CAD DATA GENERATING DEVICE AND GENERATING METHOD

A CAD data generating device includes a character string information obtaining unit for obtaining character string information from CAD data having character string information, an association information obtaining unit for searching a database to obtain attribute information associated with the character string information as association information, an understanding support data generating unit for generating and outputting understanding support data on the basis of the association information, and an affixing unit for affixing and outputting the understanding support data to the CAD data.