JPH10280220A - Device for editing cutting content - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a cutting content-editing device reducing the load on operators. SOLUTION: Plural parts are arranged on a marker and displayed on a screen of a display 32. A mouse 28 and a key board 24 are operated to select either of the plural parts and simultaneously edit the cutting direction, cutting order, notch addition and notch shape of at least one of plural lines for determining the shape of the part. When either of plural parts is selected with the mouse 24, the other parts of the same kinds as that of the part are displayed in a prescribed area, and the cutting contents of the part are copied into the cutting contents of the other parts.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a cutting contents editing apparatus, and more particularly, to a cutting contents editing apparatus. The present invention relates to a cutting content editing apparatus which is pre-classified as above and edits the cutting content for cutting a sheet material based on at least one of a plurality of parts of a marker.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a cutting contents editing apparatus is arranged on a marker corresponding to a virtual cloth created by apparel CAD or the like, and has a shape and a size which are previously determined. Edits the cut contents for cutting the fabric based on each of a plurality of predetermined parts. The cutting contents include editing the cutting direction and cutting order for each of the plurality of lines that define each of the plurality of parts, adding a notch to each of the plurality of lines, and changing the shape of the notch.

However, in the above-described cutting contents editing apparatus, the operator has to edit the cutting contents for each of the plurality of parts, and the operator who edits the cutting contents for each of the plurality of parts has a large burden.

[0004] The present invention has been made in view of the above-described circumstances, and has as its object to provide a cutting contents editing apparatus that reduces the burden on the operator.

[0005]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, a plurality of parts each having a shape and a size, each of which is arranged on a marker corresponding to a sheet-like object and having a predetermined shape and size, are arranged in the same type. And a cutting contents editing apparatus for editing cutting contents for cutting a sheet-like object based on at least one of a plurality of parts of a marker, wherein at least one of the plurality of parts is displayed. Display means for copying the cut contents after editing the cut contents for cutting the sheet-like material based on the parts displayed on the display means to the cut contents of other parts of the same type as the parts. And copying means.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, when copying the cut contents by the first-half copying means, the first-half copying means determines that the copying is unnecessary by the first-half copying means. In such a case, the copying is not performed or the copying already performed is canceled.

That is, the cutting contents editing apparatus according to the present invention comprises:
A plurality of parts each of which is arranged on a marker corresponding to the sheet-like object and whose shape and size are respectively defined are held so as to be categorizable by the same type, and the sheet-like object is based on at least one of the plurality of parts of the marker Edit the cut contents to cut the.

Here, examples of the sheet-like material include a fabric such as a woven fabric and a non-woven fabric, and a plastic film metal foil.

The phrase "each of a plurality of parts is held so as to be classified into the same type" means that the parts of the same type are held so as to be determined by comparing shapes and the like. Each of them may or may not be classified in advance for the same type.

[0010] Further, the editing of the cut contents includes at least one cutting direction of a plurality of lines defining the shape of each of the plurality of parts, a cutting order of the plurality of lines, at least one of the plurality of lines.
There is at least one editing of adding a notch to one, changing the shape of the notch, deleting the notch, cutting time of the notch, cutting speed, and starting point of cutting a part.

The display means displays at least one of the plurality of parts, and the copying means displays the cut contents after the cut contents for cutting the sheet material based on the parts displayed on the display means are edited. Copy to the cut contents of other parts of the same type as the part. When copying the cut contents by the copying means, a determination means is provided for determining whether or not copying is necessary. When the determination means determines that the copying is unnecessary, the copying means does not perform the copying or cancels the copying already performed. It may be.

As described above, the cut contents after editing are
Since the cut contents are copied to the cut contents of another part of the same type as the edited part, it is not necessary to edit the cut contents of the other parts, and the burden on the operator can be reduced.

