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Cadnetix presents 2D drafting editor Cadnetix has announced a general purpose 2D drafting editor for use with its electronics design system. It is primarily intended as an aid to documentation - allowing the input of such information as dimensions, for example. The package is being supplied free of charge as an upgrade to Cadnetix customers with maintenance contracts. According to Cadnetix, the incorporation of the editor into its electronics design system will enable engineers and designers to define PCB hardware and associated assembly and fabrication documentation on the Cadnetix workstation as part of the design process. The drafting editor can be used for PCB design or 2D/isometric drawings associated with systems design. It allows the free form drawing of any isometric shape, allowing the user to manipulate straight lines, arcs and circles of varying size, angle and radius. The drawing can be up to 65 in 2 in size with up.to 48 independent graphical layers. The editor includes such tools as block and group operations, rotate, copy and mirror functions and the automatic infilling of polygon areas. It has a user definable grid of up to 1/1000 in.
(Cadnetix Ltd, Cherry Orchard, North Kembrey Park, Swindon, Wilts SN2 6UH, UK. Tek (0793) 616400. Tx: 444940 CDX EU G. Fax: (0793) 616077)
Unigraphics II available on standalone workstation Unigraphics II has been made available on a standalone workstation - the VAXstation II GPX. Previously, it has only been possible to buy Unigraphics as a host-based CAD system. McDonnell Douglas says it has made the change in order to anticipate the growth of the workstation-based CAD market over the next four years. McDonnell Douglas foresees an exchange in roles for host-dependent and standalone workstation-based
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CAD systems, with the latter overtaking the former in the marketplace by 1990. McDonnell Douglas also anticipates growth in the PC-based CAD sector and will be launching a PC-based system of its own called Crossroads to take advantage of demand for such systems. The availability of Unigraphics II on the VAXstation means that its entry level price will be approximately 20% lower than previously (when entry level systems included a MicroVAX II), said Alan Haffenden, Product Marketing Manager at McDonnell Douglas. The cost of the Unigraphics II software plus a VAXstation II GPX will be around £52 000. Unigraphics II is a CADCAM package developed by McDonnell Douglas aimed at manufacturing companies, it currently has around 800 users worldwide. It is being used by the designers of 'Eagle', the US contender for the 1987 America's Cup (a major sailing trophy).
(McDonnell Douglas Information Systems Ltd, Meirion House, Guildford Road, Woking, Surrey, UK. Tel: (04862) 26761)
32-bit application specific engine launched in UK Lattice Logic has launched its ASE (Application Specific Engine) workstation in the UK. The ASE is based on a 32-bit microcomputer that is IBM PC AT compatible through the use of an Intel 80286 coprocessor. It includes Lattice Logic's Silicon Spreadsheet Chipsmith software. The ASE also includes a 1280 x 800 pixel resolution display and an optional one-slot floating point accelerator. The standard hardware configuration will comprise the system unit, keyboard with separate cursor keypad, 1.2 Mbyte floppy drive, 80 Mbyte fixed disc, mouse, 15 in graphics monitor, three serial ports and a printer port. Circuit specifications can be entered either via Model, a hardware description language, or diagrammatically via a schematic editor. The schematic editor uses the graphic description of
the circuit to generate a Model description. There are placement and routing routines available and a program will produce artwork for mask-making or pattern generation. A switch level simulator, Switchsmith allows simulation of digital logic for metal oxide semiconductor (MOS) processes. An ASE including Chipsmith software is priced at under £.20 000 per workstation. (Lattice Logic Ltd,
9 Wemyss Place, Edinburgh EN3 6DH, UK. Tel: (03 I) 225 3434)
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The market for graphics equipment and services is growing at 24% a year, according to a report published by Frost & Sullivan. The 'Computer
Graphics Workstation Market in the US' says that "with the proliferation of low cost systems, in particular those built round a personal computer, computer graphics workstations have become economically feasible for operations of almost any size and this has expanded the market enormously." According to the report, the graphics market is expected to exceed $20 billion by 1990 and reach $48 billion by 1995 (in constant 1985 dollars). The prime users up to now have been computer manufacturers themselves, manufacturers of other products and transportation/utilities firms. However, the most rapid growth rates will be seen in areas like graphic arts (at 30% per year), nonmilitary government uses (at 29% per year), the financial sector (at 28% per year) and animation and advertising (at 25% per year). The report also says that business graphics constitutes the primary application area, followed by CADCAM, CAE and architectural uses. The report is 540 pages long and costs $1975. (Frost & Sullivan Ltd,
104-112 Marylebone Lane, London WIM 5FU, UK. Tel: 01-935 3190.) (Frost & Sullivan Inc, 106 Fulton Street, New York, NY 10038, USA. Tel: (212) 233 1080) computer-aided design
Cadnetix presents 2D drafting editor Cadnetix has announced a general purpose 2D drafting editor for use with its electronics design system. It is primarily intended as an aid to documentation - allowing the input of such information as dimensions, for example. The package is being supplied free of charge as an upgrade to Cadnetix customers with maintenance contracts. According to Cadnetix, the incorporation of the editor into its electronics design system will enable engineers and designers to define PCB hardware and associated assembly and fabrication documentation on the Cadnetix workstation as part of the design process. The drafting editor can be used for PCB design or 2D/isometric drawings associated with systems design. It allows the free form drawing of any isometric shape, allowing the user to manipulate straight lines, arcs and circles of varying size, angle and radius. The drawing can be up to 65 in 2 in size with up.to 48 independent graphical layers. The editor includes such tools as block and group operations, rotate, copy and mirror functions and the automatic infilling of polygon areas. It has a user definable grid of up to 1/1000 in.
