Patent ID: 7870534

Claim:
An apparatus for creating a three-dimensional model of a printed board, the apparatus comprising: a layout model creating unit that creates a layout model of the printed board based on printed-board information that is created by an electrical computer-aided design apparatus for the printed board, the layout model being a three-dimensional model of the printed board with electrical components mounted thereon; a wiring model creating unit that creates a wiring model of the printed board based on the printed-board information, the wiring model being a three-dimensional model of a wiring pattern and holes of the printed board, the wiring model creating unit including a user instruction reading unit that reads a user instruction specifying a diameter of the holes to be modeled as the wiring model, a wiring pattern creating unit that creates the three-dimensional model of the wiring pattern, and a hole processing unit that creates the three-dimensional model of the holes based on the user instruction specifying the diameter of the holes; and an outputting unit that outputs information on the layout model and the wiring model, the information being used by a mechanical computer-aided design apparatus for a mechanical design of the printed board.