Drawing information processing method and apparatus

An apparatus and method for processing information of a drawing comprises steps of defining figure data representing figures, respectively, included in a drawing, preparing a plurality of regions called as field block memory regions for storing the figure data so that they can be selectively read out for edition of a drawing later on, and determining a usable range in each of the field block memories in accordance with the number of the figures included in the drawing. In a preferred mode, the method further includes steps of dividing the drawing into congruent rectangles called as buckets in a number determined in accordance with the number of the figures included in the drawing, allocating the abovementioned field block memory regions to the buckets, respectively, and storing the figure data in the memory region allocated to the bucket to which the associated figure belongs.