Binding management apparatus, method and product

Abstract

In the binding management apparatus, the passing point management unit stores the attribute of each passing point of harness and the like in a virtual design space in a passing point table as passing point information and manages it. The binding point management unit stores the attribute of a binding point obtained by binding each passing point of harness as binding point information including relationship information of the binding point of each passing point and independent of each piece of passing point information. The management unit collectively edits / displays bound harness and so on by editing the binding point information of the binding point table and reflecting the edition result in the passing point information related to the binding point information based on the relationship information.

Description

technical field [0001] The present invention relates to a system for designing / verifying equipment in a virtual space, and more particularly, to a design support technology for flexible linear and ribbon-like objects such as harnesses, metal cables, optical cables, and the like. Background technique [0002] Recently, three-dimensional data for device design has gradually increased, and a project verification method of verifying by generating prototypes in a design stage using product data in a virtual space realizes development of products in a short time. [0003] Electronic components arranged inside an electronic device, between an electronic device and another device, inside a building, etc. are electrically or optically connected to each other by wire harnesses, metal cables, optical cables, and the like. In such connection wiring of electric signals / optical signals such as wiring, cables, etc., the need for pre-verification at the design stage has increased. [0004]...

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Problems solved by technology

This is because other wires cannot be placed along the route of the base wire

However, it is not clear at the design stage of route determination which route is the longest route for common use, so care must be taken during manufacturing, and this is not easily modifiable

[0015] When expecting a configuration such as Image 6 As shown in the equally complex wiring, as Image 6 As shown in 3801 and 3802 in , it is necessary to set multiple reference wirings, and complex operations are required

[0016] Also, in the method of determining a wiring as a reference and placing other multiple wirings along it, such as Figure 5 As shown in , since only one route is set and the necessary wiring is generated along the reference, the process of generating only one route becomes necessary and its operation becomes cumbersome

[0017] Although techniques for co-routing and binding cables are disclosed, none of the above patent documents 1-3 disclose techniques for shaping and displaying soft objects based on binding routes.

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