System and method for disclosing design information

摘要

A design information disclosure system (1) comprises a design information managing system (3) for storing design information produced on the basis of a given format, a terminal system (10), connected to a communication network (2), having a terminal (9a, 9b, ..., 9n) with an electronic mail function, and a design information disclosing system (4) connected to the communication network (2). The disclosing system (4) has a format converter (17) and a storage to establish a TIFF file (18). The format converter receives design information at a predetermined timing when the design information is made to be stored into the design information storing system and converts the received design information into a format displayable on the terminal. The TIFF file is used to store the format-converted design information as terminal-use design information. The terminal system is configured to display on the terminal the terminal-use design information through the electronic mail function. <IMAGE>