Design System Based on Design Options with Shared Database

摘要

PURPOSE: A database sharing type product design customization system and method is provided to link a CAD(Computer Aided Design) system with a data management system for preventing inefficiency or low productivity occurred by a conventional manual working process in making a drawing, extracting building materials, or calculating a cost. CONSTITUTION: The system comprises a CAD system(101), a design logic database(102), an automatic approval/producing drawing design module(103), a data matching module(104), a data management system(105), a design material database(106), a source data generator(107), and a customer manager(108). The CAD system(101) makes a drawing of product design patterns. The design logic database(102) stores data for designing the patterns in the CAD system(101). The automatic approval/production drawing design module(103) produces drawings related to the approval or the production according to the product design. The data management system(105) manages the design material database(106) according to a calculation of a BOM(Bill Of Material) or an extraction of materials. The customer manager(108) manages design request order information, various bill data and business activity information. The source data generator(107) generates source data for enabling the data management system(105) to manage the database by referring the data processed by the customer manager(108). The data matching module(104) enables the design modules to share data with the management modules. The customer inputs design request specifications by using the data management system(105), then specifications of various materials for the design request are determined, a designer tunes the specifications if necessary, data is exchanged between the CAD system(101) and the data management system(105), and assembly drawings are generated.