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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 05, 2005
Filed:
Dec. 10, 2002
Nobuhiro Takeda, Nagoya, JP;
Michiyoshi Keta, Toyota, JP;
Kazuhiko Okusa, Aichi-ken, JP;
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Abstract
Unit design according to the present invention makes it possible for accumulated results of past design examples to be reflected in forming new designs, thereby preventing repetitive of designs and thereby reducing the time required for development. In the unit designing apparatus (), the CPU () includes a basic structure designing section () for designing a basic structure in accordance with a given design target, and a function block searching section () for searching a design example of a function block for application to the engine concerned. The function block layout section () lays out a retrieved outer shape of a function block in a basic structural view to design a raw material shape. The CPU () further includes a production machining information searching section () for searching production machining information for application to each function block. The machining shape layout section () lays out a machining shape of each function block obtained from the searched production machining information in a raw material shape design drawing to design the product shape.