CADalyst articles from January 2001

CADalyst archives from January 2001

How to create multimedia and digital AEC presentations.(Buyers Guide)
January 1, 2001... Every time I mention a 3D visualization or multimedia presentation program to my architect or engineering colleagues, I hear, "I would really like to do that too, but I don't know what's involved." They say that 3D is too difficult, or that...

Automate area calculations.(Technology Tutorial)(Tutorial)
January 1, 2001... Two readers requested a routine to automatically calculate room areas. Edmundo Gonzalez wants to extract the areas of selected closed polylines into a text file that he can open in Excel to add up the areas for an overall total. Andy Thompson...

Material issues.(Questions and Answers)
January 1, 2001... I want to view materials in AutoCAD 2000i while using 3D Orbit, without losing rendered texture mapping. According to Autodesk's Web site I should be able to do this, but I can't get it to work. What am I doing wrong? -- Gerald Schoenhals...

Revenge of the paper space cadets.(Product Support)(Column)
January 1, 2001... In my July 2000 column, "Lost in paper space" (p. 50), I took on the contentious question of whether to use paper space as your standard operating procedure to set up all AutoCAD drawings. I compared several xref and paper space methods and...

Dialog Box : Thoughts from our readers.(Letter to the Editor)
January 1, 2001... Paper space disgrace Paper space is a joke. What's so hard about drawing in model space one-to-one? Then you have your title blocks as attributes and can insert them and scale them around the drawing. You can adjust your DIMSCALE to...

Corrections.(Correction Notice)
January 1, 2001... Credit for the rendering on p. 55 of November's ArchiCAD 6.5 review should go to Amos Byington of Michael Gaertner & Associates. The image on p. 59 was created by Doug Engel, also of Michael Gaertner & Associates. Mechanical Desktop 4 does...

Medical Chart Challenge.(Product Information)
January 1, 2001... Good design is transparent. We often don't notice it when it perhaps matters most--for example, in the hospital. A phlebotomy station and rolling cart hold all the equipment that health care workers use to draw blood. An unobtrusive item that...

Catching up with changes.(Industry Trend or Event)
January 1, 2001... If you read the fine print underneath the CADALYST logo on the cover, you know that we've changed our guiding mission to: Leveraging CAD/CAM/CAE technologies to power the extended exterprise. In this case, the mission statement is playing...

Next-generation systems : Our mini-roundup covers 1.2- and 1.5GHz systems.(Product Information)
January 1, 2001... On the heels of our December review of 1GHz and faster workstations (p. 52), we received a prototype 1.5GHz Pentium 4 system from IBM, a similar system from Dell, and our first system based on AMD's Athlon 1.2GHz Thunderbird processor. We ran...

Dell Precision 330.(Hardware Review)(Evaluation)
January 1, 2001... Dell considers its Precision Workstation 330 an entry-level workstation designed with the Pentium 4 processor in mind. Like other systems in the Dell Precision series, this is an extremely well-engineered and ruggedly built system that provides...

IBM IntelliStation M Pro.(Hardware Review)(Evaluation)
January 1, 2001... This IBM IntelliStation M Pro is based on an Intel Pentium 4 processor that runs at 1.5GHz. It also incorporates the speedy new FGL Graphics FireGL 2 graphics card. As with the Dell Precision 330, this is a prototype system, so information...

Xi 1200K MTower SP.(Hardware Review)(Evaluation)
January 1, 2001... Based on a 1.2GHz AMD Athlon Thunderbird processor, the Xi 1200K MTower SP is a speedy and moderately priced system. As the accompanying table shows (p. 47), this Xi system either equaled or excelled the scores of the Pentium 4...

Architectural Graphic Standards : An indispensable CD-ROM of architectural standards.(Software Review)(Evaluation)
January 1, 2001... The first book I purchased in architecture school was the Architectural Graphic Standards. Today, I still treasure that book with its torn pages and duct-taped cover. I can't recall how many times I photocopied details from the book to use as...

