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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 19, 1996
Filed:
Apr. 12, 1993
Shingo Akasaka, Zushi, JP;
Yoshinao Arai, Yokohama, JP;
Atsuhiro Ishida, Fujisawa, JP;
Noriyuki Haga, Yokohama, JP;
Katsuyoshi Katsuta, Katsuta, JP;
Shoji Arino, Hitachiota, JP;
Yoko Tonosaki, Yokohama, JP;
Tomoko Ogawa, Kodaira, JP;
Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
In a design aiding method, a design aiding apparatus having the method, or a design aiding system possessing a plurality of such design aiding apparatuses for use in a field of computer software to facilitate a design process, there is determined, for a product having many variations of attributes and values thereof, an appropriate design procedure according to a state of design in a process of determining the attribute values of the product satisfying a request of a client. At occurrence of, for example, conflict during the design, the design procedure is guided for the user to obtain a design plan conforming to the request.