Strim 100                        Cad/CAM, Iris 40
CAD/CAM Software for the Iris 40
 
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Cisigraph designed the latest version of its Strim 100 CAD/CAM
software to run specifically on the Iris 40 series of
workstations from Silicon Graphics. The workstation's performance
speed of 10 million instructions per second helps Strim 100
provide two- and three-dimensional design functions, finite-
element analysis, and two-axis through five-axis machine-tool
pathing, or rheological analysis for plastic molding operations,
all in real time. The software utilizes the workstation's three-
dimensional motor, giving you zoom, rotation, multiple viewing,
and separate actions for each view.
 
Strim 100 is available as 16 independent yet integrated
modules. The AS, AD, AT, and AN modules provide finite-element
analysis; the PROCOP group of modules give you two- and three-
dimensional simulation of plastic flow and mechanical analysis of
injection-molded plastic parts; the BBL module integrates data
management and communication among the Strim 100 modules; and the
IN modules handle the exchange of data with other CAD/CAM
systems. The IN modules are available for IGES, VDA, and SET
interfaces, or Cisigraph can develop them for any other system on
a custom basis.
 
A comprehensive set of tools helps you handle every aspect of
design and manufacture, such as drawing; constructing geometry;
making computations; storing and analyzing drawings; creating,
modifying, and displaying tool paths; displaying dynamic tool
motion; and performing collision testing. In addition, since you
use the same database for all modules and functions, Strim 100
gives you a seamless design-to-manufacturing cycle, and you can
increase the system's power by incorporating your own custom
functions.
 
Price: 100,000 to 400,000 French francs, depending on the
configuration.
 
Contact: Cisigraph, Le Griffon, 536 route de la Seds, 13127
Vitrolles, France, 33-42-89-93-23.
 
                              --- Martha Hicks
 
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