System, method, and computer program product for schematic generation

1. A method for generating an electrical schematic, comprising:

loading a circuit-requirements file, the circuit-requirements file being in a first format, and generating a corresponding schematic definition file, the schematic definition file being in a second format;

loading the schematic definition file;

determining circuit component placement relationships according to the schematic definition file and a component rule set;

creating a schematic output file corresponding to the circuit component placement relationships and the schematic definition file, wherein the schematic output file describes an automatically-generated electrical schematic corresponding to the schematic definition file.

2. A method for generating an electrical schematic, comprising:

loading a schematic definition file;

determining circuit component placement relationships according to the schematic definition file and a component rule set;

defining a location of a first component of the schematic definition file, and defining locations of a plurality of second components of the schematic definition file in relation to the location of the first component; and

creating a schematic output file corresponding to the circuit component placement relationships and the schematic definition file, wherein the schematic output file describes an automatically-generated electrical schematic corresponding to the schematic definition file.

3. A method for generating an electrical schematic, comprising:

loading a schematic definition file;

determining circuit component placement relationships according to the schematic definition file and a component rule set;

creating a schematic output file corresponding to the circuit component placement relationships and the schematic definition file, wherein the schematic output file describes an automatically-generated electrical schematic corresponding to the schematic definition file; and

displaying a three-dimensional image, corresponding to the automatically-generated electrical schematic, showing the relative three-dimensional location of multiple circuit components.

4. A method for generating an electrical schematic, comprising:

loading a schematic definition file;

determining circuit component placement relationships according to the schematic definition file and a component rule set;

creating a schematic output file corresponding to the circuit component placement relationships and the schematic definition file, wherein the schematic output file describes an automatically-generated electrical schematic corresponding to the schematic definition file, wherein the schematic output file includes both two-dimensional and three-dimensional location data for a plurality of electrical components.

5. The method of claim 4 , further comprising displaying an electrical schematic corresponding to the schematic output file.

6. The method of claim 4 , further comprising receiving user edits of the automatically-generated electrical schematic.

7. A data processing system having at least a processor and accessible memory, comprising:

means for loading a schematic definition file;

means for determining circuit component placement relationships according to the schematic definition file and a component rule set;

means for creating a schematic output file corresponding to the circuit component placement relationships and the schematic definition file, wherein the schematic output file describes an automatically-generated electrical schematic corresponding to the schematic definition file, wherein the schematic output file includes both two-dimensional and three-dimensional location data for a plurality of electrical components.

8. The data processing system of claim 7 , further comprising means for loading a circuit-requirements file, the circuit-requirements file being in a first format, and means for generating a corresponding schematic definition file, the schematic definition file being in a second format.

9. The data processing system of claim 7 , further comprising means for displaying an electrical schematic corresponding to the schematic output file.

10. The data processing system of claim 7 , further comprising means for receiving user edits of the automatically-generated electrical schematic.

11. The data processing system of claim 7 , further comprising means for defining a location of a first component of the schematic definition file, and means for defining locations of a plurality of second components of the schematic definition file in relation to the location of the first component.

12. The data processing system of claim 7 , further comprising means for displaying a three-dimensional image, corresponding to the automatically-generated electrical schematic, showing the relative three-dimensional location of multiple circuit components.

13. A computer program product tangibly embodied in a machine-readable medium, comprising:

instructions for loading a schematic definition file;

instructions for determining circuit component placement relationships according to the schematic definition file and a component rule set;

instructions for creating a schematic output file corresponding to the circuit component placement relationships and the schematic definition file, wherein the schematic output file describes an automatically-generated electrical schematic corresponding to the schematic definition file, wherein the schematic output file includes both two-dimensional and three-dimensional location data for a plurality of electrical components.

14. The computer program product of claim 13 , further comprising instructions for loading a circuit-requirements file, the circuit-requirements file being in a first format, and instructions for generating a corresponding schematic definition file, the schematic definition file being in a second format.

15. The computer program product of claim 13 , further comprising instructions for displaying an electrical schematic corresponding to the schematic output file.

16. The computer program product of claim 13 , further comprising instructions for receiving user edits of the automatically-generated electrical schematic.

17. The computer program product of claim 13 , further comprising instructions for defining a location of a first component of the schematic definition file, and instructions for defining locations of a plurality of second components of the schematic definition file in relation to the location of the first component.

18. The computer program product of claim 13 , further comprising instructions for displaying a three-dimensional image, corresponding to the automatically-generated electrical schematic, showing the relative three-dimensional location of multiple circuit components.