Patent US 5,488,732

An automatic support tool generating system includes a knowledge acquisition tool for acquiring knowledge from answers received in response to questions generated by the knowledge acquisition tool, and a database for storing the knowledge acquired by the knowledge acquisition tool as data and for forming a knowledge data group, where the knowledge acquisition tool acquires, based on attribute data which are obtained as the answers, a design support knowledge data group used for generating a design support tool which is necessary to make a desired design. The knowledge acquisition tool includes a general design sequence input processing part for inputting a general design related to mutual relationships of macro attribute data which form the design support knowledge data group, a detailed design sequence input processing part for inputting micro attribute data which form the macro attribute data, a data input/output condition input processing part for inputting input conditions and/or output conditions related to the micro attribute data, and a check condition input processing part for inputting check conditions which are necessary for the desired design by making links among the micro attribute data.