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Colour for CADAM from IAS
/AS 2100 CA D-Colorgraphics system A colour display system for IBM CAD/CAM users is being launched by International Applied Systems. The Model 2100 CAD-Colorgraphics system is a result of a development and marketing a2reement between IAS and CADAM Incorporated, a subsidiary of Lockheed
Corporation. (Lockheed's CADAM system runs on IBM equipment.) Resolution of the system display is up to 1280 x 1024 pixels. Up to 16 colours may be displayed simultaneously on the screen, from a palette of 64. The workstation also includes alphanumeric and CADCAM function keyboards, and a light pen. The single quantity price for a basic system is $69 950. Under the agreement between IAS and CADAM Corporation, the CADAM system is being developed to support colour. The first module to be completed is PRANCE, a PCB design system due to be released this summer. (Inter-
national Applied Systems, 175 East Dana Street, Mountain View, CA 94041, USA. Tel: 415-962 9414)
Applicon modeller Solids Modeling is Applicon's 3D software package, for use with its own CADCAM system. The package is based on MAGI's Synthavision, and uses the constructive solid geometry technique. Wireframe models created on an Applicon system can be transformed into 3D colour shaded solid views using the package. Cross-sectional views may be produced. Full colour harcopies up to 22 x 34 in may be produced on Applicon's colour inkjet plotter, developed by Lund University in Sweden. (Applicon
UK, Regent House, Heaton Lane, Stockport, Cheshire SK4 IDA, UK. Tel: 061-429 7227. Tx: 668697)
CAM-X agreement Ferranti Cetec Graphics Limited, manufacturers of the CAM-X CAD system, have reached a marketing agreement with Digital Equipment Corporation, Engineering Services Group. Under the agreement Ferranti Cetec and DEC will co-operate in marketing CAM-X, which runs on DEC PDP11 or VAX machines. CAM-X is a modular system, grouping several previously separate CAE functions into one system. Facilities include 2D design and
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Some of the primitive solids used in MAGl's 5yntha Vision Vision output to be passed to CADAM, which then processes the data as if it had been produced by CADAM itself. SynthaVision uses the constructive solid geometry technique with primitive solids and Boolean operators. Ray trac~ ing algorithms produce graphic displays.
(Mathematical Applications Group Incorporated, 369 Lexington A venue, New York, NY I0017, USA)
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F e r r a n t i - C e t e c 's C A M - X
drafting, 3D solid modelling, NC graphically simulated processing and engineering records managements.
(Ferranti-Cetec Graphics Limited, Bell Square, Brucefield, Livingston, West Lothian, EH54 9B Y, UK. Tel: (0506) 411583. Tx: 727898)
Syntha Vision/CADAM interface SynthaVision may be linked to Lockheed Corporation's CADAM system via a software interface now available from MAGI (Mathematical Applications Group, Incorporated). The interface, developed by MAGI with assistance from Lockheed, allows Syntha-
A boundary representation file is to be developed for the TIPS-1 3D geometric modeller. The file will enable bounded 3D surfaces to be mathematically defined and depicted. TI PS-1 was developed at Hokkaido University and is available through CAM-i. It uses an APT like shape description language. The development contract, for $79 000, has been awarded by CAM-i to Cornell University. (Library Coordi-
nator, CAM-i, 611 Ryan Plaza Drive, Suite 1107, Arlington, TX 7601 I, USA. Tel: (817) 860-1654)
Euclid on VAX GKN Technology Limited have bought the first Euclid system in the UK which runs on a DEC VAX machine. Euclid, developed by Matra Datavision, uses boundary representation techniques to produce its 3D models. It runs on the VAX family and is jointly marketed in Europe by DEC's Engineering Systems Group and Matra Datavision. (Digital
Equipment Company Limited, Digital Park, PO Box I I0, Reading RG2 0TR, UK. Tel: (0734) 86871 I. Tx: 848327. Matra Datavision (UK) Limited, 2 CleaveA venue, Farnborough, Kent BR6 7HB, UK. Tel: (0689) 53690) 241
