Variant Construction
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The whole is more than a compilation of its parts - and, with SISCAD-P, the
other way round. Drawings of individual parts which you copy from the
composition drawing will keep their parametric properties. Just by pressing a
button you can create a table of variants for it. This means that you create
the variants you require without additional effort.
- User-friendly
Drawings of individual parts can be easily extracted from the composition
drawing through a lasso or by selecting them directly.
- Flexible
Using the flexible measuring commands you link geometry and measure. When you
modify the geometry, SISCAD-P will adapt the measures automatically. When you
modify the measure, SISCAD-P will adapt the geometry. This flexible tool will
minimize your modification efforts.
- Standardized
SISCAD-P's table of variants is designed according to characteristics bars
(DIN 4000/4001); this enables you to communicate with the rest of the EDP
world.
- Fast and easy
With SISCAD-P you can create variants without additional programming effort.
You just press a button, and you can check the consistency of your new variant
right away. If you want, the variant can be generated immediately after this
check.
- Supporting
Direct relation to the drawing is important.
This is supported by SISCAD-P: you just select a column in the table of
variants, and the relevant measure will be highlighted in the drawing.
- Decisive
Sometimes it is the case that conditional statements have to go with the
connection of parametric dimensions. This is possible within SISCAD-P. You
may take the same system for variant tables as you have in decision tables.
Thu Aug 3 11:59:09 MET DST 1995