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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 20, 2011
Filed:
Feb. 22, 2006
Shingo Hori, Nagoya, JP;
Hiroyuki Yamauchi, Nagoya, JP;
Tomoyoshi Yabe, Nagoya, JP;
Nichiha Co., Ltd, Nagoya-shi, JP;
Abstract
The present invention relates to a building material design support system for supporting design of a building material capable of exhibiting a random texture pattern as a whole in a state in which the building materials are installed on a building portion and exhibiting continuity of the texture of adjacent building materials, such building material and a program for use in such building material design support system. More specifically, on a building material, first convex portions #AL, #AR, #AL, #AR to be arranged next to corresponding first convex portions of an adjacent building material have a prescribed texture common to every building materials, and the second convex portions have randomly arranged textures different from each other on every building material.