Design apparatus and design method
AssigneeFujitsu Limited
InventorNaofumi KOSUGI
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Abstract
A design apparatus includes a first processor that determines outer dimensions of the to-be-designed apparatus on a basis of a specification information input via an input device and the dimension rules stored by a storage. And the design apparatus further includes a second processor that determines, when one of unit candidates stored by the storage is selected as a unit to be installed in the to-be-designed apparatus in accordance with the specification information input via the input device, a placement position of the selected unit in the to-be-designed apparatus having the outer dimensions determined by the first processor on a basis of the placement rules stored by the storage and associated with a type of the selected unit.
Claims20
A design apparatus comprising:
- a storage that stores a plurality of dimension rules defining outer dimensions of the to-be-designed apparatus, a plurality of placement rules of units to be installed in the to-be-designed apparatus with respect to respective types of the units, and a plurality of unit candidates installable in the to-be-designed apparatus with respect to the types of the units;
- a first processor that determines the outer dimensions of the to-be-designed apparatus on a basis of the specification information input via an input device and the dimension rules stored by the storage;
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- a second processor that determines, when one of the unit candidates stored by the storage is selected as a unit to be installed in the to-be-designed apparatus in accordance with the specification information input via the input device, a placement position of the selected unit in the to-be-designed apparatus having the outer dimensions determined by the first processor on a basis of the placement rules stored by the storage and associated with a type of the selected unit.
A computer-readable, non-transitory medium in which a design program for a computer for designing a to-be-designed apparatus is recorded, the computer being connected to an input device for inputting specification information of the to-be-designed apparatus and a storage that stores dimension rules defining outer dimensions of the to-be-designed apparatus, stores placement rules of units to be installed in the to-be-designed apparatus with respect to respective types of the units, and stores option candidates installable in the to-be-designed apparatus with respect to the types of the units, the design program causing the computer to execute:
- determining, by the computer, the outer dimensions of the to-be-designed apparatus, on a basis of the specification information input via the input device and the dimension rules stored by the storage;
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- determining, when one of the option candidates stored by the storage is selected as a unit to be installed in the to-be-designed apparatus in accordance with the specification information input via the input device, a placement position of the selected unit in the to-be-designed apparatus having the determined outer dimensions, on a basis of the placement rules stored by the storage and associated with a type of the selected unit.
A design method for causing a computer to design a to-be-designed apparatus, the computer being connected to an input device for inputting specification information of the to-be-designed apparatus and a storage that stores dimension rules defining outer dimensions of the to-be-designed apparatus, stores placement rules of units to be installed in the to-be-designed apparatus with respect to respective types of the units, and stores option candidates installable in the to-be-designed apparatus with respect to the types of the units, the design method comprising:
- determining, by the computer, the outer dimensions of the to-be-designed apparatus, on a basis of the specification information input via the input device and the dimension rules stored by the storage;
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- determining, when one of the option candidates stored by the storage is selected as a unit to be installed in the to-be-designed apparatus in accordance with the specification information input via the input device, a placement position of the selected unit in the to-be-designed apparatus having the determined outer dimensions, on a basis of the placement rules stored by the storage and associated with a type of the selected unit.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.