Adra Systems Announces Partnership with Structural Research & Analysis Corp.; Cadra CAD/CAM Software Adds Analysis Capabilities; Cadra, Adra's Suite of CAD/CAM/CAE Software Solutions, to be Fully Integrated With COSMOS/M.CHELMSFORD, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 26, 1996-- Adra Systems, Inc., creator of advanced software solutions for the business and manufacturing sectors, today announced an agreement with Structural Research & Analysis Corporation (Los Angeles, Calif.) to link Adra's Cadra Version 10 CAD/CAM/CAE applications with COSMOS/M and COSMOS/FFE, thus providing users of the Cadra software solutions with instant access to product design analysis. COSMOS/M is a powerful package for product design, analysis and optimization. In addition to standard capabilities for complete statics statics, branch of mechanics concerned with the maintenance of equilibrium in bodies by the interaction of forces upon them (see force). It incorporates the study of the center of gravity (see center of mass) and the moment of inertia. and dynamics analysis, COSMOS/M can be expanded to offer advanced dynamics, nonlinear, fatigue, thermal, steady state and turbulent fluid flow and electromagnetic analysis capabilities. COSMOS/FFE is a brand-new FEA (Finite Element Analysis) A mathematical technique for analyzing stress, which breaks down a physical structure into substructures called "finite elements." The finite elements and their interrelationships are converted into equation form and solved mathematically. technology that provides answers to complex static, dynamic and thermal problems up to 100 times faster than conventional FEA programs while reducing disk storage requirements by 95 percent. Among other benefits, the superior analysis capabilities and speed offered by COSMOS/M and COSMOS/FFE can help companies that use Cadra avoid costly prototyping and improve time to market. These new software solutions will enable companies of all sizes to integrate their CAD/CAM CAD/CAM in full computer-aided design/computer-aided manufacturing. Integration of design and manufacturing into a system under direct control of digital computers. data fully through Cadra's concurrent engineering environment. The Cadra suite encompasses a wide variety of CAD/CAM/CAE functions: design drafting, numerical control, solids modeling, and electrical control and power systems design. Cadra Leads with Ease of Use, Sophistication so·phis·ti·cate v. so·phis·ti·cat·ed, so·phis·ti·cat·ing, so·phis·ti·cates v.tr. 1. To cause to become less natural, especially to make less naive and more worldly. 2. and Power The Cadra CAD/CAM/CAE component is made up of four software solutions: Cadra Solids (3D modeling), Cadra Design Drafting (detail drafting), Cadra NC (multi-axis numerical control programming) and Cadra E (electrical control and power systems design). An additional component of the Cadra family, Cadra DM, offers new capabilities for overseeing engineering products and processes. A design management system, Cadra DM provides tools for viewing and controlling the design development process and establishes an organized system for ECO E·co , Umberto Born 1932. Italian writer best known for his novels, including The Name of the Rose (1981). He has also written extensively on semiotics and British and American popular culture. management, release management, and product structure. Cadra DM also provides Cadra users with superior file storage and retrieval capabilities and a view of all engineering projects, as well as design management, vaulting and workflow. In addition to offering power and sophistication in a concurrent engineering environment, Cadra boasts an easily understood, award-winning graphical user interface graphical user interface (GUI) Computer display format that allows the user to select commands, call up files, start programs, and do other routine tasks by using a mouse to point to pictorial symbols (icons) or lists of menu choices on the screen as opposed to having to that makes design easy for both advanced and casual users. In addition to being intuitive to learn and use, Cadra provides superior integration of legacy files, even blueprints. Cadra can take information created in almost any form from a translator and manipulate it as if it were native data. Each component of the Cadra suite is ready for integration with Matrix, the leading PDM (1) (Product Data Management) An information system used to manage the data for a product as it passes from engineering to manufacturing. The data includes plans, geometric models, CAD drawings, images, NC programs as well as all related project data, notes