Patent ID: 7218979

Claim:
A CAD system utilizing a network comprising a server computer connected with the network, and at least one client computer transmitting data between the server computer through the network, a parametric graphic data for CAD from the server computer to the client computer complying requests from the client computer; the server computer having a variable program filing section that files multiple variable programs to draw each different graphics, a real data filing section that stores multiple kinds of real data that is substituted for each variables in the variable program, an operation processing section that reads out a certain real data from the real data filing section with reading out a certain variable program from the variable program filing section corresponding to requests from the client computer, creates a parametric graphic data substituting the certain real data for each variables in the certain variable program and executing the program; and a display data creating device which creates display data that enable to display on a display in the client computer, based on the parametric graphic data created by the operation processing section; wherein the client computer has a graphic list display control section displaying a graphic list that is able to provide a parametric graphic data from the server computer on a display and a selected graphic name transmitting section that sends a graphic name selected from the graphic list to the server computer, and the operation processing section in the server computer reads out the certain variable program and the certain real data based on the graphic name sent from the selected graphic name transmitting section; and wherein the server computer includes a parts data list storing section which stores a parts format number pairing with the real data which corresponds to each format number about each parts that enable to graphic drawings and a parts format number list transmitting section that creates a part format number list corresponding to graphic name sent from the selected graphic name transmitting section in the client computer based on a data stored in the parts data list storing section and sends to the client computer, the client computer includes a format number list display control section that makes a parts format number list display on a display sent from the parts format number list transmitting section and a selecting format number name transmitting section that sends a parts format name sent from the parts format number list transmitting section to the server computer, and the operation processing section in the server computer reads out the real data corresponding to a format number name sent from the selected format number name transmitting section from the selected parts format name transmitting section and creates a parametric graphic data substituting read out real data for each variables in variable program corresponding to graphic name sent from the selected graphic name transmitting section.