding in the drawing. In the embodiment of  FIG. 6 , the software routine  700  allocates 75% of the available vertical displayable space in the drawing window to the winding space  602 . The horizontal display space  606  is then evenly distributed between all of the windings of the coil. The value of 75% is programmed into the software routine  700  based on actual coil designs. By allocating 75% of the vertical display for the windings, the software routine  700  is able to clearly display more complex coil designs containing multiple segments which may have multiple connections. In Example #2, the entire winding space  602  and the horizontal display space  606  is allocated for Winding  1  in step  714 . The remaining 25% of available vertical space in the display window, by default, is allocated for the node display space  604 . 
   Should there be more than one winding, the software routine  700  in step  714  allocates the horizontal display space  606  evenly between each of the windings. For instance, if a coil electrical design contained three windings, all three windings would be drawn in the winding space  602  but each winding would be allocated roughly 33% of the horizontal display space  606 . 
   In step  716 , the software routine  700  allocates space within the windings for the segments. The segments are overlaid on the winding in the drawing  600 . For Example #2, there is only one segment S 1 . Because there is only one segment S 1 , the software routine  700  will allocate the entire segment space  608  ( FIG. 6 ) to Segment S 1 . If multiple segments were defined in the winding, the segments would be evenly distributed within the winding. 
   The software routine  700  allocates space for the nodes in step  718 . After determining the number of nodes and the connectivity, the software routine is ready to begin creating the drawing  600  in a document. 
   In step  720 , the software routine  700  opens the document that will be populated with the transformer electrical circuit information. Similar to step  314  of  FIG. 3 , the software routine  700  may create the drawing  600  in a Word™ document, an Excel™ document, a Word Perfect™ document or a Power Point™ document. After the document is opened, the software routine  700  determines how large to make the drawing in step  722  based on the characteristics of the document, similar to step  316  of  FIG. 3 . For example, the drawing may be formatted to fit into a 400×400 pixel ActiveX window if it is imported into an 8½″×11″ portrait oriented document. 
   After the drawing size has been determined in step  722 , the software routine  700  begins to draw the components in the window  610  in step  724 . The software routine  700  first draws the body of Winding  1  and then overlays the segment S 1  on Winding  1 . As discussed previously, the body of Winding  1  will encompass the entire winding space  602  of the drawing  600 . The segment leads s and f of Winding  1  are attached to the segment S 1 . Finally the nodes N 1  and N 2  are added into the node space  604  and are connected by arrowed lines  612  depicting the flow of current to the leads s and f. When determining the position of the nodes N 1  and N 2 , the software routine  700  positions them at the edges of the node space  604  as shown in  FIG. 6 . The nodes N 1  and N 2  are positioned at this location for ease of display. As additional nodes are added to the drawing, they are positioned across the horizontal display space  606  in a spatially uniform manner. 
   In step  726 , the software routine  700  retrieves any textual information embedded within the phase circuit metadata file and displays the text in predetermined locations within the document. Some examples of text information include, but are not limited to, the winding name, the electrical characteristics of the winding, the winding material and so forth. After all of the information for the electrical characteristics have been inserted into the document, the document is closed in step  728 . The software routine  700  ends at step  730 . 
     FIG. 8  shows a page  800  of a document populated with the drawing  600  of  FIG. 6 . Within the page  800 , the names displayed for the source lead s and finish lead f are “Src” and “Dst” respectively. In this case, the software routine  700  was programmed to substitute more descriptive names of the coil into the page  800 . For further illustration, the name of the drawing “LV 1 ” is extracted from the metadata file of Example #2 and inserted into the page of the document at location  804 . The document containing the drawing page  800  of  FIG. 8  may be the same document containing the physical drawing page  400  of  FIG. 4 . 
   It is to be understood that the foregoing description has been provided merely for the purpose of explanation and is in no way to be construed as limiting of the invention. Where the invention has been described with reference to embodiments, it is understood that the words which have been used herein are words of description and illustration, rather than words of limitation. Further, although the invention has been described herein with reference to particular structure, materials and/or embodiments, the invention is not intended to be limited to the particulars disclosed herein. Rather, the invention extends to all functionally equivalent structures, methods and uses, such as are within the scope of the appended claims. Those skilled in the art, having the benefit of the teachings of this specification, may effect numerous modifications thereto and changes may be made without departing from the scope and spirit of the invention in its aspects.