ARRIS CAD

ARRIS CAD is an architectural CAD system developed and marketed by Sigma Design International. of Alexandria, Louisiana. It was originally developed as SigmaGraphics in 1978. It was originally developed and released on a Z80 microprocessor, which made it the first micro-processor based CAD system, and was later ported to and M68000 and Unix. SigmaGraphics was renamed to ARRIS in 1984, when it was ported from UNIX to Microsoft Windows.

ARRIS CAD itself is an architectural CAD system - noted for its very powerful user interface and command system, and its powerful user applications language - SIGMAC.

ARRIS CAD is also the base system for Builder's CAD - a CAD tool designed for Builders. It includes Automated Drafting, Instant Elevations, Instant Sections, Instant 3-D, Instant Framing, Instant Cut Lists, Instant Takeoffs, Parametric Design Tools.

ARRIS CAD can import and export 3D drawings to SketchUp .SKP format.

Features

• ARRIS CAD maintains the data for each layer in a separate disk file. This allows multiple users to edit a single database
• ARRIS CAD imports and exports SketchUp models to augment its 3D capabilities.

Releases

• The latest release is 9.2 released in Sept. 2007. ARRIS 9.2
• Release 8.0 introduced a floating point database
• The first release was made in 1987 when SigmaGraphics was renamed to ARRIS.

See also

• Sigmac Programming Language

External links

• ARRIS CAD Web Page
• Sigma/ARRIS Wiki
• BuildersCAD Web Page