Patent Document ID: 8203556
Application ID: 12000767
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. A system for generating a parts catalog, the system comprising: a processor; and wherein said system is configured to receive three-dimensional model data for first parts, receive boundary data for a second part which has a shape and whose three-dimensional model data is not available, and store a predetermined shape that is representative of the shape of the second part, but which is simplified and different than the shape of the second part; and wherein said system further comprises an image generating unit that generates an assembly image which shows the first parts assembled together, based on the three-dimensional model data; and a data output unit that calculates boundary data related to a position and a shape of each of the first parts, based on the three-dimensional model data; and wherein the image generating unit displays an image of the predetermined shape in a corresponding position of the assembly image, based on the boundary data for the second part; and wherein said system is configured to generate the parts catalog by combining the assembly image, the image of the predetermined shape, and parts configuration data indicative of data for parts management, such that the parts catalog contains a simplified image of the second part combined with images of the first parts.