PocketCAD Pro : Take CAD out in the field.(Software Review)(Evaluation)
January 1, 2001... PDAs (personal digital assistants) are fast becoming commonplace in our modern society. These miniature handheld computers are one of the most sought-after consumer electronic devices. The Palm Pilot and the new Windows CE-based units let you...

iPAQ H3600 pocket PC.(Hardware Review)(Evaluation)
January 1, 2001... When I received my test unit of the new iPAQ pocket PC, I went to my local computer store to purchase a modem. To my astonishment, the store clerk was surprised that I had one of these units--they are in such demand that none of the stores had...

Diskeeper 5 : Defragmentation tool.(Software Review)(Evaluation)
January 1, 2001... Disk fragmentation occurs when individual files on your hard disk break up and scatter around the disk so that free space on the disk consists of little pieces here and there, rather than large free spaces. Fragmentation occurs naturally over...

Tips from our readers.(Technology Tutorial)(Tutorial)
January 1, 2001... $50 BONUS WINNER Polyline Text Tip #1672 [PTEXT.LSP] This routine places text along the path of a specified closed or open polyline. It has two options: Start and Fit. The text always starts at the beginning of the polyline. Change...

Engineering services.(Company Business and Marketing)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2001... Web4, Inc., a subsidiary of netGuru, Inc., announced phase II of Web4engineers.com (call for pricing), its engineering ASP. Phase II offers Web-enabled software such as RISA 3D and COSMOS for rent on a subscription basis over the Internet. The...

Image conversion.(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
January 1, 2001... ZoomON announced Zoom On Vizit (call for pricing), an online solution that converts images from native to viewer-ready formats for a wide variety of input and output file formats, including DWG and DXF, PDF, DGN, raster, TIFF, GIF, and JPEG....

Online bidding.(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
January 1, 2001... docQuest Market ($150,000) from Digital Paper Corp. is a suite of publishing applications that lets companies aggregate paper-based documents such as proposals, mechanical drawings, and related documents and make them available to bidders over...

Web collaboration.(Product Announcement)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2001... ProDeveloper.net ($29.95 per month) from CollabWare is a Web portal that offers engineering tools and services for Web-based collaboration and data management. The tools and services are designed for small and mid-sized manufacturers that want...

DOCUMENTUM TARGETS WEB SITE CREATION.(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
January 1, 2001... Documentum introduced four products based on its 41 eBusiness platform that target specific enterprise needs. The Web Content Management Edition is designed to streamline and simplify production and delivery of Web content so users throughout...

Dedicated server.(Company Business and Marketing)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2001... C I Host announced its dedicated servers for UNIX ($59/month), which include a single Pentium 166MHz, Custom Red Hat Linux 5.2, 64KB cache, 32MB RAM, 100MBps Bay Networks ethernet card, 32-bit PCI graphics adapter with 1MB RAM, 1 IP address and...

CADonline: Hosted application.(Autodesk announces Actrix Technical 2000)(Company Business and Marketing)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2001... Autodesk announced Actrix Technical 2000 as an ASP (application service provider) evaluation (price please?) hosted on Autodesk's online design portal, Autodesk Point A. The ASP evaluation lets Point A subscribers access and use Actrix...

Data retrieval.(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
January 1, 2001... FindView v2 (call for pricing) from Maxim I/T is a retrieval and delivery system for unstructured digital information. From a Web browser, FindView's search technology gives you easy access to engineering and manufacturing data from CAD...

Global marketplace.(eQuorum announces plot.com)(Company Business and Marketing)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2001... eQuorum announced plot.com, a global marketplace for plotting and printing on the Internet. The site includes a comprehensive network of reprographics firms from around the world and lets reprographers' current and potential customers submit...

Architectural design.(Product Information)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2001... Graphisoft announced that ASP DomusUSA has adopted ArchiCAD as the platform for delivery of their Web-enabled Domus Virtual Model (call for pricing). The Domus Virtual Model integrates architectural design and a Web delivery environment to...

Cadcentre group.(Company Business and Marketing)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2001... Cadcentre group (www.cadcentre.com) announced an alliance with Industria Solutions (www.industria.com) to combine Cadcentre's project, management, and engineering information management tools with Industria's B2B marketplace. This alliance...

expeSITE.com.(Company Business and Marketing)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2001... expeSITE.com has chosen Informative Graphics Corp.'s (www.infograph.com) Brava! Java-based view and markup solution for expeSITE.com's clients and suppliers. The deployment permits design or documentation changes in the form of Brava! Redline...

