Patent ID: 7123274

Claim:
A combining drawing system comprising: a storage unit which stores a template defining a plurality of temporary coordinate systems, the template defining a plurality of layout coordinates defined in any of the temporary coordinate systems, wherein each of the temporary coordinate systems represents a region; a drawing region setting unit which sets a drawing region; an output setting unit which sets a conversion parameter for converting the temporary coordinate systems into an output coordinate system which is a coordinate system of the drawing region set by the drawing region setting unit; an object input which inputs one or more objects output using the template; and an output unit which lays out the objects input through the object input unit in the layout coordinates defined in the output coordinate system based on the template and the conversion parameter to create a composite image and expressing the created composite image in the drawing region; wherein each region of the temporary coordinate systems is within the drawing region so that the objects are laid out within the drawing region, wherein the layout coordinates defined in the template are defined by any of group coordinate systems whose origin point is defined in any of the temporary coordinate systems, and wherein said output means clips a plurality of objects laid out in the layout coordinates defined in the same group coordinate system based on a clipping mask defined for each of the group coordinate systems in the template.