Design support apparatus, device environmental impact assessment apparatus and computer-readable recording medium recorded with a program for causing a computer to support cad system designing a device
AssigneeFujitsu Limited
InventorsAkira Sakai, Yuichi Arita, Tatsuro Shima, Tsukasa Tenma
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Abstract
In a design support apparatus for supporting a CAD system designing a component, a material of the component indicated by a process request is specified based on a plurality of design information of the CAD system and an environmental impact of the component is calculated based on the environmental impact rate and weight of the component. Therefore, the environmental impact of the component indicated by the CAD system is assessed.
Claims16
A computer-readable recording medium recorded with program code for causing a computer to support a CAD system in designing a device made of at least one component, said program comprising the code for:
- (a) specifying a material of the component indicated by a process request of the CAD system based on a plurality of design information of the CAD system;
- (b) retrieving an environmental impact rate of the material specified by the code (a) by accessing a database managing the environmental impact rate per unit weight of the each material;
- (c) calculating an environmental impact of the component based on the environmental impact rate retrieved by the code (b) and weight of the component indicated by the process request;
- (d) calculating the environmental impact of the device based on each component calculated by the code (c);
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- (e) selectively outputting the environmental impact of at least one component, which impact is calculated by the code (c), or the environmental impact of the device, which impact is calculated by the code (d);
- so that the environmental impact of the component or the device indicated by the CAD system is assessed.
A computer-readable recording medium recorded with program code for causing a computer to support a CAD system in designing a device made of at least one component, said program comprising the code for:
- (a) obtaining a plurality of CAD design information of a device indicated by a process request of the CAD system;
- (b) specifying a material of the component indicated by the process request based on the CAD design information obtained by the code (a);
- (c) obtaining recycle information of the material specified by the code (b) by accessing a database managing the recycle information that indicates whether or not each material is recyclable and updating the recycle information when the recycle information is changed from recyclable to not recyclable;
- (d) calculating a recycle potential of the device indicated by the process request based on the recycle information provided by the code (c) and an amount of each component used for the device;
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- (e) outputting the recycle potential calculated by the code (d),
- so that the recycle potential of the device designed by the CAD system is assessed.
A design support apparatus for supporting a CAD system in designing a component, comprising:
- a specifying part specifying a material of the component indicated by a process request of the CAD system based on a plurality of design information of the CAD system;
- a retrieving part retrieving an environmental impact rate of the material specified by the specifying part by accessing a database managing the environmental impact rate per unit weight of the each material;
- a calculating part calculating an environmental impact of the component based on the environmental impact rate retrieved by the retrieving part and weight of the component indicated by the process request;
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- an outputting part outputting the environmental impact of the component, which impact is calculated by the calculating part,
- so that the environmental impact of the component indicated by the CAD system is assessed.
A device assessment apparatus for supporting a CAD system designing a device made of at least one component, comprising:
- an obtaining part obtaining a plurality of CAD design information of the device indicated by a process request of the CAD system;
- a specifying part specifying a material of the component indicated by a process request of the CAD system based on the design information of the CAD system;
- a retrieving part retrieving an environmental impact rate of the material specified by the specifying part by accessing a database managing the environmental impact rate per unit weight of the each material;
- a first calculating part calculating an environmental impact of the component based on the environmental impact rate retrieved by the retrieving part and weight of the component indicated by the process request;
- a second calculating part calculating the environmental impact of the device based on each component calculated by the first calculating part;
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- an outputting part outputting the environmental impact of at least one component, which impact is calculated by the first calculating part, and the environmental impact of the device, which impact is calculated by the second calculating part;
- so that the environmental impacts of the component and the device that are designed by the CAD system is assessed.
A device assessment apparatus for supporting a CAD system in designing a device made of at least one component, comprising:
- an obtaining part obtaining a plurality of CAD design information of a device indicated by a process request of the CAD system;
- a specifying part specifying a material of the component indicated by a process request of the CAD system based on the design information of the CAD system;
- an obtaining part obtaining recycle information of the material specified by the specifying part by accessing a database managing the recycle information that indicates whether or not each material is recyclable and updating the recycle information when the recycle information is changed from recyclable to not recyclable;
- a calculating part calculating a recycle potential of the device indicated by the process request based on the recycle information provided by the obtaining part and an amount of each component used for the device;
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- an outputting part outputting the recycle potential calculated by the calculating part,
- so that the recycle potential of the device designed by the CAD system is assessed.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.