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# The Evident Advantages

Time is becoming the decisive factor for success. Not only in production but also when developing new products the target is to reduce costs and take advantage of the possibilities of the market by fast reaction. To increase efficiency of the design process is thus one of the key words.
It is precisely in this respect that SISCAD-P offers you enormous advantages:

1. You apply SISCAD-P from the first sketches right to the variant design.
2. SISCAD-P is designed parametrically so that you can carry out simulations without additional programming effort.
3. And above all you can generate alternative designs just by pressing a button thanks to the automized variant technology.

All advantages at a glance:

- Ergonomical User Surface

  - Graphic user interface (GUI) under OSF/Motif
  - Icon-oriented operation (individually adaptable)
  - WYSIWYG presentation
  - Individual surface

- Fast Training

  - Complete documentation in HTML (World Wide Web) and PostScript
  - Step by Step guidance
  - Interactive tutorial
  - Context-sensitive on-line help mode for each command
  - Drawing management with preview
  - Layers (graphically supported)

- Multiple Window Technique

  - Up to 10 graphic windows
  - Window-related fade function
  - Dynamic zoom

- Numerous functions

  - Geometrical functions
  - Use of formulae and variables for all parameters
  - Co-ordinate, numeric, text variables
  - Functions defined by the user

- Fast sketching

  - Intelligent draft mode
  - Automatic display of design-relevant points
  - Symmetrical sketching
  - Retracting contours

- Comprehensive parametric design

  - Fully parametric system
  - Storage of geometric constraints
  - Automatic recognition of geometric constraints
  - Search for geometric constraints
  - Shape variants
  - Parametric library of form features

- Variable dimensioning

  - Parametric measures
  - Reference measures
  - Linking of parametric measures through formulae
  - Dimensioning according to DIN (default)
  - Dimension figure remains after manipulation

- Automatic variants

  - Characteristic bars according to DIN 4000/4001
  - Automatic generation
  - User-friendly copying function
  - User-friendly editing function
  - Consistency check
  - Direct link to geometry

- Part-oriented design

  - Structuring of the design
  - Graphical presentation of the part structure
  - Positioning by reference
  - Direct positioning
  - Designing in linked views
  - Co-ordinate systems which can be positioned, swivelled and graded by the user
  - Unlimited number of scales

And just another important advantage:

- Open to everywhere

  - Standard interfaces (DXF,EPS,HPGL,ASCII)
  - Extensive macro language
  - Individual extensions through C programming interface
  - Portable software programmed in ANSI-C

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