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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 27, 2010
Filed:
Jan. 18, 2008
Ichiro Harashima, Ibaraki, JP;
Keisuke Nakashima, Ibaraki, JP;
Ichiro Harashima, Ibaraki, JP;
Keisuke Nakashima, Ibaraki, JP;
Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Disclosed is a rule management apparatus which acquires a design rule for regulating a part shape from systems such as a CAD system, converts the acquired deign rule into data having a hierarchical node format, calculates relationship strength which indicates strength of a relationship between the design rule converted into data having a hierarchical node format and another node, sets to the relationship strength between design rules which are substantially the same but described in different systems to be a maximum value, and stores in an integrating rule DBthe relationship strength and the design rules in association with one another.