Patent ID: 8150661

Claim:
A design support system for supporting a route design for attaching a deformable linear structure to a target, comprising: an edition unit capable of for generating a passing point through which the linear structure should pass in a virtual space, according to an instruction of a user via an input device; a passing point management unit capable of for generating and managing passing point information including a passing direction of the passing point, on the basis of a designated component as a reference when generating a passing point of a type based on a component in the virtual space by the edition unit; and a route generation unit capable of for generating a route through which the linear structure should pass in the virtual space, using passing point information managed by the passing point management unit, wherein the router generation unit determines a normal vector of a plane of the designated component as the passing direction when the passing point of the type is a starting point, and generates a route through which the linear structure should pass in the virtual space and determining a direction of a reversal of the normal vector of the plane of the designated component as the passing direction when the passing point of the type is an ending point.