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From: nwickham@triton.unm.edu (Neal C. Wickham)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy
Subject: Animation in Engineering
Message-ID: <1991Apr11.130015.24076@ariel.unm.edu>
Date: 11 Apr 91 13:00:15 GMT
Organization: University of New Mexico, Albuquerque
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Originator: nwickham@triton.unm.edu

I thought the following was interesting.

In the latest issue of ENR ( Engineering News Record) there is an add
for a new software product called WALKTHRU developed by Bechtel Software
Inc. It is the same Bechtel who is the large (largest) construction co.
in the world.

This is what the add says:

Design engineering isn't what it used to be!

Real-Time Animation Adds Value to Your CAD/E System


   Add WALKTHRU to your design system, and...

         - Eliminate on-site design changes

         - Make design reviews more productive

         - Eliminate plastic models

         - Insure that you build a maintainable product

         - Train construction and maintenance workers

         - Sell your design to prospective clients 
  
         - Minimize you project life-cycle costs



It says that it runs on Silicon Graphic workstations, IBM workstations
and PC-DOS.

The idea behind the software is that you could fully construct the building
with CAD and then animate movement through (walk thru) it.

Qestion:  Isn't Amiga more well suited for this than a workstation or an
          PC-DOS (?) system?