[0013] Here, the judging means includes: an extracting means for extracting other parts other than the parts whose cut contents are edited;
It may be constituted by copy determination means for determining whether or not the part extracted by the extraction means and the part whose cut contents are edited are of the same type. Note that whether or not they are of the same type may be determined by determining whether or not they have the same shape. In this case, a type identification ID code for identifying the type (shape) of the part is stored in advance for each part, and the type identification ID code of the part extracted by the extracting means and the type of the part whose cut contents are edited By judging whether or not the identification ID code matches, it may be judged whether or not they are of the same type (shape). In addition, the identification name of the part may be used as the ID code.

As described above, parts other than the parts whose cut contents are edited are extracted, and it is determined whether or not the extracted parts and the parts whose cut contents are edited are of the same type. It is determined whether to copy the edited cut contents to the cut contents of other parts, and if it is determined that the extracted part and the edited cut part are of the same type, the edited part is edited. The later cut contents are copied to the cut contents of the other parts.

Therefore, if the cut contents are edited, the cut contents are copied with respect to other parts of the same type as the edited parts, so that the worker does not have to work for copying the cut contents. Thus, the burden on the operator can be reduced.

[0016] Further, the judging means controls the extracting means for extracting another part of the same type as the part whose cut contents have been edited, and the display means for displaying the parts extracted by the extracting means. Control means, a designating means for designating a part displayed on the display means, and a copy judging means for judging whether or not the part designated by the designating means has been designated. In order to extract another part of the same type as the edited part, for example, a type identification ID code for identifying the type (shape) of the part is stored in advance for each of the parts. Identification of the type of the part whose cutting contents have been edited I
This can be done by extracting another part that matches the D code.

As described above, another part of the same type as the part whose cut content is edited is extracted, the extracted part is displayed, and the displayed part is designated. Is determined to be copied to the cut contents of the part, and the edited cut contents are copied to the cut contents of the other parts.

Therefore, the operator can freely select a part for copying the edited cut contents.

Further, the judging means controls the extracting means for extracting another part of the same type as the part whose cut contents have been edited, and the display means so that the parts extracted by the extracting means are displayed. Control means, designating means for designating parts displayed on the display means, designating means for instructing copying of cut contents, and whether or not parts are designated by the designating means and the copying is instructed by the designating means It may be constituted by a copy determining means for determining whether or not.

As described above, when a part is designated and copying is instructed, it is determined that the edited cut contents are copied to the cut contents of another part, and the edited cut contents are converted to the other cut contents. Copied to the cut contents of the part.

Thus, while another part of the same type as the edited part is confirmed by the operator, the edited cut contents can be copied to the cut contents of the other parts.

In order to operate as described above, the cutting contents editing apparatus reads out the cutting contents editing program from the storage medium and executes it.

That is, this storage medium is provided with a plurality of parts, each of which is arranged on a marker corresponding to a sheet-like object and has a predetermined shape and size, so that each part can be classified into the same type, A storage medium storing a cutting content editing program for editing a cutting content for cutting a sheet based on at least one of the parts, wherein at least one of the plurality of parts is displayed on display means,
A cutting contents editing program for copying the cutting contents after the cutting contents for cutting the fabric based on the parts displayed on the display means to the cutting contents of other parts of the same type as the parts is stored. doing.

[0024]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. As shown in FIG. 1, the cutting contents editing apparatus 10 according to the present embodiment is configured by a personal computer, and includes a display 32, a workstation 12, and various input / output devices connected to the workstation 12. .

As shown in FIG. 2, the workstation 12 has a CPU 14, a ROM 16, a RAM 18, and an input / output port 20, which are connected to each other by a bus.

A cutting contents editing program for operating the workstation 12 and each input / output device as the cutting contents editing device 10 is stored in the external storage device 22. This program is read out and executed when the power of each device constituting the cutting contents editing apparatus 10 is turned on.

In this embodiment, as an input / output device connected to the input / output port 20, an external storage device 22 to which various data stored in a floppy disk is read and data is written, an operator inputs data and the like. Keyboard and mouse 2 for giving various instructions
8 is used.

