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RIME MEDUSA.Itofferseverythingyou want inaCAD system. And more.

\s pressuresincrease foruigher quality products,aster design creation, andshorter production cycles,ompaniesare turning toCAD for help. And the CADsystem that more and more“ompaniesare turning to isPRIME MEDUSA.Why PRIME MEDUSA?

There are a numberof‘easons.

Forone thing, PRIMEVIEDUSAis the CAD sys-emthatoffers proven perfor-nance.It’s currently being1sed in hundredsofinstalla-ionsto boost productivity inwide range ofmechanicallesign anddrafting tasks.Another reason companies

hhoose PRIME MEDUSAisecauseit’s easyto learn andise.It’s based on standardlrafting terms and techniqueshat are familiar to draftsmenind designers. This means,here’s no needfor designerso change the waythey con-

ceptualize designs, so theycan quickly masterthe use ofthe system.Butformostcompanies,andmostdesigners,the biggestadvantagePRIME MEDUSAoffersis solidmodeling.PRIME MEDUSAlets userscreate parts and assembliesas three-dimensionalsolidmodels using powerful tech-niquesthat speed and sim-plify the design process.Designers can quickly gener-ate multiple viewsofan object,including orthographic, iso-metric and perspective views.Because the modelis com-plete and unambiguous,it canbe used to automate manyfunctions throughouta projectcycle. For example, PRIMEMEDUSAprovidessection-ing, automatic hiddenlineremoval and color shadingcapabilities for superior de-sign visualization. Flaws indesignscan be easily detected,and design concepts can be

clearly communicated tomanufacturing, to customers,or to senior decision makers.

Inaddition, PRIMEMEDUSAcan beinterfacedto programsfor engineer-inganalysis such as PDA/PATRAN-G,”and can beused to create complete en-gineering documentation.The PRIME MEDUSAdata-base canalso be accessed byprograms for MRP, processplanning, numericalcontroland many morefrom anextensivelibraryofsoftwarepackagesthat run on Primecomputers. With these cap-abilities, PRIME MEDUSAmakesit possible to integrateyour entire manufacturingoperation.

There arestill morereasonsfor choosing PRIMEMEDUSA.For example,PRIME MEDUSAoffers avariational geometry module.With this module, designerscan automatically generateany numberofstandardpartsthat have the same shape butvarying dimensionsfroma sin-gle drawing, simply byspeci-

fying its dimensions. Thismodule allows companies todramatically improve designproductivity in “family-of-parts”applications.

Finally, PRIME MEDUSSruns onawide rangeofPrime50 series computers andworkstations. These upward-and-downward-compatiblesystemsallowyou to get themost cost-effective systemfor today’s needs andtomorow’s opportunities. Theysupport avastselection ofindustry-recognized softwareprogramsfor virtually any aapplication needed to helpyour operation. And theyofferadvanced networking andcommunicationsfacilities thamakeit easyforall parts ofthe organization to accessinformation quickly —a vitalrequirementfor computerintegrated manufacturing.

Small wonder, then, thatmore and more companiesare using PRIME MEDUSA.It really doesoffer everythingyou want ina CAD system.Andmore.

soliid‘modelinTo design with FPRIMEMEDUSA,theusergenerates2-D profiles ona drawingformat, just as he would usingtraditional methods. Then,depths and connectionpointsare defined between theassociated viewsto create the3-Dsolid model.PRIME MEDUSApro-

vides a seriesof built-inmodel generators suchaslin-ear and rotational sweeps,that speed and simplify thecreation of complex parts andassemblies. Boolean opera-tionsfurthersimplify thedesign processbyallowingusers to performunion, inter-section and subtraction oper-ations onindividualparts or

entire assemblies, Once themodelis created, the systemcan automatically generateisometric, orthographic, aux-iliary, perspective and sectionviews, and makearbitrarysection cuts with hiddenlinesand surfaces removed. Thisprovidestheability to exam-ine thoroughlythe geometryofall parts and assembliesbefore theyare putintoproduction.

Inaddition, because themodelis solid the system canaccuratelycalculate massproperties,including weight,volume and momentsofiner-tia. It can evencalculate massproperties ofan assembly,withjust one command.

