Standalone CADCAM from McAuto

✍ Scribed by McDonnell Douglas Ltd

• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 1982
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 178 KB
• Volume: 14
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0010-4485
• DOI: 10.1016/0010-4485(82)90346-3

✦ Synopsis

Applied Research of Cambridge have launched GDS 3, a revised version of their General Drafting System, GDS. The new features include a non-graphic database facility and Macro Basic. The database feature allows the user to attach non-graphical data to any drawing, object or group of objects. Examples of use include materials lists, costings and architectural data. Macro Basic consists of standard Minimal Basic with extensions for drawing and manipulating the contents of a drawing. The price of GDS 3 software to run on a minicomputer with 2 workstations attached is £30 000. Standalone systems cost from about £80 000, for a 1 workstation system running on a Prime 150, to about £200 000 for a 5 workstation system.