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Roark on TK now available in Windows
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Cost-saving lattice towers from ESDU International ESDU international have helped a major designer of telecomms lattice towers to save thousands of pounds with their wind engineering subseries. The subseries is principally concerned with wind loading on ground structures. It is an important field because of the high cost of inadequate design against wind effects in terms of damage and safety. On average, there is about &40 million of damage per year in the UK alone due to storms. The cost of overdesign is equally significant in a modem world using ever-lighter structures. The designer of telecomms lattice towers in the UK had reason to believe that the then existing
New venue for Tool & Die UK ‘96
Code of Practice giving wind loading data on such structures heavily overestimated the design loads due to inadequate data. ESDU data satisfied the appropriate authorities and reduced but more authoritative wind-loading data were installed. Subsequently, thousands of pounds was saved on the cost of each tower by using less steel. Multiplied by the number of towers planned to be erected around the UK, the savings were even more significant. The code of practice has been updated since, but ESDU continue to frequently review the data to ensure it is constantly up-todate. For more information contact John International, 27 Castle, ESDU Corsham Street, London Nl 6UA. Tel. 0171-490 5151.
users to meet toolmakers offering a wide range of expertise and services. In addition, all pre-registered visitors at Tool & Die UK ‘96 will also be able to visit the on-site Motor Museum free of charge. Providing a showcase for the latest state-of-the-art precision tooling, Tool & Die UK ‘96 will be the premier event at which toolmakers can exhibit their services to the manufacturing industry.
Following the highly successful launch of Tool & Die UK ‘95 in March, the Trade organizers, International Publications Ltd, are pleased to announce that the second event is to be held on 13 and 14 March i996. The new venue for this event will be The Heritage Motor Centre in Gaydon, War-wickshire. Visitors will find Tool & Die UK ‘96 just a few minutes’ drive from Junction 12 of the M40. Tool and Die UK ‘96 will once again offer a unique opportunity for all end
For further information contact Alison Jump, International Trade Publications Ltd, Queensway House, 2 Queensway, Redhill, Surrey, RHl 1QS. Tel: 01737 768611. Fax: 01737 760564.
CADCAM
Superhighway
for the Information
Computervision has launched a radical new technology. PELORUS’“, to redefine the next century’s CADCAM marketplace. Pelorus will lead to the introduction of PC Windows-based products that are interoperable with the company’s UNIX-based CADDS 5 flagship. The move signals Computervision’s intention to make further inroads into the middle ground of the product development marketplace, as well as consolidating its dominant position in high-complexity, highly sophisticated manufacturing. Pelorus is not a new product, but a new technology. It is unlike any other commercially available CADCAM technology in that it is the most open CADCAM software application ever developed, is STEP-compliant, objectoriented and event-driven (supporting Microsoft’s Visual Basic, among other programming languages). It has been shown to cut development times for new design tools by four-fifths. Its
transparency will mean the end of translators between systems. Pelorus’s ease of use heralds a new generation of global development alliances between Computervision and the world’s leading developers and users of CADCAM. The first of these alliances, with Mercedes-Benz and Framatone (the world’s largest nuclear engineering company), have also been announced. As part of the new Mercedes-Benz alliance, all 1200 seats will migrate from a rival CADCAM technology to Computervision. This global network will represent a new way of developing CADCAM tools, which Computervision believes will see an end to manufacturers being stuck with proprietary CADCAM systems. Instead, Computervision, key users and other third-party developers will use a technological toolkit Pelorus - and build their own best-ofbreed, transparent design tools, customized to the needs of particular Materials
& Design
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Roark on TK now available in Windows ESDU (Engineering Sciences Data Unit) International has now launched Roark on TK in Windows; an enhanced Windows 3.1 version of its established engineering software. This complements the earlier version, which is still available on DOS, Macintosh, UNIX and VAX. Roark on TK in Windows includes icons for all the cases and tables in the 6th edition of Roark which can be selected by picture or name. Section diagrams are dynamically updated and plotted to scale as dimension inputs are changed. Results, including plots, tables and worksheets can be smoothly integrated with spreadsheets, word processors and many CAD systems. In addition to the standard Windows facilities, such as font changes, cut/copy/paste, etc. the context-sensitive Help facility and on-line tutorials enable the user to be functional within minutes of installation. An extensive library of mathematical and statistical programs and more than 200 prefabricated models further simplify the solving of complex problems. For more information contact Joyce Calling, ESDU International, 27 Cosham Street, London Nl 6UA. Tel. 0171-490 5151.
