Electronic assembly procedure manual system

An assembly procedure manual generation support system for giving instruction for assembly of an object, comprising:

• an image data generator generating image data that records an image of the object in the assembled condition and animation data that records a process up until the assembly of the object;
• a drawing pasting section that pastes into an assembly procedure manual file that described in text an assembly procedure of a prescribed assembly step an image that is displayed based on the drawing data;
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• an animation pasting section that pastes an icon identifying the animation corresponding to the image at a prescribed location in the assembly procedure manual file.

A method for generating an assembly procedure manual, comprising:

• a step of generating drawing data regarding an object in an assembled condition and animation data regarding movement of a constituent component of the object in an assembly step;
• a step of describing an assembly procedure in a prescribed assembly step as text in an assembly procedure manual file;
• a step a pasting an image to be displayed into the assembly procedure manual file based on the drawing data corresponding to the assembly step;
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• a step of pasting an icon indicating the animation corresponding to the image at a prescribed position in the assembly procedure manual file.