Design supporting system for supporting component design

A program which is stored in a computer-readable medium and causes a computer, which can execute communication with a client terminal over a network, to support component design that is executed in the client terminal, the program comprising:

• causing the computer to execute a process of managing a material database which manages, with respect to each of materials, a material name of each material, controlled substance information indicative of a content of each of controlled substances included in the material, and discrimination information indicative of permission/non-permission of use of the material;
• causing the computer to execute a process of acquiring component design information including volume information indicative of a volume of a component, which is designed using a component design supporting program that is executed by the client terminal, from the component design supporting program via the network;
• causing the computer to execute a process of determining, when a material selection request relating to the designed component is input from the client terminal via the network, whether each of materials stored in the material database is a usable material for a component classification corresponding to the designed component, based on the discrimination information and information indicative of a relationship between the component classification and usable materials for the component belonging to the component classification;
• causing the computer to execute a process of generating, based on a determination result of the material determination process, list information that is indicative of a list of names of usable materials for the component classification corresponding to the designed component, and sending the material name list information to the client terminal over the network;
• causing the computer to execute a process of acquiring, from the material database, controlled substance information corresponding to the material name that is selected from the list information by the client terminal;
• causing the computer to execute a process of calculating, based on the acquired controlled substance information and the volume information included in the acquired component design information, a content of the controlled substance that is included in the designed component when the material of the selected material name is applied to the designed component;
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• causing the computer to execute an evaluation information output process of outputting the calculated content of the controlled substance as evaluation information of the designed component.

A method of supporting component design that is executed in a client terminal, with use of a computer that can execute communication with the client terminal over a network, the method comprising:

• executing a process of managing a material database that manages, with respect to each of materials, a material name of each material, controlled substance information indicative of a content of each of controlled substances included in the material, and discrimination information indicative of permission/non-permission of use of the material;
• executing a process of acquiring component design information including volume information indicative of a volume of a component, which is designed using a component design supporting program that is executed by the client terminal, from the component design supporting program via the network;
• executing a material determination process of determining, when a material selection request relating to the designed component is input from the client terminal via the network, whether each of materials stored in the material database is a usable material for a component classification corresponding to the designed component, based on the discrimination information and information indicative of a relationship between the component classification and usable materials for the component belonging to the component classification;
• executing a process of generating, based on a determination result of the material determination process, list information that is indicative of a list of names of usable materials for the component classification corresponding to the designed component, and sending the list information to the client terminal over the network;
• executing a process of acquiring, from the material database, controlled substance information corresponding to the material name that is selected from the list information by the client terminal;
• executing a process of calculating, based on the acquired controlled substance information and the volume information included in the acquired component design information, a content of the controlled substance that is included in the designed component when the material of the selected material name is applied to the designed component;
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• executing an evaluation information output process of outputting the calculated content of the controlled substance as evaluation information of the designed component.