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Colour for CADAM from IAS
/AS 2100 CA D-Colorgraphics system A colour display system for IBM CAD/CAM users is being launched by International Applied Systems. The Model 2100 CAD-Colorgraphics system is a result of a development and marketing a2reement between IAS and CADAM Incorporated, a subsidiary of Lockheed
Corporation. (Lockheed's CADAM system runs on IBM equipment.) Resolution of the system display is up to 1280 x 1024 pixels. Up to 16 colours may be displayed simultaneously on the screen, from a palette of 64. The workstation also includes alphanumeric and CADCAM function keyboards, and a light pen. The single quantity price for a basic system is $69 950. Under the agreement between IAS and CADAM Corporation, the CADAM system is being developed to support colour. The first module to be completed is PRANCE, a PCB design system due to be released this summer. (Inter-
national Applied Systems, 175 East Dana Street, Mountain View, CA 94041, USA. Tel: 415-962 9414)
Applicon modeller Solids Modeling is Applicon's 3D software package, for use with its own CADCAM system. The package is based on MAGI's Synthavision, and uses the constructive solid geometry technique. Wireframe models created on an Applicon system can be transformed into 3D colour shaded solid views using the package. Cross-sectional views may be produced. Full colour harcopies up to 22 x 34 in may be produced on Applicon's colour inkjet plotter, developed by Lund University in Sweden. (Applicon
UK, Regent House, Heaton Lane, Stockport, Cheshire SK4 IDA, UK. Tel: 061-429 7227. Tx: 668697)
CAM-X agreement Ferranti Cetec Graphics Limited, manufacturers of the CAM-X CAD system, have reached a marketing agreement with Digital Equipment Corporation, Engineering Services Group. Under the agreement Ferranti Cetec and DEC will co-operate in marketing CAM-X, which runs on DEC PDP11 or VAX machines. CAM-X is a modular system, grouping several previously separate CAE functions into one system. Facilities include 2D design and
volume 14 number 4 july 1982
Some of the primitive solids used in MAGl's 5yntha Vision Vision output to be passed to CADAM, which then processes the data as if it had been produced by CADAM itself. SynthaVision uses the constructive solid geometry technique with primitive solids and Boolean operators. Ray trac~ ing algorithms produce graphic displays.
(Mathematical Applications Group Incorporated, 369 Lexington A venue, New York, NY I0017, USA)
Boundariesfor TIPS-1
F e r r a n t i - C e t e c 's C A M - X
drafting, 3D solid modelling, NC graphically simulated processing and engineering records managements.
(Ferranti-Cetec Graphics Limited, Bell Square, Brucefield, Livingston, West Lothian, EH54 9B Y, UK. Tel: (0506) 411583. Tx: 727898)
Syntha Vision/CADAM interface SynthaVision may be linked to Lockheed Corporation's CADAM system via a software interface now available from MAGI (Mathematical Applications Group, Incorporated). The interface, developed by MAGI with assistance from Lockheed, allows Syntha-
A boundary representation file is to be developed for the TIPS-1 3D geometric modeller. The file will enable bounded 3D surfaces to be mathematically defined and depicted. TI PS-1 was developed at Hokkaido University and is available through CAM-i. It uses an APT like shape description language. The development contract, for $79 000, has been awarded by CAM-i to Cornell University. (Library Coordi-
nator, CAM-i, 611 Ryan Plaza Drive, Suite 1107, Arlington, TX 7601 I, USA. Tel: (817) 860-1654)
Euclid on VAX GKN Technology Limited have bought the first Euclid system in the UK which runs on a DEC VAX machine. Euclid, developed by Matra Datavision, uses boundary representation techniques to produce its 3D models. It runs on the VAX family and is jointly marketed in Europe by DEC's Engineering Systems Group and Matra Datavision. (Digital
Equipment Company Limited, Digital Park, PO Box I I0, Reading RG2 0TR, UK. Tel: (0734) 86871 I. Tx: 848327. Matra Datavision (UK) Limited, 2 CleaveA venue, Farnborough, Kent BR6 7HB, UK. Tel: (0689) 53690) 241