CALGARY, ALBERTA, CANADA, May 1, 1992 - The company that develops and markets CADPIPE is proud to preview its latest series of software programs and enhancements. International Software Systems Inc.'s new offerings promise to take designers into a whole new dimension of speed and productivity. CADPIPE INTERact The next generation of information management systems, CADPIPE INTERact, has been jointly developed by International Software Systems Inc. and Generation 5 Technology Ltd. of Edmonton, Canada. This database-driven product will, in its first introduction, interact graphically with the popular CADPIPE P&ID software. CADPIPE INTERact couples the full functionality of CADPIPE P&ID with the power of GIS (Graphical Information Systems). Some of the features this program will provide include enhanced decision support through a host of powerful data query utilities, advanced facilities management capabilities, interaction with a variety of external databases, generation of equipment sheets, instrument data sheets, line lists and instrument indexes. CADPIPE INTERact facilitates bi-directional updating between drawing and database. AUTO-SECTIONNING One of the new CADPIPE features that promises to draw a crowd at upcoming tradeshows is ORTHO 2.21's AUTO-SECTIONING command. With this command, you can draw in plan view, and then have the program automatically draw the section for you. Then, when you add items to the section view, you can automatically update the plan view to include those items. Another productivity detail permits vertical legs with flanged fittings to be trimmed out automatically when transposed to the plan. The system will do this with no duplication of items on the Bill of Materials, so the section view can remain on the drawing or be erased entirely--or even moved to another drawing. FLANGED FITTINGS A flanged fittings database has been developed which will allow the user to define flanged piping systems, lined or unlined. This database will contain flanged pipe fittings in accordance with ANSI B16.1, B16.5 and B16.42. Additional items such as spacers (reducing and tapered), instrument tees and reducing filler flanges, commonly used with plastic lined systems, will be included. The user will be able to specify flanged lengths of pipe as well as lining thickness. When a lining extends over the flange face, the system will calculate the correct bolt length based on the lining thickness. This addition will be fully supported by other CADPIPE PLUS programs such SPEC GENERATOR and AUTOISO. International Software Systems Inc. Suite 650, 202 - 6th Avenue S.W Calgary, Alberta, Canada T2P 2R9 (403) 233-2520 Fax (403) 234-8583 +---------------------------------------------------------------+ | From the America Online New Product Information Services | +===============================================================+ | This information was processed with OmniPage Professional OCR | | software (from Caere Corp) & a Canon IX-30 scanner from data | | provided by the above mentioned company. For additional info, | | contact the company at the address or phone# indicated above. | | All submissions for this service should be addressed to | | BAKER ENTERPRISES, 20 Ferro Drive, Sewell, NJ 08080 U.S.A. | +---------------------------------------------------------------+