Estimation and designing supporting apparatus

摘要

An estimation and designing supporting apparatus has a component model's cost database which is used for calculating costs from the types and sizes of components, and a 3D-CAD assembly model database which is used for drawing three dimensional external appearance based on the types and sizes of the components and so on. The apparatus is installed with an estimation and designing supporting program for, when a specification is inputted, determining the types and sizes of components required for manufacturing an installation meeting a specification and calculating the external appearance plan to be displayed and the costs of the apparatus using each database.