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IBM products for CAD
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Calma has reached an initial agreement with IBM to incorporate IBM products into Calma CAD/CAE/CAM systems. By using the IBM products, the systems will be able to carry out project analysis, file management, control of CAD design data, database management and project management. The firstsystems should be ready for introduction in early 1985. Calma has stated that it will continue to sell its systems on Data General, DEC and Apollo computers, and has no plans to convert GDSil, DDM or Dimension III products to run on IBM machines. (Ca/ma UK, Beech House,
London Road, Camberley,Surrey GUI5 3HR, UK. Tel: (0276) 682021)
Oemonstr in California Plotter to produce microfilm aperture cards
Plotter produces microfilm A plotter which can produce microfilm aperture cards is available from Imtec Group plc. The plotter uses a low-power laser beam to write on the film. A typical A1 size engineering drawing can be completed in under four minutes using the plotter. As well as aperture card output, the plotter can produce roll film output for archiving obsolete issues, as a security backup. It can be used online with an RS232 interface, or offline with tape drives, or with a modem for remote operation. (Imtec Equipment
Ltd, 170 Honeypot Lane, 5tanmore, Middx HA 7 1LB, UK. Tel: 01-204
8355)
Gra#dcs accelerator in I C design Daisy Systems has launched a graphics system for designing integrated circuits. Called Chipmaster, the system comprises a specially-developed colour graphics accelerator based on an I ntel 80286 microprocessor, and a VLSI mask editor, Max. It also has a database structure for holding circuit layouts.
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The UK company, Ferranti In(ographics, has set up its first US office in Huntingdon Beach, California. It will house demonstration facilities of CAM-X, the company's main product, which allows a modular progression from 2D drafting through 3D modelling to NC tape preparation and F E analysis. (Ferranti Infographics Ltd, Be//Square, Brucefield, Livingston,
West Lothian EH54 9B Y, UK. Tel: (0506) 411583)
Fast plotting so.are Versatec has produced a software utility package for producing plots in colour or monochrome from SCI-Cards PCB software, which is a PCB design system with heavy processing. Versatec says that many users have consequently found the system too slow, and
The accelerator controls the 80 Mpixeis/s colour graphics, allowing users to view data through configurable windows. Daisy claims that this accelerator provides an increase in graphics performance of between two and 10 times over conventional CAD systems. Part of this improvement is due to the existence of the master database, which means the system can use data directly from it, and not waste time generating a display file. The windowing facility lets users view as many layouts or parts of layouts as desired. The windows can be
believes that Fastplot, the new package, will relieve this problem. The utility should be used with Versatec's hardware, such as the Vector-to-Raster converter or the Random Element Processor. The software costs £1 600. (Versatec
Electronics Ltd, 27-35 London Road, Newbury, Barks RGI3 IlL, UK. Tel: (0635) 42421)
Coatr r for displays A controller for raster graphics displays, launched by Ferranti incorporates a pixel mapping system to remove the need for changing the organization of pixel data in memory every time the screen is changed. The controller has two processors onboard, a 16-bit supervisory microprocessor and a VLSl graphics display controller.
(Ferranti Computer Systems Ltd, Wythenshawe Division, Simonsway, Wythenshawe, Manchester M22 5LA, UK. Tel: 061-499 3355)
'stacked' on screen, and the user can edit through these windows. The mask editor includes pop-up menus for command selection, without taking up any active areas on the screen. A single Chipmaster system, with schematic entry, simulation and mask editing, costs $120 000 per terminal.
(Daisy Systems Corp., Berk House, Basing View, Basingstoke, Hants RG21 2HG, UK. Tel: (0256) 64061. Daisy Systems Corp., 139 Kifer Court, Sunnyvale, CA 94086, USA. Te/: (408) 7739111)
computer-aided design
fer CAD
Calma has reached an initial agreement with IBM to incorporate IBM products into Calma CAD/CAE/CAM systems. By using the IBM products, the systems will be able to carry out project analysis, file management, control of CAD design data, database management and project management. The firstsystems should be ready for introduction in early 1985. Calma has stated that it will continue to sell its systems on Data General, DEC and Apollo computers, and has no plans to convert GDSil, DDM or Dimension III products to run on IBM machines. (Ca/ma UK, Beech House,
London Road, Camberley,Surrey GUI5 3HR, UK. Tel: (0276) 682021)
Oemonstr in California Plotter to produce microfilm aperture cards
Plotter produces microfilm A plotter which can produce microfilm aperture cards is available from Imtec Group plc. The plotter uses a low-power laser beam to write on the film. A typical A1 size engineering drawing can be completed in under four minutes using the plotter. As well as aperture card output, the plotter can produce roll film output for archiving obsolete issues, as a security backup. It can be used online with an RS232 interface, or offline with tape drives, or with a modem for remote operation. (Imtec Equipment
Ltd, 170 Honeypot Lane, 5tanmore, Middx HA 7 1LB, UK. Tel: 01-204
8355)
Gra#dcs accelerator in I C design Daisy Systems has launched a graphics system for designing integrated circuits. Called Chipmaster, the system comprises a specially-developed colour graphics accelerator based on an I ntel 80286 microprocessor, and a VLSI mask editor, Max. It also has a database structure for holding circuit layouts.
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The UK company, Ferranti In(ographics, has set up its first US office in Huntingdon Beach, California. It will house demonstration facilities of CAM-X, the company's main product, which allows a modular progression from 2D drafting through 3D modelling to NC tape preparation and F E analysis. (Ferranti Infographics Ltd, Be//Square, Brucefield, Livingston,
West Lothian EH54 9B Y, UK. Tel: (0506) 411583)
Fast plotting so.are Versatec has produced a software utility package for producing plots in colour or monochrome from SCI-Cards PCB software, which is a PCB design system with heavy processing. Versatec says that many users have consequently found the system too slow, and
The accelerator controls the 80 Mpixeis/s colour graphics, allowing users to view data through configurable windows. Daisy claims that this accelerator provides an increase in graphics performance of between two and 10 times over conventional CAD systems. Part of this improvement is due to the existence of the master database, which means the system can use data directly from it, and not waste time generating a display file. The windowing facility lets users view as many layouts or parts of layouts as desired. The windows can be
believes that Fastplot, the new package, will relieve this problem. The utility should be used with Versatec's hardware, such as the Vector-to-Raster converter or the Random Element Processor. The software costs £1 600. (Versatec
Electronics Ltd, 27-35 London Road, Newbury, Barks RGI3 IlL, UK. Tel: (0635) 42421)
Coatr r for displays A controller for raster graphics displays, launched by Ferranti incorporates a pixel mapping system to remove the need for changing the organization of pixel data in memory every time the screen is changed. The controller has two processors onboard, a 16-bit supervisory microprocessor and a VLSl graphics display controller.
(Ferranti Computer Systems Ltd, Wythenshawe Division, Simonsway, Wythenshawe, Manchester M22 5LA, UK. Tel: 061-499 3355)
'stacked' on screen, and the user can edit through these windows. The mask editor includes pop-up menus for command selection, without taking up any active areas on the screen. A single Chipmaster system, with schematic entry, simulation and mask editing, costs $120 000 per terminal.
(Daisy Systems Corp., Berk House, Basing View, Basingstoke, Hants RG21 2HG, UK. Tel: (0256) 64061. Daisy Systems Corp., 139 Kifer Court, Sunnyvale, CA 94086, USA. Te/: (408) 7739111)
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