JPH0636008A - Data input of electronic editing and printing system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To shorten the input time of the electronic editing and printing system which uses a computer by simplifying an input method and a coordinate specifying method for spread sheet generation. CONSTITUTION:Numeral input screens are provided as subscreens for respective screens of various plotting menus of the electronic editing and printing system. For example, a start point field 15 or end point field 23 is indicated on a straight line input screen 13 with a mouse cursor and then a coordinate numeric input screen 16 is displayed in response to clicking. Numbers of a number table 17 which are selected by the mouse operation are displayed in an X1 coordinate field 18 and a Y1 coordinate field 19. When a data input button 20 is clicked, the coordinate numeral input screen is erased and the input data are written in the start point field 15 or end point field 23 of the straight line input screen 13. After the start point or end point setting, the straight line input screen 13 is erased once an input button 21 of the straight line input screen 13 is clicked, and a straight line is drawn in a plotting area 22.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a method of inputting data in an electronic edit printing system, and more particularly to a method of inputting drawing data such as data for table preparation and coordinate designation data.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art When a table is created or a line drawing is input in a conventional electronic edit printing system, a CAD program is started, and a table creation screen or a line drawing input screen is first called from the edit menu by the keyboard. Then, the origin coordinates of the table, the intervals between the ruled lines, the size of each block, the starting point coordinates and the ending point coordinates of the line, etc. are input from an input device such as a keyboard to create a table or a line drawing.

[0003]

In the conventional electronic edit printing system, numerical values such as coordinate data must be input from input devices such as a keyboard when creating a table, and a table having a large number of columns is created. It takes time and effort. In addition, since there are many items to be set, it is necessary to be familiar with the operation method for the operation, and there is a demand for a data input method that is easier to operate and that can perform an input work quickly.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a data input method that facilitates a data input method for creating a table and the like, and that can shorten the input work time and improve workability.

[0005]

The present invention is proposed in order to achieve the above object, and when a numerical value display field provided on a drawing data input screen in a menu of a CAD program is designated by a cursor, , Displaying a numerical value input screen stored in a storage device in association with the numerical value display field, and displaying the numerical value input to the numerical value input screen in the corresponding numerical value display field of the drawing data input screen,
A data input method in an electronic editing printing system that reads the data displayed in the numerical value display column into a CAD database and executes a drawing process, and as the coordinate specifying method, the numerical value input method and the coordinate specifying method using a cursor can be switched. When the coordinate specification method using the cursor is selected, the cursor coordinates on the CAD screen are read and displayed in the numerical value display field of the drawing data input screen, and the data displayed in the numerical value display field is read into the CAD database and drawn. The data input method is facilitated by the data input method for executing the processing. Further, in the table input screen included in the menu of the CAD program, table origin coordinate display field, vertical and horizontal block number display field, vertical and horizontal pitch display field of each block, line type display field and other numerical values of table configuration elements. When an input screen having a display field is provided and an arbitrary numerical value display field is designated by the cursor, the numerical value input screen stored in the storage device in association with the numerical value display field is displayed,
For creating a table that displays the numerical value input in the numerical value input screen in the corresponding numerical value display field of the table input screen, reads the data displayed in the numerical value display field into a CAD database, and executes the table creation process. The data input method shortens the input work time.

[0006]

According to the invention described in claim 1, when the electronic edit printing system is started and the electronic edit printing program is started, CAD is executed.
The screen is displayed on the CRT. CAD by operating the input device
For example, when a straight line input screen is called from the edit menu on the screen and the coordinate field of the starting point, which is the numerical display field of this screen, is designated by the cursor, the coordinate numerical input screen appears.
When an arbitrary numerical value is input to the coordinate numerical value input screen using the input device, the coordinate numerical value is displayed in the starting point column of the straight line input screen. With respect to the end point, if the coordinates are designated by the same operation, the set line is drawn on the CAD screen.

The invention according to claim 2 is the above-mentioned claim 1.
A data input method using the described numerical value input screen and a method of directly designating coordinates by moving a cursor on the CAD screen with an input device such as a mouse can be selected. When the direct input method is selected, the cursor is moved to any coordinates in the drawing area and the mouse button is clicked, the specified coordinates are read and written in the numerical display field of the drawing data input screen.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, when a table input screen is called and a numerical display field such as the origin, the number of blocks, and the vertical and horizontal pitches in the screen is designated by the input device, the numerical input screen corresponding to the designated numerical display field is displayed. Is displayed. Similar to the invention described in claim 1 or 2, each data is input using the numerical value input screen, and the coordinate is input by the direct designation method using a mouse or the like. When the execution command is input after the necessary data is input, the table created by the input data is drawn on the CAD screen.