The Blue Book of Building and Construction.(Company Business and Marketing)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2001... The Blue Book of Building and Construction (www.thebluebook.com) launched its 21st and 22nd online regional editions. Thebluebook.com features 22 Blue Book regional directories with the addition of the new Pacific Northwest and Phoenix/Tucson...

NetClerk, Inc.(Company Business and Marketing)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2001... NetClerk, Inc. (www.netclerk.com), has expanded into the Minneapolis/St. Paul area with its online permit processing service. The addition of Minneapolis/St. Paul and the 51 surrounding sities increases the NetClerk-City-Builder-Network to more...

Web sites speed part quotation for manufacturing.(Directory)
January 1, 2001... One great satisfaction for designers and engineers is receiving that first set of prototype parts and assembling them into the design you have labored over for the past few weeks or months. No matter how sophisticated 3D modeling on the...

CONTROL AND TRACK YOUR DOCUMENTS ONLINE.(Internet/Web/Online Service Information)
January 1, 2001... The Internet is quickly being adapted as a project collaboration tool that enables geographically dispersed project teams to work together. Whether in the cubicle next door, an office in another state, or a project site on the other side of the...

AUTOEDMS ANYWHERE : ACS Software.(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
January 1, 2001... 800.325.0425 dasimpson@acssoftware.com www.acssoftware.com Price: $895 per license. Server cost based on number of concurrent users. AutoEDMS Anywhere is a Web-based document management and workflow solution that is based on...

INFO TRAK : Bamboo Solutions.(Product Announcement)
January 1, 2001... 877.226.2662 infotrak@vidar.com www.bamboosolutions.com Price: Starts at $10,000 for server software and ten end-user licenses. Info.trak is a Web-enabled document management system and workflow solution that you deploy over...

AUTOMANAGER MERIDIAN 2.1 : Cyco Software.(Product Announcement)
January 1, 2001... 800.323.2926 info@cyco.com www.cyco.com Price: $599 per seat; discount for multiple seats Cyco Software was one of the first, if not the first, companies to offer document management software targeted specifically at engineers...

DOCQUEST ES DIGITAL PAPER.(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
January 1, 2001... 703.740.1100 sales@digitalpaper.com www.digitalpaper.com Digital Paper's docQuest ES is a Web-based application for managing and distributing complex digital technical documents enterprise-wide. Directsight, Digital Paper's unique...

DOCUPOINT DRAWING SEARCHER DOCUPOINT.(Product Announcement)
January 1, 2001... 408.523.1815 sales@docu-point.com www.docu-point.com online demo at: www.drawingsearcher.com DrawingSearcher v2 ($1,195 for ten-user floating license) is a technical document portal designed exclusively for AutoCAD drawing files....

DIGITAL CONTAINER IDEAL SCANNERS & SYSTEMS, INC.(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
January 1, 2001... 301.468.0123 sales@ideal.com www.ideal.com Digital Container from IDEAL Scanners & Systems, Inc., is a Web-enabled document management application that lets you archive and share files over the Internet. Regardless of your operating...

OCE SUITE OF SOFTWARE OCE-USA, INC.(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
January 1, 2001... 800.714.4427 info@oceusa.com www.oceusa.com Oce-USA recently announced a suite of four applications for print management and document distribution for in-house reprographics operations. The software's modular architecture allows...

ADEPT (FORMERLY NFM3) : SYNERGIS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.(Product Announcement)
January 1, 2001... 215.529.9900 adept@synergis.com www.synergis-adept.com Price: $795 per seat; available Q1 of 2001 Adept is an Internet-compatible document management application that gives you a secure and easy-to-use system to manage your files....

Document management vendors woo Motiva customers.(Company Business and Marketing)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2001... Various vendors have stepped into the void left by the sudden shutdown of Motiva Software. Smart Solutions (www.smarteam.com), a Dassault Systemes company, offers a special migration program for Motiva users. The program includes competitive...

SolidWorks buys CIMLOGIC.(Company Business and Marketing)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2001... SolidWorks Corp. acquired CIMLOGIC, Inc., a privately held developer of design and drafting annotation tools for mechanical and electrical CAD. CIMLOGIC has been a SolidWorks Gold Partner for four years. Its Toolbox/SE product will be renamed...

