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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 08, 1997
Filed:
Feb. 28, 1995
Shunsuke Minami, Brookline, MA (US);
Tomotoshi Ishida, Hitachinaka, JP;
Yoshiaki Shinotsuka, Hitachi, JP;
Kunio Kumamoto, Yokohama, JP;
Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An apparatus for producing an exploded view has an input unit, a geometrical data memory for storing geometrical data of parts composing an assembly, a memory for storing assembling process data composed of part to be attached data and attaching direction data, a calculating unit for generating display data of the assembly for display by a display unit based on the geometrical data, and means for determining arranged positions of the parts composing said assembly in a disassembled state based on assembling process data and the geometrical data, whereby an exploded view is displayed by the display unit corresponding to the arranged positions.