Trigon Introduces Automated Fax Retrieval Software; Software enables high-resolution faxing of AutoCAD designs to any location.HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 23, 1995--Trigon Business Alliance today introduced the industry's only application that allows complex engineering or schematic diagrams to be sent or received automatically from widely used computer-aided design computer-aided design (CAD) or computer-aided design and drafting (CADD), form of automation that helps designers prepare drawings, specifications, parts lists, and other design-related elements using special graphics- and calculations-intensive software to any location equipped with standard fax technology. FaxDraw(TM) software enables organizations with libraries of centralized CAD drawings to make them available to service or other personnel via secure telephone retrieval. FaxDraw version 1.0 provides fax on demand capabilities for delivering high-resolution drawings to standard fax machines. The software operates on SUN(TM) SPARC (Scalable Performance ARChitecture) A family of RISC CPUs from Sun that runs mostly under Sun's Solaris, but also under Linux and BSD operating systems. After development began in the mid-1980s by David Patterson of the University of California at Berkeley and Bill workstations with Autodesk's AutoCAD(R) design software and Linkon Corporation's Faxpeak(TM), a fully integrated fax card. The FaxDraw software provides a secure interface that allows users to select drawings from an AutoCAD screen and fax them to remote locations. Via touch-tone phone, users may also call a FaxDraw server and retrieve drawings from remote locations via fax modem fax modem n. A modem that sends and receives fax transmissions. . These inbound FaxDraw requests are subject to the multiple layers of security available in the Solaris operating system. Various levels of security can be customized, as needed as needed prn. See prn order. , for a particular user's business. "Before FaxDraw, field service reps had to call their home office, find someone who could retrieve a quality copy of the engineering or schematic diagram, make a copy of the appropriate area and then physically transport it to the individual on site," said John Edgerton, president of Trigon. "That takes up a corporation's most precious resource: employee time. With FaxDraw, we've reduced this process to just a few minutes with a quick phone call." "Over 1 billion technical drawings have been produced using AutoCAD software," said Charles Rudkin, director of industry marketing at Autodesk. "Many of these have to be accessed by field support organizations during service calls or emergencies. A product like FaxDraw should significantly reduce the time spent waiting for these technical drawings." FaxDraw provides a software interface for faxing A (8.5"x11") and B (11"x17") size AutoCAD drawings to any Group III facsimile equipment. Edge-to-edge faxing is available with NEFAX(R) model 771 or 880 facsimile terminal from NEC (NEC Corporation, Tokyo, www.nec.com, www.necus.com) An electronics conglomerate known in the U.S. for its monitors. In Japan, it had the lion's share of the PC market until the late 1990s (see PC 98). NEC was founded in Tokyo in 1899 as Nippon Electric Company, Ltd. , providing 400 x 400 DPI (Dots Per Inch) The measurement of the resolution of display and printing systems. A typical CRT screen provides 96 dpi, which provides 9,216 dots per square inch (96x96). Flat panel displays from 110 to 200 dpi have also been developed. printed output. "The ability to deliver razor-sharp fax transmissions is critical for many service organizations," said George Dinsdale, director of sales and marketing of Linkon Corporation. "This combination of FaxDraw software and the Faxpeak card opens up new opportunities to service customers." FaxDraw operates with AutoCAD(R) Release 12 for SunOS or Solaris 2.X. The dial-in, fax-on-demand capability is provided by a single-port Faxpeak card in the SPARC server, enabling A to B, B to A and B to B, edge-to-edge fax output from AutoCAD DCL (1) (Digital Command Language) Digital's standard command language for the VMS operating system on its VAX series. (2) (Data Compression L (TM) menus. FaxDraw also provides A to B, A to C (17"x22"), A to D (22"x34") and A to E (34"x44") size tiling output for assembling larger drawings. A single FaxDraw software license, bundled with the LINKON Faxpeak card, is list-priced at $1995 and is available immediately via all Sun, Autodesk and Access Graphics reseller channels. For information on NEC's NEFAX(R), call 1-800-STAR-FAX. Linkon Corporation, based in New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. , manufactures high-performance DSP-based computer telephony cards. Its Link-Engine(TM) Communication Boards provide the latest word in digital signal processing See DSP. Digital Signal Processing - (DSP) Computer manipulation of analog signals (commonly sound or image) which have been converted to digital form (sampled). , allowing developers to integrate voice, speech recognition, text to speech, fax and modem capabilities all on the same piece of hardware. Linkon's Teravox(TM) software controls the interaction between its Link-Engine boards and computer platforms through a unique-open architecture application environment. Autodesk is the world's leading supplier of computer-aided design (CAD) automation software and the fifth-largest PC software company. The company develops, markets and supports a family of design automation and professional multimedia software, and component technologies for use on personal computers and workstations. A global company since its founding in 1982, Autodesk markets products in 115 countries and 18 languages. Autodesk shares are traded on the Nasdaq National Market under the symbol ACAD ACAD Academy ACAD Academic ACAD AutoCAD (design/drafting development software by Autodesk) ACAD Acadia National Park (US National Park Service) ACAD Atherosclerotic Coronary Artery Disease . For more information on Autodesk, please call 415-332-2344 or type GO ADESK on CompuServe. Based in Houston, Trigon Business Alliance is a division of Automated Information Management, a reseller and developer of computer hardware, software and support services support services Psychology Non-health care-related ancillary services–eg, transportation, financial aid, support groups, homemaker services, respite services, and other services . The company, founded in 1979, serves the telecommunications and engineering industries with integrated CAD and relational database software solutions for both 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). and Windows-based computer systems. -0- Brand names, product names, trademarks and registered trademarks belong to their respective holders. CONTACT: Robert Strickland Trigon Business Alliance (713) 589-2353 or Lisa Gilbert/Jack Jackson Miller Communications (617) 536-0470 or Stephen Berg for Linkon Stephen Berg Public Relations public relations, activities and policies used to create public interest in a person, idea, product, institution, or business establishment. By its nature, public relations is devoted to serving particular interests by presenting them to the public in the most (212) 580-8760 |
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