Autodesk adds U.S. distributors.(Company Business and Marketing)
January 1, 2001... Effective February 1, 2001, Autodesk will standardize its distribution process by routing products for its U.S. channel through distributors Ingram Micro and Tech Data Corp. Larger resellers will continue to get direct service from Autodesk....

Dell leads worldwide workstation market.(Industry Trend or Event)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2001... The worldwide workstation market grew modestly in the third quarter of 2000, according to market research firm Dataquest, a unit of Gartner Group. Workstation shipments added up to 381,835, a 3.9% increase from the same period last year. Dell...

PTC adds reseller channel.(Product Information)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2001... PTC launched a new worldwide channel partner program for Pro/ENGINEER and other MCAD products. PTC is now recruiting MCAD resellers in specific geographical areas. Some will sell PTC's full line, and others will specialize in vertical...

Business.(News Briefs)
January 1, 2001... eBuilder (www.e-builder.net), provider of Internet-based construction management tools, will acquire assets of Collaborative Structures, a project communication portal. PTC tinkered with its recent split into three business units by...

Alliances.(News Briefs)
January 1, 2001... Alventive and Agile formed a strategic alliance to link their products to provide a complete collaborative design and manufacturing solution. | ATI Technologies will integrate Appian Graphics' HydraVision software into its product line. |...

HARDWARE : Wide-format printer.(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
January 1, 2001... andrea.swangard@cadalyst.com The NovaJet 850 from ENCAD is a wide-format printer in 600 ($17,495) and 420 ($12,495) models. With an 8-head print engine and Octachrome ink sets, the NovaJet 850 features a wide-color range, smooth tonal...

HARDWARE : 1GHz workstations.(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
January 1, 2001... The Dell Precision Workstation 620 (prices start at $3,159) from Dell features 1GHz processors and single- and dual-processor configurations. Features include two 64-bit PCI slots at 66MHz, AGP Pro 43 graphics, and capacity for 4GB of PC-800...

HARDWARE : Scan-to-print system.(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
January 1, 2001... IDEAL Scanners and Systems, Inc., announced the 500 wide color ScanCENTRAL ($35,890-$40,890) that scans, prints, and copies large-format media. The ScanCENTRAL operates in the Lab/CIE color space and uses ICC device profiles for color control....

HARDWARE : LCD display.(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
January 1, 2001... The NEC MultiSync LCD2110 ($7,999) from NEC-Mitsubishi Electronics Display of America, Inc., is a flat-panel desktop display. The LCD2110 features a 21.30 viewable image area and 16003 1200 UXGA resolution. The display is 40 deep, weighs...

HARDWARE : 3D printer.(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
January 1, 2001... Z Corporation announced the Z402C 3D Color printer ($67,500; $14,500 for upgrade from existing Z402 System), a rapid prototyping device that creates physical parts in multiple colors. The Z402C 3D Color printer contains the components of the...

Monitors - held over from August.(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
January 1, 2001... LaCie introduced the electron19blue ($769) and electron22blue ($1,399) monitors. Features include flat aperture-grille tubes and USB hubs with 5 USB connectors. The electron19blue offers a resolution of 160031200 at a 75Hz refresh rate and an...

Disk drives - held over from August.(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
January 1, 2001... IBM announced the Deskstar 75GXP (price please?) and the Deskstar 40GV (price please?) hard disk drives. The 75GXP runs at 7,200rpm and holds 75GB of data. The 40GV runs at 5,400rpm and holds 40GB of data. It has an areal density of 14.3...

Scanning solution - held over from August.(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
January 1, 2001... IDEAL Scanners & Systems, Inc., introduced OfficeStation Plus ($41,646) an 800dpi monochrome scanner with one interface for both large and small documents, including 500 wide, 8.503110, and 8.503140 drawings. OfficeStation Plus scans six inches...

Color printer - held over from August.(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
January 1, 2001... Xerox Corporation released the Phaser 750 color laser printer ($2,295). It features a 200MHz processor that prints 16ppm (pages per minute) black and white or 5ppm in color, according to the company. Other features include a 1200dpi resolution,...