[0009]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 shows the configuration of the electronic editing printing system 1, and C
Computer device 4 including PU2 and RAM3, and CRT
5, a printer 6, an input device 7 such as a keyboard and a mouse, and an auxiliary storage device 8. When the CAD program in the memory of the auxiliary storage device 8 or the CPU 2 is activated, a CAD screen is displayed on the CRT 5.

First, after the size of the paper is specified, the input device 7 is operated to select, for example, a straight line input screen from various drawing edit menus 12 on the right side of the CAD screen 11 shown in FIG. Then, the straight line input screen 13 is called from the CAD database. An input mode display button 14 is provided in the lower part of the straight line input screen 13. By moving the mouse cursor to the display button 14 and clicking the mouse button, the numerical input mode display shown in the same figure and the mouse shown in FIG. 3 are displayed. The display can be switched to the input mode display alternately.

To input straight line drawing data in the numerical input mode, move the mouse cursor to the starting point field 15 of the straight line input screen 13 and click the mouse button.
The coordinate numerical value input screen 16 is explained as shown in FIG.
The numbers selected by designating and clicking the numbers in the number table 17 on the coordinate value input screen 16 with the mouse cursor are written in the X1 coordinate column 18 in the upper row, and the same operation is performed to enter the Y1 coordinate column 19. Write the number. When the data input button 20 is clicked after writing the numerical value, the coordinate numerical value input screen 16 disappears and the numerical value is displayed in the starting point column 15 of the straight line input screen 13.

The end point input operation is performed in the same procedure as the start point input, and when the input button 21 of the straight line input screen 13 is clicked after the input, the straight line input screen 13 disappears and the drawing area 22 of the CAD screen 11 is omitted although not shown. The straight line set above is drawn. When inputting coordinates with the mouse, click the start point column 15 or end point column 23 on the straight line input screen 13 shown in FIG. 3, the straight line input screen 13 disappears, and the mouse cursor on the drawing area 22 is moved and clicked to specify. XY of the specified starting point or ending point in millimeters
The starting point column 1 of the line input screen 13 where the coordinate values are re-displayed
5 or the end point column 23. In this way, coordinate input is possible by the two input methods of the numerical input mode and the mouse input mode.

Next, a data input method for creating a table will be described. Table creation button 24 of various drawing edit menu 12
When is clicked, the table input screen 25 is called from the CAD database as shown in FIG. Table input screen 25
Is a table origin column 26, 27, a horizontal block number column 28, a vertical block number column 29, a line width column 30, and an X pitch column 31, 31 and a Y pitch column 32, 3 for designating the vertical and horizontal pitches of the block.
2 and so on, and the elements for creating the table are displayed on one screen.

First, a data input method using a mouse will be described. When the mouse cursor is moved to one of the table origin fields 26 and 27 on the table input screen 25 of FIG. 5 and the mouse button is pressed, the table input screen 25 disappears and the CAD displaying the drawing area 22 of, for example, an A4 size is displayed. The screen 11 appears. When the mouse cursor is moved to an arbitrary table origin position in this drawing area 22 and the mouse button is clicked, the table input screen 25 is re-displayed and the designated X-coordinate value in millimeters of the table origin is displayed in the table origin column 26. , Y coordinate numerical values are displayed in the table origin column 27.

Next, the block number column 2 of the table input screen 25
When the mouse cursor is moved at 8 and 29 and the mouse button is clicked, a block number input screen (not shown) similar to the coordinate numerical value input screen 16 shown in FIG. 4 is opened on the table input screen 25. . The input numerical values are displayed in the horizontal block number column and the vertical block number column respectively by moving and clicking the mouse cursor in the number table on this screen. When the data input button on the block number input screen is clicked, the block number input screen disappears, and the input block numbers are displayed in the horizontal block number columns 28 and 29 of the table input screen 25. Although illustration is omitted, the line width is input by displaying the line width setting screen having a numerical table in the same procedure as the input of the number of blocks.

Next, the X pitch column 3 of the table input screen 25
When the mouse cursor is moved to 1, 31 and clicked, the table input screen 25 disappears and the display screen of the drawing area 22 appears. If you move the mouse cursor on this drawing area 22, click the mouse button at the position where the block width should be set, and specify the number of points corresponding to the number of horizontal blocks,
The X coordinate of each point is read, the table input screen 25 is displayed, and the pitch of each block is displayed in millimeters in the X pitch columns 31, 31.

Then, in the same procedure as the X pitch data input, the Y pitch is input using the Y pitch fields 32, 32, ..., After confirming each numerical value on the table input screen 25, the input button on the same screen is entered. When 33 is clicked, the data in the table input screen 25 is read into the RAM 3. CPU2 processes the input data according to the tabulation data in the CAD program,
As shown in FIG. 6, the table 34 created on the CAD screen 11 of the CRT 5 is drawn.

