Patent ID: 7170509

Claim:
An information processing apparatus comprising: a first memory configured to store 3-D data indicating a plurality of components, a product being assembled based on the plurality of the components; a display configured to display the 3-D data indicating the plurality of the components; an input device configured to input a viewing orientation of the displayed 3-D data; a second memory configured to store management data, the management data including an assembly process for assembling the product, based on the plurality of components; and a controller configured to convert the 3-D data indicating the plurality of the components into 2-D data indicating the plurality of the components, based on the viewing orientation input by the input device; the controller being further configured to output, to another information processing apparatus, the converted 2-D data indicating the plurality of the components and the management data including the assembly process without the 3-D data indicating the plurality of the components, the another information processing apparatus being discrete from the information processing apparatus, whereby the another information apparatus assembles the 2-D data indicating the plurality of components, based on the assembly process included in the management data and displays the assembled 2-D data on a display of the another information processing apparatus.