PROCESS FOR THE AUTOMATIC MACHINE PRODUCTION OF ENGINEERING DATA

A process, in which the original master diagram, which is used as the generic representation of the variation spectrum of the product and in which at least one symbol corresponds to every possible component of the product, is stored in the coded form in the memory of the information processing unit, is disclosed for the computerized generation of engineering data for products that are assembled according to individual specifications of the components. The conditions for the presence of components or of operating materials of components in an expression of the product that meets the specification are stored in the memory such that they are associated with the symbols of the original master diagram that correspond to the component or to an operating material of the component. A target engineering diagram is generated according to this process by performing a check for all symbols of the original master diagram based on the values of the specification to determine whether the corresponding conditions are met, and a decision is made based on the result of the checking (or depending on this and other factors) on whether the symbol will be taken over into the target engineering diagram (and if and when it will be taken over, how). The target engineering diagram is used as the engineering data.