Flat-panel monitors.(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
January 1, 2001... Samsung Electronics announced the 150 SyncMaster 150MB ($914) and 170 SyncMaster 170MB ($1,499) flat-panel monitors. The dual-purpose displays are both a computer monitor for viewing graphics and a video monitor for direct hookup with a VCR,...

MECHANICAL SOFTWARE : CAD integration.(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
January 1, 2001... CADVANCE 2000 ($1,995) from FIT, Inc., integrates CAD with other applications in your Windows environment. Features include dynamic pan and zoom; an unlimited number of reference files such as DWG, DXF, and DWF; and an unlimited number of...

MECHANICAL SOFTWARE : Data processing.(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
January 1, 2001... Spider ($5,000) from Alias|Wavefront features advanced scan data processing capabilities. Spider combines Alias|Wavefront's Studio, AutoStudio, and SurfaceStudio to incorporate physical models into a digital design workflow. You can process...

MECHANICAL SOFTWARE : CAD collaboration.(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
January 1, 2001... ANSYS Inc. announced ANSYS/DesignSpace v5.0.2 (call for pricing) for companies that work with multiple CAD software and hardware platforms. Version 5.0.2 adds full CAD associativity with Autodesk Inventor R2 and R3, Pro/ENGINEER 2000i2,...

MECHANICAL SOFTWARE : Data conversion.(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
January 1, 2001... CADverter 4 (prices start at $3,950) from Theorem Solutions offers data conversion solutions for viewing data. CADverter offers solutions for CATIA, Unigraphics, I-DEAS, Pro/ENGINEER, ICEM, SolidWorks, Parasolid, Solid Edge, ACIS, Mechanical...

MECHANICAL SOFTWARE : Solid modeling.(Product Announcement)
January 1, 2001... T-FLEX Parametric Pro 7 ($1,995-$3,495) from Martin Sales International is solid modeling software with sketch-to-solid methodology. T-FLEX features solid modeling methods such as parametric or imported 2D to 3D, 3D from primitives using...

On the Job: GIS fights crime on TV.(Product Information)
January 1, 2001... ArcView GIS (www.esri.com) has made it to prime-time television on The District, CBS's new crime drama starring Craig T. Nelson. The District debuted this fall and follows a fictional renegade police commissioner and his staff as they work to...

AEC SOFTWARE : 3D modeling.(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
January 1, 2001... Roof Builder Tools ($19 to register, free upgrades) from CADShareware is a 3D solid modeling tool for AutoCAD Release 14/ 2000/2000i. You can also generate 2D architectural elevations inside AutoCAD. You select the roof planes from your 2D roof...

AEC SOFTWARE : 3D data management.(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
January 1, 2001... Cyclone 3 ($15,000) from Cyra Technologies, Inc., is 3D reality acquisition software to process and manage large point-cloud data sets. Cyra's IMP technology replaces a file-based system with a networked and Internet-enabled object database...

AEC SOFTWARE : ArchiCAD add-on.(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
January 1, 2001... Stable Technologies Ltd. announced ArchiDesigner/Openings ($245), an add-on for ArchiCAD that lets you create libraries of customizable, parametric window and door details. ArchiDesigner/Openings designs, details, and documents windows and...

MECHANICAL SOFTWARE : 3D design (1).(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
January 1, 2001... Solid Edge v9 ($4,995), Unigraphics Solutions' mechanical design software, offers more than 300 enhancements, including capabilities to assist in machinery and large assembly design, Web publishing tools, an engineering handbook, and utilities...

MECHANICAL SOFTWARE : Wire harness design.(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
January 1, 2001... Linius Technologies Inc. released EMbassyWorks (prices start at $3,995) wire harness design software for SolidWorks. You can define harness paths through an intuitive point-and-click operation that enables efficient layout of harness and cable...

MECHANICAL SOFTWARE : Sheet metal design.(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
January 1, 2001... AutoPOL 8DT ($1,995) from CIMLOGIC is a sheet-metal application for creating and unfolding fully parametric sheet metal models with support for Autodesk Mechanical Desktop 4 and 5. AutoPOL 8DT features a punch function that creates forming-tool...