Here, in the present embodiment, a separate process
As shown in FIG. 3, a marker (data in which parts are virtually arranged in a CAD data space corresponding to cloth pieces (sheet pieces) such as actual cloth pieces) 40 displayed on the screen of the display 32 is attached to clothing. The processing for arranging a plurality of parts 42 constituting the clothing determined based on the design image of the part 42 is executed. The external storage device 22 stores the shape and size of the parts 42, original cutting contents for the parts described later, Common cutting contents of the same type, part data including position information for the marker 40, and a part ID code for identifying each part are stored in correspondence with each part.

Each part is classified in advance by its type (shape), and the external storage device 22 stores part data, a part ID code, and a type ID code for identifying the classified type. It is stored in advance corresponding to each part.

Next, the operation of the present embodiment will be described. As described above, a plurality of parts 42 are arranged and displayed on the marker 40 on the screen of the display 32. As shown in FIG. 4, a main menu for executing various processes is displayed on the screen 44. 46 is displayed.

[Changing the Cutting Order of a Plurality of Parts] The processing for arranging a plurality of parts 42 on the marker 40 previously specified the cutting order of each part. However, this cutting order may not be preferable due to the relationship between the arrangement positions of the parts. Therefore, the cutting order of a plurality of parts can be changed as follows.

That is, the user clicks on the parts menu 48 of the main menu 46 shown in FIG. As a result, a drop-down menu is displayed. Next, the cutting order 50 in the displayed drop-down menu is clicked.

Here, as shown in FIG. 5A, it is assumed that the cutting order of the parts a to g is specified in advance in the order of the parts a to g (1 to 7).

After clicking the cutting order 50 as described above, if the parts b, f, and d are selected in the order of the mouse, the cutting order is changed as shown in FIG.
Parts are changed in the order of a, b, f, d, c, e, and g.

[Change of Common Line] As described above, when a plurality of parts 42 are arranged on the marker 40, lines defining the shapes of adjacent parts may overlap. In this way, if the lines of adjacent parts overlap,
The line is cut for each part in the specified cutting order. Therefore, the same line is cut twice in the opposite directions. Therefore, the overlapping line is set to a common line as described later, and the number of cuts is set to one.
So that you can turn it around.

That is, as shown in FIG. 6, the line menu 52 of the main menu 46 is clicked. As a result, a drop-down menu is displayed. Next, the user clicks the common line 54 in the displayed drop-down menu. As a result, a cascade menu is displayed, and a part 56 in the cascade menu is clicked and one of the adjacent parts is selected with the mouse.
As a result, the line of the selected part and the line overlapping the line of the part adjacent to the part become a common line, and the cutting order and cutting direction of the common line are changed to the cutting order and the cutting direction of the selected part. It is specified not to cut the common line in the part which is in the direction and is adjacent to the part.

For example, as shown in FIG. 7A, a part 1 and a part 2 are adjacent to each other, and the lines overlap. In this case, the user clicks the part 56 in the drop-down menu and selects the part 2. As a result, the overlapping line becomes a common line L as shown in FIG. 7B, and the cutting order and cutting direction of the common line L become the cutting order and cutting direction of the selected part 2. In the part 1 adjacent to the part 2, it is specified not to cut the common line.

As described above, the cutting order and the cutting direction of the common line are designated and stored as the original cutting contents of the selected part, and the common line is not cut in the part adjacent to the part. Is stored as the original cut contents of the part adjacent to the part.

[Movement of Parts] In some cases, it is desired to move a plurality of parts 42 arranged as described above. In this case, as shown in FIG. 8, the part menu 48 of the main menu 46 is clicked. As a result, a drop-down menu is displayed. Next, the user clicks the move 58 in the displayed drop-down menu. As a result, a cascade menu is displayed, and the move 60 is clicked with the mouse in the cascade menu. And
As shown in FIG. 9A, a part 62 to be moved is clicked with a mouse, and a mouse cursor is moved with the mouse.
Move the part to the position you want to move. Thus, the part 62 to be moved moves with the movement of the mouse cursor, and moves to the position to be moved as shown in FIG. 9 (2). Then, when the user clicks again, it is arranged at the position.

Here, if it is set to perform a collision arrangement check with another part, the collision arrangement with another part is checked, and if a collision occurs, it is made impossible to move. Note that it is also possible to set so that the collision arrangement check is not performed.

