- ARRIS CAD
ARRIS CAD is an architectural
CAD system developed and marketed by Sigma Design International. of Alexandria, Louisiana. It was originally developed as SigmaGraphics in1978 . It was originally developed and released on a Z80 microprocessor, which made it the first micro-processor based CAD system, and was later ported to and M68000 and Unix. SigmaGraphics was renamed to ARRIS in1984 . It was ported to Microsoft Windows in 1994.ARRIS CAD itself is an architectural CAD system - noted for its very unusual user interface and command system, and its powerful user applications language - SIGMAC.
ARRIS CAD is also the base system for Builder's CAD - a CAD tool designed for Builders. It includes Automated Drafting, Instant Elevations, Instant Sections, Instant 3-D, Instant Framing, Instant Cut Lists, Instant Takeoffs, Parametric Design Tools.
ARRIS CAD can import and export 3D drawings to SketchUp .SKP format.
Features
*ARRIS CAD maintains the data for each layer in a separate disk file. This allows multiple users to edit a single database
*ARRIS CAD imports and exportsSketchUp models to augment its 3D capabilities.
*ARRIS CAD imports and exports 2D and 3D geometry to Autocad .dwg format.Releases
*The latest release is 9.3 released in May, 2008. [http://www.arriscad.com/arris92.html ARRIS 9.2]
*Release 8.0 introduced a floating point database
*The first release was made in 1987 when SigmaGraphics was renamed to ARRIS.ee also
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Sigmac Programming LanguageExternal links
* [http://www.arriscad.com/ ARRIS CAD Web Page]
* [http://wiki.sigmadesign.com Sigma/ARRIS Wiki]
* [http://www.Intelliframer.com/ BuildersCAD Web Page]
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