Patent ID: 7913220

Claim:
A coordinated-design supporting apparatus comprising: a pin-assignment-information receiving unit that receives pin assignment information created by using a PLD-designing CAD apparatus with respect to a PLD used in a printed circuit board, the PLD-designing CAD apparatus supporting a design of the PLD; a temporary-library creating unit that creates a temporary component shape type library as a temporary library subject to the PLD by using the pin assignment information, the temporary component shape type library being alternative to a component shape type library required by a package-designing CAD apparatus for performing a pin assignment of the PLD, the package-designing CAD apparatus supporting a package design of the printed circuit board with the PLD, a coordinated design between the design of the PLD and the design of the printed circuit board with the PLD being supported by the coordinated-design supporting apparatus; a pin-swap-information receiving unit that receives pin swap information that is information on a pin swap performed in the PLD in designing the package design; and a swap-reflection-information output unit that outputs information used to reflect the pin swap in the design of the PLD by using the pin swap information.