Patent ID: 7237219

Claim:
A design aid apparatus for aiding in design of placement of objects for a multilayer wiring board that is formed by laminating a plurality of dielectrics including a specific dielectric capable of having components embedded therein, the design being performed separately on a first portion made up of a set of dielectrics adjacent to one side of the specific dielectric and a second portion made up of a set of dielectrics adjacent to an opposite side of the specific dielectric, placement of a first object to the first portion being designed by one of two computers that are in a communicative state, placement of a second object to the second portion being designed by another one of the two computers, and placement of a boundary object to the specific dielectric being designed by each of the computers, comprising: a first aid unit realized by the computer, and including: a first display unit operable to display boundary design information about the placement of the boundary object and first design information about the placement of the first object, without displaying second design information about the placement of the second object; a first input unit operable to receive a design input instruction for the boundary design information and the first design information displayed by the first display unit, from a user; a first update unit operable to update the boundary design information and the first design information, according to the design input instruction received by the first input unit; and a second aid unit realized by the other computer, and including: a second display unit operable to display the boundary design information and the second design information, without displaying the first design information; a second input unit operable to receive a design input instruction for the boundary design information and the second design information displayed by the second display unit, from the user; and a second update unit operable to update the boundary design information and the second design information according to the design input instruction received by the second input unit.