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CAE from Computervision Computervision have launched an applications software package covering a wide range of engineering fields. Areas covered by the software include architecture, construction engineering, process plant design, naval architecture and mapping. (The package can be linked to PDMS and other systems.) CAE can be used to produce 3D (wireframe) models, with hidden lines removed. The package runs on Computervision's Designer M and V systems, linked, if required to an APU (analytic processing unit). For example, a CGP200X minicomputer (the processor in a Designer V system) could be linked to the 32-bit APU/200X for computation intensive work, to support four CGP200 minicomputers each with eight workstations. Colour is available as an option.
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The drawing may then become part of the GDS drawing file. The second feature is a 3D subsystem that allows the user to generate 3D information from a 2D or 2V2D drawing. The resulting new drawing can then be projected using any two or three point perspective, or in isometric or axonometric views, with or without hidden line removal. The standard GDS 3 system software, including 3D visualization, for use on a minicomputer, costs about £30 000 for a two workstation system. Prices of turnkey systems range from a basic £80 000 to £500 000 for a five workstation system. (Applied Research
Vickers Design and Projects, the design, management and contracting arm of Vickers Limited, have bought a Medusa 3D CAD system from Cambridge Interactive Systems. CIS have also received a £600 000 order from Simon Engineering plc for two of the systems, to be installed on two different sites. Aish and Co Limited, a Peele, UK based electrical and electronic manufacturing company, have bought a £250 000 system, including two workstations. (Cambridge Inter-
of Cambridge Limited, 4 Jesus Lane, Cambridge CB5 8BA, UK. Tel: (0223) 65015. Tx: 81153)
active Systems (Products) Limited, Quayside, CambridgeCB5 8AB, UK. Tel: (0223) 62247)
(Computervision Europe, Computervision Centre, 1040 Uxbridge Road, Hayes, Middx, UI~. Tel." 01-561 2626. Tx: 83672)
Flat bed plotter The 1425 is a Benson Electronics flatbed plotter which can produce A0 drawings. The plotter, which has four pens, plots at up to 50 cm/s. Pen speed, acceleration and pressure and other plotting functions can be controlled by the operator via the keyboard and screen, which are housed in a separate unit. The plotter can be used online using an RS232 interface or offline from Benson tape drives. Benson supply a drafting software package. Price of the plotter is £22 000. (Benson
Electronics Limited, Techno House, Redcfiffe Way, Bristol BS1 6NH, UK. Tel: (0272)211501. Tx: 444597)
GDS improvements Applied Research of Cambridge has announced two enhancements to its GDS design software, The first, Multiplot, allows a GDS user to assemble selected views or windows of any existing drawing into a new drawing, re-scaling or rotating as required.
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Calma have launched STICKS, a symbolic layout and design system for VLSI circuits. The STICKS software allows the user to define his own symbols, and to place them anywhere on the layout, without any grid restrictions. The designer may then use a building block strategy to make up the overall circuit, and rely on the STICKS spacer to manipulate the layout geometry to comply with the design rules. STICKS may be used with any manufacturing technology. It uses Calma's GDS II database management system and is compatible with their CHIPS IC graphics designer. Devices may be grouped together, spaced, and then treated as a single block, thus allowing a hierarchical structured approach to design. Calma claim that STICKS is easier to use than CHIPS, and that no IC design experience is required, only knowledge of how to put in a layout. STICKS costs ~88 000 in Europe and ~80 000 in the USA. (Calma Company, 5155 Old Ironsides, Santa Clara, CA 95050, USA. Calma (UK) Limited, Beech House, 373-399 London Road, Camberley, Surrey GUI 5 3HR, UK)
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CAE from Computervision Computervision have launched an applications software package covering a wide range of engineering fields. Areas covered by the software include architecture, construction engineering, process plant design, naval architecture and mapping. (The package can be linked to PDMS and other systems.) CAE can be used to produce 3D (wireframe) models, with hidden lines removed. The package runs on Computervision's Designer M and V systems, linked, if required to an APU (analytic processing unit). For example, a CGP200X minicomputer (the processor in a Designer V system) could be linked to the 32-bit APU/200X for computation intensive work, to support four CGP200 minicomputers each with eight workstations. Colour is available as an option.
Medusa sales
The drawing may then become part of the GDS drawing file. The second feature is a 3D subsystem that allows the user to generate 3D information from a 2D or 2V2D drawing. The resulting new drawing can then be projected using any two or three point perspective, or in isometric or axonometric views, with or without hidden line removal. The standard GDS 3 system software, including 3D visualization, for use on a minicomputer, costs about £30 000 for a two workstation system. Prices of turnkey systems range from a basic £80 000 to £500 000 for a five workstation system. (Applied Research
Vickers Design and Projects, the design, management and contracting arm of Vickers Limited, have bought a Medusa 3D CAD system from Cambridge Interactive Systems. CIS have also received a £600 000 order from Simon Engineering plc for two of the systems, to be installed on two different sites. Aish and Co Limited, a Peele, UK based electrical and electronic manufacturing company, have bought a £250 000 system, including two workstations. (Cambridge Inter-
of Cambridge Limited, 4 Jesus Lane, Cambridge CB5 8BA, UK. Tel: (0223) 65015. Tx: 81153)
active Systems (Products) Limited, Quayside, CambridgeCB5 8AB, UK. Tel: (0223) 62247)
(Computervision Europe, Computervision Centre, 1040 Uxbridge Road, Hayes, Middx, UI~. Tel." 01-561 2626. Tx: 83672)
Flat bed plotter The 1425 is a Benson Electronics flatbed plotter which can produce A0 drawings. The plotter, which has four pens, plots at up to 50 cm/s. Pen speed, acceleration and pressure and other plotting functions can be controlled by the operator via the keyboard and screen, which are housed in a separate unit. The plotter can be used online using an RS232 interface or offline from Benson tape drives. Benson supply a drafting software package. Price of the plotter is £22 000. (Benson
Electronics Limited, Techno House, Redcfiffe Way, Bristol BS1 6NH, UK. Tel: (0272)211501. Tx: 444597)
GDS improvements Applied Research of Cambridge has announced two enhancements to its GDS design software, The first, Multiplot, allows a GDS user to assemble selected views or windows of any existing drawing into a new drawing, re-scaling or rotating as required.
volume 14 number 4 july 1982
Calma have launched STICKS, a symbolic layout and design system for VLSI circuits. The STICKS software allows the user to define his own symbols, and to place them anywhere on the layout, without any grid restrictions. The designer may then use a building block strategy to make up the overall circuit, and rely on the STICKS spacer to manipulate the layout geometry to comply with the design rules. STICKS may be used with any manufacturing technology. It uses Calma's GDS II database management system and is compatible with their CHIPS IC graphics designer. Devices may be grouped together, spaced, and then treated as a single block, thus allowing a hierarchical structured approach to design. Calma claim that STICKS is easier to use than CHIPS, and that no IC design experience is required, only knowledge of how to put in a layout. STICKS costs ~88 000 in Europe and ~80 000 in the USA. (Calma Company, 5155 Old Ironsides, Santa Clara, CA 95050, USA. Calma (UK) Limited, Beech House, 373-399 London Road, Camberley, Surrey GUI 5 3HR, UK)
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