Also, in the case where out-of-frame placement is disabled,
After the movement processing, the movement processing that goes outside the frame of the marker 40 cannot be performed, and the movement ends before the frame. In addition, it is possible to set out-of-frame placement possible, but if placed outside the frame,
Change the display color of the part. This function is subject to ANDO.

As described above, the selected part is moved and stored as original cut contents of the part.

The part may be moved by clicking the move with the cursor in the cascade menu and operating a key for moving the cursor on the keyboard for the part to be moved.

[Part Deletion] There is a case where one of the plurality of parts 42 arranged as described above is desired to be deleted.
In this case, as shown in FIG.
6 is clicked on the edit menu 64. As a result, a drop-down menu is displayed. Next, click Delete 66 in the displayed drop-down menu. As a result, the cascade menu is displayed, and the uncut (parts) 6 is displayed with the mouse in the cascade menu.
Click 8. Then, as shown in FIG. 11A, parts 62 and 70 to be deleted (indicated by crosses in FIG. 11A) are clicked with the mouse. As a result, the parts 62 and 70 to be deleted are deleted as shown in FIG.

Thus, the part data, the part ID code, and the type ID code of the selected part are deleted.

It is also possible to click a no-cut (line) with a mouse in the cascade menu to select and delete a part line.

[Rotation of Parts] In some cases, it is desired to rotate any of the plurality of parts 42 arranged as described above. In this case, the user clicks on the parts menu 48 of the main menu (see FIG. 8). As a result, a drop-down menu is displayed. Next, click the rotation 72 in the displayed drop-down menu. As a result, the rotation dialog box shown in FIG. 12 is displayed. This rotation dialog box includes a rotation angle column 84 for specifying a rotation angle of 0 degree, 90 degrees, 180 degrees, and an arbitrary angle, and an absolute rotation menu for rotating the marker vertically, parallelly, or at an arbitrary angle to the marker. 76, a relative rotation menu 78 for rotating by a specified angle from the currently arranged angle, a flip menu 80 for arranging in a direction opposite to the currently arranged direction, and an end menu 82 are provided.

Then, in the rotation angle column 84, 0 degree, 90 degree,
By clicking any of the 180 degrees or clicking any and inputting an arbitrary angle from the keyboard, the rotation angle is specified, and the parts 62 and 88 to be rotated are designated as shown in FIG. Select with the mouse and click on any of the absolute rotation menu 76, relative rotation menu 78, and flip menu 80. Thereby, the selected part rotates. For example, when a 90-degree relative rotation is designated for the part 62, the part 62 is arranged with a 90-degree relative rotation as shown in FIG. In addition, when a flip is specified for the part 88, the part 88 is flipped and arranged as shown in FIG.

Note that, when the setting of out-of-frame disabling is set, the rotation process that goes outside the frame after the rotation process cannot be performed.

As described above, the selected part is rotated and stored as original cut contents of the part.

[Editing of Cutting Direction and Cutting Order] In this embodiment, the cutting direction is specified clockwise for each line of each part based on a starting point specified in advance.

However, if the cloth is uniformly cut clockwise in correspondence with each line, for example, for a part whose shape is symmetrical with respect to the center line, when the cutting of all the lines is completed, the starting point is determined. An error that does not return may occur. On the other hand, for example, if the cutting order is symmetric with respect to the center line, no error may occur.

Therefore, in the present embodiment, as described later, the cutting direction and cutting order of each line of each part can be edited.

That is, as shown in FIG. 14, the line menu 52 of the main menu 46 is clicked. As a result, a drop-down menu is displayed. Next, the order and direction 9 in the displayed drop-down menu
Click 0. Thereby, the cutting direction and the cutting order editing mode are set.

Here, as shown in FIG. 15A, it is assumed that the cutting order of the lines a to f of the part is specified in advance in the order of the lines a to f (1 to 6).

After clicking the order and direction 90 as described above, if the line is selected in the order of b, f, d with the mouse, as shown in FIG.
The lines are changed in the order of a, b, f, d, c, and e.

