General-Purpose Part Reuse with Automatic Update and Selective Editing
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing engineering devices face challenges in efficiently reusing general-purpose part objects, as the copying method requires additional operation tests and processing, and editing can lead to errors and reduced reliability due to unnecessary data editing and lack of control over collective updating.
Innovation Solution
An engineering device with a reuse section for automatically registering confirmed general-purpose part objects, an edit management section for allowing selective editing, and a collective updating management section for controlled updates, utilizing user interfaces for dragging and dropping, hierarchical editing, and selective updating settings.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of manufacture
If the copying method is used to reuse general-purpose part objects, then the reuse process is simple, but additional operation tests are required and processing time increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent uses copying to create general-purpose part objects from templates, but enhances it by automatically reflecting updates from the master template to all copies, eliminating the need for retesting while maintaining simplicity
Solution Approach 2:
The system implements feedback mechanisms where changes made to master templates are automatically detected and propagated to all instantiated objects, ensuring consistency without manual intervention or additional testing
2Adaptability or versatility
If editing is allowed on general-purpose part objects, then adaptability improves, but errors increase and reliability decreases due to unnecessary data editing
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies local quality by allowing editing only at specific permissible locations (marked regions) within the general-purpose part objects, while protecting other critical regions from editing, thus maintaining reliability while providing necessary adaptability
Solution Approach 2:
The system segments the general-purpose part object into editable and non-editable regions, enabling selective modification of only those parameters that require adaptation while preserving the integrity of core functionality
3Stability of the object's composition
If collective updating is performed on all general-purpose part objects, then consistency is maintained, but processing complexity and time increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts and identifies only the specific parameters that require updating, rather than performing blanket collective updates on all parameters, thus reducing processing complexity while maintaining necessary consistency
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs partial updating by selectively applying changes only to the necessary parameters and objects that require updates, avoiding excessive processing of unrelated data while maintaining consistency where needed
Data Source
AI summary
An engineering device includes a drawing builder for generating a general-purpose part formed by combining functional parts, and a general-purpose part managing section for registering the general-purpose part thus generated in a database and quoting the general-purpose part thus registered in the drawing builder to utilize as a general-purpose part object. The engineering device further includes a reuse section for referring to a general-purpose part object, an operation thereof having been confirmed, within a drawing builder and registers the general-purpose part object in the general-purpose part management section.