The arrow marks of the X pitch columns 31, 31 and the Y pitch columns 32, 32, ... Of the table input screen 25 shown in FIG. 5 are copy buttons 35, 35 ,. By clicking the copy button 35 connecting the two, the numerical value of the column number 1 is instantly copied to the column number 2. Therefore, when setting pitches at equal intervals, data can be input extremely quickly.

Next, a data input method using the numerical input screen will be described. As described above, when the mouse cursor is moved to and clicked on the input mode display button 14 displayed at the lower left of the table input screen 25, the mouse input mode is switched to the numerical value input mode. And table origin column 2
When 6, 27 are clicked, the coordinate value input screen 16 shown in FIG. 4 is opened on the table input screen 25. Numerical values are written in the X1 coordinate field 18 and the Y1 coordinate field 19 in the upper row by clicking the numerical field 17 of the coordinate numerical value input screen 16 with the mouse. When the data input button 20 is clicked after setting the numerical values, the coordinate numerical value input screen 16 disappears and numerical values are displayed in the table origin fields 26 and 27 of the table input screen 25.

The number of blocks and the line width are set by displaying respective numerical value input screens by the same method as the mouse input mode described above. Although not shown in the figure, the X pitch and Y pitch can be set by displaying the pitch numerical value input screen having numerical fields by moving and clicking the mouse cursor in the same manner as the data input method of the table origin, block number and line width described above. To do.

To change the set table data, click the element edit button 36 in the various drawing edit menus 12 to call the element edit screen (not shown), select the element of the table to be changed, Call the table input screen for that table again. Then, the necessary parts are changed by the same procedure as the above-mentioned method. It should be noted that the present invention should not be limited to the above-mentioned embodiment, and various modifications can be made without departing from the spirit of the present invention, and it goes without saying that the present invention extends to those modifications. .

[0022]

According to the invention described in claim 1, since the numerical value input screen is displayed when the numerical value display field on the drawing data input screen is designated by the cursor, data can be written by writing a numerical value in a predetermined field of this screen. Is entered. Therefore, data can be input very easily without requiring advanced operation knowledge, and operability and work efficiency are improved.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, when the coordinate is designated, the numerical value input method according to the first aspect and the method of directly designating the coordinate with the cursor can be selected. Therefore, the input method can be selectively used according to the situation, and the operability is further improved. According to the invention of claim 3, the data input method for creating a table is extremely simple, the time required for data input can be shortened, and the work efficiency in creating a table is significantly improved. It is an invention that contributes to.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of an electronic edit printing system.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram of a CRT screen displaying a straight line input screen in a numerical value input mode in an electronic editing process.

[Figure 3] C displaying a straight line input screen in mouse input mode
Explanatory drawing of RT screen

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram of a CRT screen displaying a coordinate value input screen.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram of a CRT screen displaying a table input screen in the electronic edit printing process.

FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram of a CRT screen displaying the created table.

[Explanation of symbols]

 11 CAD screen 12 Various drawing edit menus 13 Straight line input screen 14 Input mode display button 16 Coordinate numerical value input screen 17 Numerical table 22 Drawing area 24 Table creation button 25 Table input screen 34 Table 35 Copy button

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. When the numerical display field provided on the drawing data input screen in the CAD program menu is designated by the cursor, the numerical input screen stored in the storage device in association with the numerical display field is displayed. Then, the numerical value input to the numerical value input screen is displayed in the corresponding numerical value display field of the drawing data input screen, the data displayed in the numerical value display field is read into a CAD database, and electronic drawing printing is executed. Data input method in the system. 2. The above-mentioned numerical value input method and cursor coordinate specification method can be switched as the coordinate specification method, and when the cursor coordinate specification method is selected, the cursor coordinates on the CAD screen are read and the drawing data input screen is displayed. 2. The data input method in the electronic edit printing system according to claim 1, wherein the data is displayed in the numerical value display column, the data displayed in the numerical value display column is read into a CAD database, and the drawing process is executed. 3. A table input screen included in the menu of the CAD program, a table origin coordinate display field, a vertical / horizontal block number display field, a vertical / horizontal pitch display field of each block,
When an input screen is provided that has numerical display fields for table components such as line type display fields, and an arbitrary numerical display field is designated by the cursor, the numerical value input associated with that numerical display field and stored in the storage device is entered. The screen is displayed, the numerical value input to the numerical value input screen is displayed in the corresponding numerical value display column of the table input screen, and the data displayed in the numerical value display column is displayed in C
3. The data input method in the electronic edit printing system according to claim 1, wherein the table is created by reading the AD database.