The cutting direction is designated so as to go from the center of the line to the side where the mouse cursor is located when selecting the line with the mouse. For example, as shown in FIG. 15A, the cutting direction of the line b is from left to right with respect to the paper surface, but when the mouse is selected, the mouse cursor is positioned on the left side of the center. Therefore, the cutting direction of the line b is changed from the right side to the left side as shown in FIG. Other, line d,
Similarly, the cutting direction of the line f is designated so as to be directed from the center of the line to the side where the mouse cursor is located when selecting the line with the mouse.

As a result, it is possible to eliminate an error generated when the clockwise cutting is performed uniformly, to improve the cutting accuracy and not to impair the original design.

As described above, for the selected part, the cutting direction and the cutting order of each line are changed and stored as common cutting contents.

[Addition of Notch] As described above, in the process of arranging a plurality of parts 42 on the marker 40, a notch is added to each line of each part 42 by an operator. However, the operator sometimes forgets to add the notch. Therefore, in the present embodiment, a notch can be added as follows.

That is, as shown in FIG. 16A, the notch menu 92 of the main menu 46 is clicked. As a result, a drop-down menu is displayed. Next, add 94 in the displayed drop-down menu.
Click. As a result, a cascade menu is displayed, and a notch of a shape to be added is selected from the cascade menu. The notch of the present embodiment includes an I-shaped notch for cutting like an I-shaped part, a V-shaped notch for cutting a part for adding a notch like a V-shaped part, and a part for adding a notch for a part. There are three types of inverted V-shaped notch that cuts out like an inverted V-shaped.

As a result, a notch addition mode is set, and a distance setting dialog box shown in FIG. 16 (2) is displayed. In this distance setting dialog box, the notch distance is input via the keyboard.

When a part to which a notch is to be added and a line of the part are selected with the mouse in this order,
The notch whose shape is selected is automatically added at the input notch distance.

Note that, without using the distance setting dialog box, the operator selects a part to which a notch is to be added and a line of the part, as shown in FIG.
A position where a notch is to be added in the line may be specified. As a result, as shown in FIG. 17 (2), a notch whose shape is selected (I-shaped notch in FIG. 17 (2)) is automatically added to the designated position.

As described above, the notch is added to the selected part and stored as common cut contents.

[Change of Notch Shape] As described above, the operator designates the shape of each line of each part 42 in the process of arranging a plurality of parts 42 on the marker 40 and the above-described notch addition process. Then, a notch is added. However, there are cases where it is desired to change the shape of the notch. Thus, in the present embodiment, the shape of the notch can be changed as follows.

That is, as shown in FIG. 18, the notch menu 92 of the main menu 46 is clicked. As a result, a drop-down menu is displayed. Next, an individual change 98 in the displayed drop-down menu is clicked. Thereby, a cascade menu is displayed, and a notch pattern of a shape to be changed is selected from the cascade menu. Thereby, a notch shape change mode is set.

Here, in this embodiment, it is possible to change between the I-shaped notch and the V-shaped notch, between the I-shaped notch and the inverted V-shaped notch, and between the I-shaped notch and the drill notch. In addition, the drill notch forms a notch by making a hole with a drool. Further, the cut length (I depth) of the I-shaped portion can be changed.

That is, after selecting a notch pattern of a shape to be changed from the cascade menu, the operator selects a part whose notch is to be changed and a line of the part. As a result, the notch whose shape is initially specified as shown in FIG. 19A is changed to the notch of the shape specified as described above as shown in FIG. 19B.

As described above, the notch of the selected part is changed and stored as common cut contents.

Note that a notch whose shape is designated may be added to all the lines of the part at a time by clicking the collective change in the drop-down menu.

[Teaching] As described above, the cutting direction and the cutting order can be edited for each line of each part, and a notch can be added and the shape can be changed.

However, if it is necessary to edit the cutting direction and cutting order of each line, add a notch, change the shape, etc., for each of the plurality of parts arranged on the marker 40, the burden on the operator is large. .

On the other hand, in the present embodiment, the part data, the part ID code, and the type ID code are stored in advance for each part.

