Method, system, and program product for controlling a display on a data editing screen

• US 7,584,436 B2
• Filed: 07/20/2006
• Issued: 09/01/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 08/05/2005
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Kyndryl Incorporated
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Hirasaka, Yoshihiro
• Primary Examiner(s): Hailu; Tadesse
• Assistant Examiner(s): Ulrich; Nicholas S
• Application Number:
  US11/490,435
• Publication Number:
  US 20070030286A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,139 Days
• Field of Search: 715/704, 715/964, 345/619
• US Class Current: 715/811
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 19/20 Editing of 3D images, e.g. changing shapes or colours, aligning objects or positioning parts
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 715/964 CAD or CAM, e.g. interactive design tools

Abstract

The invention provides a method, system, and program product for controlling a display on a computer-aided design (CAD) data editing screen, whereby commands more likely to be utilized are preferentially displayed.

Claims

1. A method which controls a display on a screen and edits data using an information processing apparatus, wherein

the information processing apparatus comprises a history recording unit that records a history of commands executed by a user of the information processing apparatus during a preparation step in association with each of a plurality of preparation steps from a start to completion of a data preparation;

and

the method comprises

an acquiring step acquiring a data size of a file from the file where data intended as a new editing object is stored;

a further acquiring step acquiring a directory name and a plurality of files as an attribute of the editing object;

a further acquiring step acquiring a history of the data size of the file in which the data size of the file has been changed by editing design information;

a further acquiring step acquiring a file name as an attribute of the file, an extension of the file, and information indicating originator of the file, as an attribute;

a recording step recording the data size of the file;

a determining step determining the preparation step from the plurality of preparation steps of the data intended as a new editing object based on the acquired data size;

wherein the plurality of preparation steps comprise;

a planning step designing an outline of a part manufactured from the data;

a detailed design step determining a three-dimensional shape of the part from the data; and

a drafting step creating a projection view from the three-dimensional shape of the part and shaping the projection view of the part used in manufacturing the part;

a retrieval step retrieving the history of commands corresponding to the determined preparation step from the history recording unit; and

a display controlling step displaying commands included in a retrieved history preferentially to other commands.