and (product data management) system from Adra Systems. Matrix, which also may be used with a variety of other CAD/CAM applications, provides the capability for business process re-engineering See reengineering. (business) Business Process Re-engineering - (BPR) Any radical change in the way in which an organisation performs its business activities. BPR involves a fundamental re-think of the business processes followed by a redesign of business activities to by giving users the ability of manage information and control the processes that govern the lifecycles of that information. Cadra's wide range of applications define the cutting-edge of the midrange CAD/CAM/CAE market. Cadra is in step with a number of significant trends in the business arena, among them the transition to a Windows environment, the downsizing of UNIX UNIX Operating system for digital computers, developed by Ken Thompson of Bell Laboratories in 1969. It was initially designed for a single user (the name was a pun on the earlier operating system Multics). to NT, the need for easy-to-use modeling software, and the increasing demand for individual engineers to take ownership for the entire design process. Supported Platforms and Environments The Cadra suite of products is compatible with Windows, Windows NT, and Windows 95 as well as MS-DOS MS-DOS in full Microsoft Disk Operating System Operating system for personal computers. MS-DOS was based on DOS, developed in 1980 by Seattle Computer Products. Microsoft Corp. bought the rights to DOS in 1981, and released MS-DOS with IBM's PC that year. , and on popular UNIX workstations from leading vendors such as Digital Equipment Corporation, Hewlett-Packard, IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) , Silicon Graphics, and Sun Microsystems. Cadra Solids is not available on DOS, Windows 3.1, VMS (1) (Virtual Memory System) A multiuser, multitasking, virtual memory operating system for the VAX series from Digital. VMS applications run on any VAX from the MicroVAX to the largest unit. See OpenVMS. , and SGI (SGI, Sunnyvale, CA, www.sgi.com) A manufacturer of workstations and servers, founded in 1982 by Jim Clark. The company was founded as Silicon Graphics, Inc., but changed to its acronym in 1999. platforms. Price and Availability Cadra Design Drafting, Cadra NC and Cadra DM for Windows, Windows NT, Windows 95 and UNIX will be available on March 29, 1996. Cadra Solids for Windows NT, Windows 95 and UNIX will be available on May 3, 1996. Cadra E for Windows NT also will be available on May 3, 1996. Individual prices for Cadra products for the Windows NT platform are as follows: Cadra Design Drafting: $3,995 Cadra Solids: $6,500 (includes Cadra Design Drafting) Cadra NC: $5,995-$9,995 Cadra DM $8,995 Cadra E: between $9,000 and $10,000 -0- ADRA SYSTEMS, INC. Adra Systems, Inc., based in Chelmsford, Mass., provides the highest-performance, lowest-cost solutions for the needs of the mechanical design, drafting, and manufacturing sectors. In addition to creating Cadra, Adra's award-winning CAD/CAM software, Adra Systems develops next-generation process management tools for overseeing multimedia product databases. Adra's flagship product, Matrix, is an object-oriented product data management system focused on information lifecycle management Information Lifecycle Management refers to a wide-ranging set of strategies for administering storage systems on computing devices. Specifically, four categories of storage strategies may be considered under the auspices of ILM. . Adra serves some 1,600 customers in 20 countries, among them AT&T, Fujitsu, General Electric, Goodyear, Hyundai, Motorola, Polaroid, Toshiba, TRW, Volkswagen and Westinghouse. STRUCTURAL RESEARCH & ANALYSIS CORPORATION Structural Research was founded in 1982 to design, develop and market design analysis software for the mechanical CAE (1) (Computer-Aided Engineering) Software that analyzes designs which have been created in the computer or that have been created elsewhere and entered into the computer. market. Since its inception, Structural Research has contributed innovations that have had a significant impact on the evolution of FEA. Structural Research markets its products worldwide. Cadra is registered trademark of Adra Systems, Inc. Cadra Design Drafting, Cadra DM, Cadra NC and Cadra Solids are trademarks of Adra Systems, Inc. COSMOS/M and COSMOS/FFE are registered trademarks of Structural Research and Analysis Corp. CONTACT: Adra Systems, Inc. Mark F. O'Connell 508/937-3700 or Schwartz Communications David Close or Christine Gannon 617/431-0770 |
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