Then, based on the part data, the part ID code, and the type ID code, the part data of another part of the same type as the part whose cutting direction and cutting order have been edited, a notch has been added, the shape has been changed, etc. It can be changed (copied) to the part data of the part.

FIG. 20 shows a control routine for this part data change processing (teaching processing).
This routine starts when the teach menu 200 in the displayed drop-down menu is clicked after the parts menu 48 of the main menu (see FIG. 8) 46 is clicked.

At step 102, it is determined whether a part has been selected. Step 1 when a part is selected
In step 04, the display color of the selected part is changed. In step 106, the type ID code of the selected part and the common cutting contents are captured. In step 108, another part identical to the extracted type ID code is extracted. I do.

At step 110, a variable C for identifying each of the extracted other parts is reset, and at step 112,
The variable C is incremented by one.

At the next step 114, a confirmation dialog box is displayed as shown in FIG.

As shown in FIG. 21, the confirmation dialog box 130 includes an area E for displaying the part identified by the variable C, a common cutting content of the displayed part, and a common cutting content of the selected part. OK 132 instructing to change the contents, skip 134 instructing not to change the common cutting contents of the displayed parts, 180 degrees 136 instructing to rotate the displayed parts 180 degrees in the area E, A flip 138 for instructing the displayed part to be flipped in the area E, a field 142 for displaying the total number of other parts of the same type as the selected part, and a number of parts that have not been taught are displayed. A column 140 is provided.

Referring to the parts displayed in area E of this confirmation dialog box 130, when the operator considers that the common cut contents of the part are changed to the common cut contents of the selected part. , OK132. As a result, the determination at step 116 becomes affirmative, and the routine proceeds to step 124.

When the operator considers not to change the common cut contents of the displayed parts, he or she clicks the skip 134. As a result, the determination at step 118 becomes affirmative, and the routine proceeds to step 126.

On the other hand, when performing other processing, that is, when rotating the displayed part by 180 degrees in the area E, clicking the 180 degree 136 and flipping the displayed part in the area E Has a flip 13
Flip 8 As a result, an affirmative determination is made in step 120, the selected process is executed in step 122, and the process returns to step 116.

In the next step 124, the common cut contents of the part identified by the variable C are changed (copied) to the common cut contents of the selected part, and in step 126,
It is determined whether or not the variable C is equal to the total number C0. If the variable C is not equal to the total number C0, the process returns to step 112 and the above processing (steps 112 to 126) is repeated. On the other hand, if the variable C matches the total number C0,
At 28, the display of the confirmation dialog box ends, and this routine ends.

As described above, the common cut contents of the selected part are taken in, and the common cut contents of another part of the same type as the part are changed to the common cut contents of the selected part. In addition, it is not necessary to re-edit the contents of the common cutting performed for the selected part for the other parts again, so that the burden on the operator can be reduced.

In the above-described embodiment, other parts of the same type as the selected part are sequentially displayed in a predetermined area (confirmation dialog box), and the common cutting contents of the other parts are checked while being checked. The common cut contents of the selected part are changed (copied). However, the present invention is not limited to this, and is not displayed as described above, and other parts of the same type as the selected part are not displayed. May be uniformly changed to the common cutting content of the selected part. Further, at least one of the other parts of the same type as the selected part is displayed in a predetermined area, and each time any of the displayed parts is designated, the corresponding part (other part) is displayed.
May be changed (copied) to the common cut contents of the part selected first.

Here, an automatic cutting device 36 may be connected to the input / output port 20 of the workstation 12, as shown in FIG. In this case, the part data of each part and the cutting order of each part created by the cutting contents editing device 10 are transferred to the automatic cutting device 36. The automatic cutting device 36 cuts each part from the cloth according to the transferred cutting content information. The part data and the cutting order of each part may be transferred off-line via a storage means such as a floppy disk.

Further, in the above-described embodiment, the notch cutting time (notch before cutting the cloth according to the shape of the part, or notch after cutting the cloth according to the shape of the part) Cut), remove notch,
The cutting speed at which the cloth is cut in accordance with each line or notch of the part, the cutting start point of the part, or the like may be edited.

