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A part development system implemented on a computer for developing software versions of parts for use in computer-generated designs, such as electrical circuits. The system includes a process developer environment for developing part development processes and a parts developer environment for develo

A part development system implemented on a computer for developing software versions of parts for use in computer-generated designs, such as electrical circuits. The system includes a process developer environment for developing part development processes and a parts developer environment for developing parts in accordance with such processes. In a preferred embodiment, the two environments are implemented as computer programs with graphical interfaces to enable process developers to easily construct part development processes and parts developers to easily develop parts using the processes. The part development processes capture the library and part specifications required for acceptable parts, thus minimizing errors in part creation and time required for test.

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[ We claim:] [1.] A part development system implemented on a computer, comprising:(a) a process developer environment that develops software versions of parts for use in computer-generated electronic circuit designs by developing part development processes including:a process hierarchy area generate

[ We claim:] [1.] A part development system implemented on a computer, comprising:(a) a process developer environment that develops software versions of parts for use in computer-generated electronic circuit designs by developing part development processes including:a process hierarchy area generated on a display providing access to part creation processes used for developing software versions of electronic parts, the processes having at least one process command;a command list area generated on the display providing access to process commands of a part creation process; anda menu definition area generated on the display for constructing a menu of the process commands for use with a data object to develop a part; and(b) a part development environment that develops software versions of parts for use in computer-generated electronic circuit designs by developing parts using part development processes developed with the process developer environment, the parts developer environment comprising:a process selection area generated on a display for selecting a part development process for developing a part;an object list area generated on the display providing access lo data objects that can be developed into parts with a selected process;a means for selecting a data object; anda command area generated on the display providing a menu of commands that can be selected for use with the data object to develop a part.