(Cadnetix Ltd, Cherry Orchard, North Kembrey Park, Swindon, Wilts SN2 6UH, UK. Tek (0793) 616400. Tx: 444940 CDX EU G. Fax: (0793) 616077)
Unigraphics II available on standalone workstation Unigraphics II has been made available on a standalone workstation - the VAXstation II GPX. Previously, it has only been possible to buy Unigraphics as a host-based CAD system. McDonnell Douglas says it has made the change in order to anticipate the growth of the workstation-based CAD market over the next four years. McDonnell Douglas foresees an exchange in roles for host-dependent and standalone workstation-based
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CAD systems, with the latter overtaking the former in the marketplace by 1990. McDonnell Douglas also anticipates growth in the PC-based CAD sector and will be launching a PC-based system of its own called Crossroads to take advantage of demand for such systems. The availability of Unigraphics II on the VAXstation means that its entry level price will be approximately 20% lower than previously (when entry level systems included a MicroVAX II), said Alan Haffenden, Product Marketing Manager at McDonnell Douglas. The cost of the Unigraphics II software plus a VAXstation II GPX will be around £52 000. Unigraphics II is a CADCAM package developed by McDonnell Douglas aimed at manufacturing companies, it currently has around 800 users worldwide. It is being used by the designers of 'Eagle', the US contender for the 1987 America's Cup (a major sailing trophy).
(McDonnell Douglas Information Systems Ltd, Meirion House, Guildford Road, Woking, Surrey, UK. Tel: (04862) 26761)
32-bit application specific engine launched in UK Lattice Logic has launched its ASE (Application Specific Engine) workstation in the UK. The ASE is based on a 32-bit microcomputer that is IBM PC AT compatible through the use of an Intel 80286 coprocessor. It includes Lattice Logic's Silicon Spreadsheet Chipsmith software. The ASE also includes a 1280 x 800 pixel resolution display and an optional one-slot floating point accelerator. The standard hardware configuration will comprise the system unit, keyboard with separate cursor keypad, 1.2 Mbyte floppy drive, 80 Mbyte fixed disc, mouse, 15 in graphics monitor, three serial ports and a printer port. Circuit specifications can be entered either via Model, a hardware description language, or diagrammatically via a schematic editor. The schematic editor uses the graphic description of
the circuit to generate a Model description. There are placement and routing routines available and a program will produce artwork for mask-making or pattern generation. A switch level simulator, Switchsmith allows simulation of digital logic for metal oxide semiconductor (MOS) processes. An ASE including Chipsmith software is priced at under £.20 000 per workstation. (Lattice Logic Ltd,
9 Wemyss Place, Edinburgh EN3 6DH, UK. Tel: (03 I) 225 3434)
Gra s and services gro rapidly
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The market for graphics equipment and services is growing at 24% a year, according to a report published by Frost & Sullivan. The 'Computer
Graphics Workstation Market in the US' says that "with the proliferation of low cost systems, in particular those built round a personal computer, computer graphics workstations have become economically feasible for operations of almost any size and this has expanded the market enormously." According to the report, the graphics market is expected to exceed $20 billion by 1990 and reach $48 billion by 1995 (in constant 1985 dollars). The prime users up to now have been computer manufacturers themselves, manufacturers of other products and transportation/utilities firms. However, the most rapid growth rates will be seen in areas like graphic arts (at 30% per year), nonmilitary government uses (at 29% per year), the financial sector (at 28% per year) and animation and advertising (at 25% per year). The report also says that business graphics constitutes the primary application area, followed by CADCAM, CAE and architectural uses. The report is 540 pages long and costs $1975. (Frost & Sullivan Ltd,
104-112 Marylebone Lane, London WIM 5FU, UK. Tel: 01-935 3190.) (Frost & Sullivan Inc, 106 Fulton Street, New York, NY 10038, USA. Tel: (212) 233 1080) computer-aided design