Further, in the above-described embodiment, a printer may be further provided to print out part data, marker data, conditions and the like.

Further, in the above-described embodiment, the cloth is described as an example of the sheet-like material, but the present invention is not limited to this, and a plastic film metal foil or the like can be similarly applied.

Further, in the above-described embodiment, an example has been described in which a plurality of parts are classified in advance by the same type. However, the present invention is not limited to this. Then, the ID code for identifying the shape may be stored correspondingly, and the cut contents may be classified into the same type based on the ID code when editing the cut contents.

In the above-described embodiment, the cutting contents editing program is stored in the external storage device of the workstation. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the following may be used.

That is, the cutting contents editing program may be stored on a floppy disk, a hard disk may be provided in the workstation, and the cutting contents editing program may be read from the floppy disk and installed on the hard disk. Alternatively, the information may be transmitted and installed on a wired or wireless network by a transmission means such as a telephone line. Note that the cutting content editing program is not limited to being stored on a floppy disk, but may be a CD-RO.
M, storing the program on a magnetic tape,
OM or magnetic tape may be installed on the hard disk of the personal computer. Further, a hard disk storing the above program may be provided. Further, the program may be directly written in the hard disk or RAM of the personal computer. As described above, the cutting contents editing program used in the cutting contents editing apparatus of the present invention can be distributed by a tangible storage medium and / or a transmission unit.

[0094]

As described above, according to the first aspect of the present invention, the cut contents for cutting the cloth based on another part of the same type as the edited part are obtained by editing the edited part. Since the cut contents are changed to the later cut contents, there is no need to edit the cut contents for other parts of the same type as the edited parts, and this has an effect that the burden on the operator can be reduced. According to the second aspect of the present invention, if it is determined that copying is unnecessary, the copying is not performed or the copying that has already been performed is canceled. This has the effect that it can be copied to the cut contents of other parts.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a cutting contents editing apparatus according to the present embodiment.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram of the cutting contents editing apparatus.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a marker on which a plurality of parts are arranged.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a part of a main menu.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram illustrating a procedure for changing a cutting order of parts;

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing another part of the main menu.

FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram illustrating a common line processing procedure.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing still another part of the main menu.

FIG. 9 is an explanatory diagram illustrating a part movement processing procedure.

FIG. 10 is a diagram showing still another part of the main menu.

FIG. 11 is an explanatory diagram illustrating a part deletion processing procedure.

FIG. 12 is a diagram showing still another part of the main menu.

FIG. 13 is an explanatory diagram illustrating a part rotation processing procedure.

FIG. 14 is a diagram showing still another part of the main menu.

FIG. 15 is an explanatory diagram illustrating an editing processing procedure for editing a cutting direction cutting order of each line of a part.

FIG. 16 is a diagram showing still another part of the main menu, a distance setting dialog box.

FIG. 17 is an explanatory diagram for explaining a notch addition processing procedure;

FIG. 18 is a diagram showing still another part of the main menu.

FIG. 19 is an explanatory diagram illustrating a notch shape change processing procedure.

FIG. 20 is a flowchart illustrating a control routine of a teaching process.

FIG. 21 is a diagram showing a confirmation dialog box.

[Explanation of symbols]

 32 display (display means) 12 workstation (judgment means, copy means)

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A plurality of parts arranged on a marker corresponding to a sheet-like object and each having a shape and a size determined are held so as to be categorizable by the same type, and at least one of the plurality of parts of the marker is provided. A cutting content editing apparatus for editing a cutting content for cutting a sheet-like material based on a display unit that displays at least one of the plurality of parts, and a sheet based on a part displayed on the display unit. And a copying means for copying the cut contents after the cut contents for cutting the object into the cut contents of another part of the same type as the part. 2. The apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising: a judging means for judging whether or not the copying is necessary when copying the cut contents by the copying means, wherein the copying means does not copy when the judging means judges that the copying is unnecessary. 2. The cutting contents editing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the already performed copying is canceled.