On the Job: AutoCAD speeds plan design.(Product Information)
January 1, 2001... Switching to a new generation of 3D plant engineering software saved several person-years in the design of a new $175 million chemical plant. The review process was reduced by about two months using a 3D model and holding interactive sessions...

Online: Document sharing - LEAVE OUT FOR NOW.(Product Announcement)
January 1, 2001... Advanced Construction Technologies, Inc., announced version 3.0 of THEPOWERTOOL.com (price please?) document sharing and management software. Features of THEPOWERTOOL.com include virtual whiteboarding, Project Cam, daily report logs, and a...

Solid modeling.(Product Announcement)
January 1, 2001... Varimetric Solutions, Inc., announced AutoSolids ($995), an ObjectARX solid modeling application for AutoCAD Release 14.01/2000/2000I, AutoCAD Mechanical, and Mechanical Desktop. AutoSolids adds more than 50 new solid modeling commands to...

File translator.(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
January 1, 2001... CIMMC-UG ($1,995 for single-user license) from Compunix/Cimsoftek is a Unigraphics-to-Mastercam translator integrated within the Mastercam environment. CIMMC-UG lets you work with Unigraphics data without needing Unigraphics software. The...

Fluid analysis.(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
January 1, 2001... FloWorks 2000 ($7,000 per seat) from NIKA is a fluid analysis and simulation tool. FloWorks analyzes the flow of gases and liquids, heat transfer, and other forces on immersed or surrounding solids. Features of the 2000 version include faster...

2D and 3D solution.(IMSI announces TurboCAD v7)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
January 1, 2001... IMSI announced TurboCAD v7 ($399.95) 2D/3D CAD solution. Powered by Spatial Technology's (company, should be listed as Dassault now?) ACIS 5.3 solid modeling kernel, TurboCAD v7 features more than 250 2D and 3D tools to edit and dimension...

Computers for construction : A/E/C SYSTEMS Fall in Anaheim.(News Briefs)
January 1, 2001... More than 6,000 attendees perused Web-based AEC software, products, and services such as project and financial management, collaboration, e-business, and more at the Anaheim Convention Center this November. Constructw@re (www.constructware....

MECHANICAL SOFTWARE : Model creation.(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
January 1, 2001... Paraform 2 ($19,000 for single-seat license) from Paraform, Inc., helps you create production-ready 3D polygonal models with usable NURBS surfaces from scans or CAD data. Paraform develops multiple NURBS and polygon models for design,...

MECHANICAL SOFTWARE : 3D design (2).(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
January 1, 2001... think3 released think-design 6 ($1,995 for annual subscription) 3D design software. thinkdesign 6 features a speech-enabled GUI, high-quality data translators, bidirectional CATIA and Parasolid interfaces, full assembly in STEP, and a new...

AEC : Plant design.(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
January 1, 2001... AutoPLANT Plant Design Workgroup version 2 ($1,295-$4,995) from Rebis is plant design and modeling software. Version 2 offers a new AutoPLANT structural workgroup, Rebis' object-oriented 3D steel modeling, and detailing and fabrication...

AEC : Piping software.(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
January 1, 2001... AEC Design Group announced CADPIPE 2000 Plus (call for pricing), which includes the CADPIPE Industrial, Commercial, HVAC, and Building Services packages. CADPIPE is compatible with AutoCAD 2000 and 2000i and lets you publish design data on the...

GENERAL SOFTWARE : File conversion.(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
January 1, 2001... StanConvert R4 ($299 for box, $249 for download) from Softco Engineering Systems Inc. cleans up drawings received from outside sources in alternate standards. StanConvert centralizes the control of AutoCAD drawing translation and conversion...

GENERAL SOFTWARE : Electrical design.(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
January 1, 2001... FTZ released SchemElect (call for pricing) software for electrical design, maintenance, and production. SchemElect integrates wiring circuit design with the tasks of electrical design offices, production departments, and electrical systems...

GENERAL SOFTWARE : Visual design.(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
January 1, 2001... ObjectDCL ($69 for Lite, $159 for Standard, $399 for Pro) from 3rd Day Software is a visual design system that lets AutoLISP and VisualLISP programmers create modal, modeless, and dockable dialog boxes and add custom tabs to the AutoCAD...