industry sectors. These PelorusPowered tools will then be marketed by Computervision, third-party developers and its value-added reseller chain. Pelorus technology has further farreaching implications. It will usher in a world in which design automation is integrated with word processing, electronic mail and other desktop business computing functions on office PCs. Manufacturers will be able to cut and paste CADCAM-generated designs into word processing documents, spreadsheets and other business applications (and vice versa). Even video clips of how a new product will work can be dropped into CAD designs. These breakthroughs will be possible because Pelorus-Powered design tools are native to Microsoft Windows and Windowslike office systems, having been written for them rather than ported to them. This sets Pelorus apart from all other commercially available CADCAM technology. Pelorus-Powered tools will be modular and operate with each other, as well as with Computervision’s existing UNIX-based CADDS 5 technology. Volume
16 Number
3 1995
187
Cost-saving lattice towers from ESDU International ESDU international have helped a major designer of telecomms lattice towers to save thousands of pounds with their wind engineering subseries. The subseries is principally concerned with wind loading on ground structures. It is an important field because of the high cost of inadequate design against wind effects in terms of damage and safety. On average, there is about &40 million of damage per year in the UK alone due to storms. The cost of overdesign is equally significant in a modem world using ever-lighter structures. The designer of telecomms lattice towers in the UK had reason to believe that the then existing
New venue for Tool & Die UK ‘96
Code of Practice giving wind loading data on such structures heavily overestimated the design loads due to inadequate data. ESDU data satisfied the appropriate authorities and reduced but more authoritative wind-loading data were installed. Subsequently, thousands of pounds was saved on the cost of each tower by using less steel. Multiplied by the number of towers planned to be erected around the UK, the savings were even more significant. The code of practice has been updated since, but ESDU continue to frequently review the data to ensure it is constantly up-todate. For more information contact John International, 27 Castle, ESDU Corsham Street, London Nl 6UA. Tel. 0171-490 5151.
users to meet toolmakers offering a wide range of expertise and services. In addition, all pre-registered visitors at Tool & Die UK ‘96 will also be able to visit the on-site Motor Museum free of charge. Providing a showcase for the latest state-of-the-art precision tooling, Tool & Die UK ‘96 will be the premier event at which toolmakers can exhibit their services to the manufacturing industry.
Following the highly successful launch of Tool & Die UK ‘95 in March, the Trade organizers, International Publications Ltd, are pleased to announce that the second event is to be held on 13 and 14 March i996. The new venue for this event will be The Heritage Motor Centre in Gaydon, War-wickshire. Visitors will find Tool & Die UK ‘96 just a few minutes’ drive from Junction 12 of the M40. Tool and Die UK ‘96 will once again offer a unique opportunity for all end
For further information contact Alison Jump, International Trade Publications Ltd, Queensway House, 2 Queensway, Redhill, Surrey, RHl 1QS. Tel: 01737 768611. Fax: 01737 760564.
CADCAM
Superhighway
for the Information
Computervision has launched a radical new technology. PELORUS’“, to redefine the next century’s CADCAM marketplace. Pelorus will lead to the introduction of PC Windows-based products that are interoperable with the company’s UNIX-based CADDS 5 flagship. The move signals Computervision’s intention to make further inroads into the middle ground of the product development marketplace, as well as consolidating its dominant position in high-complexity, highly sophisticated manufacturing. Pelorus is not a new product, but a new technology. It is unlike any other commercially available CADCAM technology in that it is the most open CADCAM software application ever developed, is STEP-compliant, objectoriented and event-driven (supporting Microsoft’s Visual Basic, among other programming languages). It has been shown to cut development times for new design tools by four-fifths. Its
transparency will mean the end of translators between systems. Pelorus’s ease of use heralds a new generation of global development alliances between Computervision and the world’s leading developers and users of CADCAM. The first of these alliances, with Mercedes-Benz and Framatone (the world’s largest nuclear engineering company), have also been announced. As part of the new Mercedes-Benz alliance, all 1200 seats will migrate from a rival CADCAM technology to Computervision. This global network will represent a new way of developing CADCAM tools, which Computervision believes will see an end to manufacturers being stuck with proprietary CADCAM systems. Instead, Computervision, key users and other third-party developers will use a technological toolkit Pelorus - and build their own best-ofbreed, transparent design tools, customized to the needs of particular Materials
& Design
news
Roark on TK now available in Windows ESDU (Engineering Sciences Data Unit) International has now launched Roark on TK in Windows; an enhanced Windows 3.1 version of its established engineering software. This complements the earlier version, which is still available on DOS, Macintosh, UNIX and VAX. Roark on TK in Windows includes icons for all the cases and tables in the 6th edition of Roark which can be selected by picture or name. Section diagrams are dynamically updated and plotted to scale as dimension inputs are changed. Results, including plots, tables and worksheets can be smoothly integrated with spreadsheets, word processors and many CAD systems. In addition to the standard Windows facilities, such as font changes, cut/copy/paste, etc. the context-sensitive Help facility and on-line tutorials enable the user to be functional within minutes of installation. An extensive library of mathematical and statistical programs and more than 200 prefabricated models further simplify the solving of complex problems. For more information contact Joyce Calling, ESDU International, 27 Cosham Street, London Nl 6UA. Tel. 0171-490 5151.
industry sectors. These PelorusPowered tools will then be marketed by Computervision, third-party developers and its value-added reseller chain. Pelorus technology has further farreaching implications. It will usher in a world in which design automation is integrated with word processing, electronic mail and other desktop business computing functions on office PCs. Manufacturers will be able to cut and paste CADCAM-generated designs into word processing documents, spreadsheets and other business applications (and vice versa). Even video clips of how a new product will work can be dropped into CAD designs. These breakthroughs will be possible because Pelorus-Powered design tools are native to Microsoft Windows and Windowslike office systems, having been written for them rather than ported to them. This sets Pelorus apart from all other commercially available CADCAM technology. Pelorus-Powered tools will be modular and operate with each other, as well as with Computervision’s existing UNIX-based CADDS 5 technology. Volume
16 Number
3 1995
187