Patent ID: 7418687

Claim:
An information processing apparatus comprising: an input unit; a storing unit configured to store wiring layout information, indicating a wiring layout of a multilayer printed circuit board, and layer configuration information, indicating a layer configuration of the multilayer printed circuit board; a data generation section configured to generate a wiring layout of a multilayer printed circuit board from the wiring layout information and the layer configuration information stored in said storing unit, said data generation section comprising: a board data capture processing section configured to process the wiring layout information; a layer data capture processing section configured to process the layer configuration information; and a merge unit configured to communicate with said board data processing section and said layer data capture processing section and merge the wiring layout information and layer configuration information to generate multi-layer wiring layout data; a layout displaying unit configured to display a wiring layout drawing indicating the wiring layout of the multilayer printed circuit board on a display; a position specifying unit configured to specify a line on the displayed wiring layout drawing in response to a user's input received by the input unit; and a cross section displaying unit configured to display a cross section indicating a cross-sectional structure of the multi-layer wiring layout of the multilayer printed circuit board along the specified line on the display based on the wiring layout information and the layer configuration information.