To improvedesign visual-ization and presentationquality, PRIME MEDUSAprovides automatic color

shadingofall solid models.Ithelps designers achievegreater realismin the repre-sentationof parts and assem-blies. Whenusedin customerpresentations, these shadedpictures demonstrate youray ‘s commitmenttothe latest technology

PRIME MEDUSA isn’tJust apowerful CADsys-tem.It’sa flexible systemas well.PRIME MEDUSAshierarchical databaseallowsdesigners and draftsmento store,retrieve, analyzeand modifydata easily. OurReporterprogram,forinstance,lets users extractand formattextual, graphicandrelationaldata directlyfromdrawings.In this way,

bills of materials, where-usereports, etc., can quickly begeneratedin the company’spreferred format.PRIME MEDUSAalso

offers Super Syntax,a graphics programming languagethat enablesusersto cus-tomize the system totheirparticular application. DataAccess Routines permitprogrammersto modify thePRIME MEDUSAdatabaseusing any of Prime’s pro-gramminglanguages, andfacilitates the creation of (interfacesto internally deveopedsoftwareorthird partyprograms.

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Besides expanding thesize of your operation, PRIMEMEDUSA,running onaPrime multipurpose CPU,allows you to expand thescale. You can take advan-tage of interfaces to computeraided engineering and manu-facturing systems.So, youcan create one computernet-workfor your entire CAD/CAE/CAM operation.PRIME MEDUSAhelps

protect yoursoftware andhardware investment yearsfrom now, because every newrelease and enhancementwillwork directly with both yourexisting database and user-written applicationprograms.

You won't ever haveto spendtime or moneyonexpensivedata conversions.You would expecta solidmodelingsystemlikePRIME MEDUSAto offerpowerful draftingcapabil-ities, Andit does.The basicPRIME MEDUSADesign Drafting moduleisanything butbasic. It offers acompletesetoftoolsto helpdesignerscreate and editdrawings and schematicsquickly. Thesetoolsincludepowerful geometric construc-tion and manipulation tech-niques; a symbol generationcapability that makesit easyto store, retrieve and displaysymbols; automatic cross-hatching and pattern hatchingto speed thedrafting process;automatic dimensioning inyour choice of ISO, ANSI,

DIN,andJIS formats; and,theability to quickly generaavarietyof engineering drayings, technicalillustrationsand reports.The PRIME MEDUSA

2-DDesign Drafting modulservesas the basis for our3-D Design Modeling pack-age. So you canstart with 2-drafting and move up to 3-Dsolid modeling wheneveryou're ready,withoutstartingover.

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As a leaderin the field ofSAD/CAM,Primeis dedi--atedto providing state-of-he-art software packagesike PRIME MEDUSA.At the sametime, we're

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needed to run them. Primeoffers a full range of 32-bitsystems, everything fromhigh performanceprocessorsto low costoffice systems.Every oneofthese systemsruns on PRIMOS,a powerful,multi-user, multitask operat-ing system that can supportCAD/CAM andotherapplica-tions at the sametime.

Besides our powerfulPrime50 Series familyofcomputers, you get your

choiceofintelligent and dedi-cated workstations. All oursystemsand workstations arefully compatible both up anddown theline. Thatgives youthe ability to choose the equip-mentthat best fits your appli-cation today without having

to worryabout tomorrow.For example, you canstart

with our single user PW200Series workstation, then, addmore workstations and net-work them togetherfor highspeed data communications.Oryou can chooseone of ourPrime multi-user systemsand add more workstationsas youneed them. You can

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tools available. They includethe PRIMENET™X.25-based networking capabilityanda variety of RemoteJobEntry(RJE) emulationpackages.

Finally, Primeoffers youawidevarietyofspecial appli-cations softwarefor elec-tronic design, architecturaldesign, automotive engineer-

ing, processplanning, numer-ical control and more. BothPrimesoftware and hardwaresystemsare backed by a com-plete service and support net-work.It includes customertraining, hardware andsoft-ware maintenance, documen-tation, and assistance fromour worldwide CAD/CAMsupport organization.

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