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                                                                     Exhibit 4.3

THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS INSTRUMENT HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR QUALIFIED UNDER APPLICABLE STATE
SECURITIES LAWS.  THE SECURITIES MAY NOT BE SOLD OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED IN THE
ABSENCE OF SUCH REGISTRATION OR QUALIFICATION UNLESS THE SECURITIES ARE
REGISTERED UNDER THE 1933 ACT, OR AN EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION
REQUIREMENTS OF THE 1933 ACT IS AVAILABLE.

                            STOCK PURCHASE WARRANT
               To Purchase ___________ Shares of Common Stock of

                                CONSILIUM, INC.

          THIS CERTIFIES that, for value received, ____________ , located at 201
East ________________ (the "Investor"), is entitled, upon the terms and subject
to the conditions hereinafter set forth, at any time on or after _________ from
the date hereof and on or prior to ______________ (the "Termination Date") but
not thereafter, to subscribe for and purchase from CONSILIUM, INC., a Delaware
corporation, located at 485 Clyde Avenue, Mountain View, CA  94043 (the
"Company"), ________________ shares of Common Stock (the "Warrant Shares").  The
purchase price of one share of Common Stock (the "Exercise Price") under this
Warrant shall be One Hundred Twenty Five (125%) percent of the average closing
bid price on the NASDAQ National Market System, over the five (5) day trading
period prior to August 19, 1997 (the "Closing Date"), per share.  The Exercise
Price and the number of shares for which the Warrant is exercisable shall be
subject to adjustment as provided herein.  This Warrant is being issued in
connection with a Placement Agreement dated August 8, 1997 between the Company
and Investor.

          1.  Title of Warrant.  Prior to the expiration hereof and subject to
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compliance with applicable laws, this Warrant and all rights hereunder are
transferable, in whole or in part, at the office or agency of the Company by the
holder hereof in person or by duly authorized attorney, upon surrender of this
Warrant together with the Assignment Form annexed hereto properly endorsed.

          2.  Authorization of Shares.  The Company covenants that all shares of
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Common Stock which may be issued upon the exercise of rights represented by this
Warrant will, upon exercise of the rights represented by this Warrant, be duly
authorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable and free from all
taxes, liens and charges in respect of the issue thereof (other than taxes in
respect of any transfer occurring contemporaneously with such issue).

          3.  Exercise of Warrant.  Exercise of the purchase rights represented
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by this Warrant may be made at any time or times, in whole, before the close of
business on the Termination Date, or such earlier date on which this Warrant may
terminate as provided in paragraph 11 below, by the surrender of this Warrant
and the Subscription Form annexed hereto duly executed, at the office of the
Company (or such other office or agency of the Company as it may designate by
notice in writing to the registered holder hereof at the address of such holder
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appearing on the books of the Company) and upon payment of the Exercise Price of
the shares thereby purchased; whereupon the holder of this Warrant shall be
entitled to receive a certificate for the number of shares of Common Stock so
purchased.  Certificates for shares purchased hereunder shall be delivered to
the holder hereof within ten (10) business days after the date on which this
Warrant shall have been exercised as aforesaid.  Payment of the Exercise Price
of the shares may be by certified check or cashier's check or by wire transfer
to an account designated by the Company in an amount equal to the Exercise Price
multiplied by the number of shares being purchased.

          4.  No Fractional Shares or Scrip.  No fractional shares or scrip
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representing fractional shares shall be issued upon the exercise of this
Warrant.

          5.  Charges, Taxes and Expenses.  Issuance of certificates for shares
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of Common Stock upon the exercise of this Warrant shall be made without charge
to the holder hereof for any issue or transfer tax or other incidental expense
in respect of the issuance of such certificate, all of which taxes and expenses
shall be paid by the Company, and such certificates shall be issued in the name
of the holder of this Warrant or in such name or names as may be directed by the
holder of this Warrant; provided, however, that in the event certificates for
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shares of Common Stock are to be issued in a name other than the name of the
holder of this Warrant, this Warrant when surrendered for exercise shall be
accompanied by the Assignment Form attached hereto duly executed by the holder
hereof; and provided further, that upon any transfer involved in the issuance or
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delivery of any certificates for shares of Common Stock, the Company may
require, as a condition thereto, the payment of a sum sufficient to reimburse it
for any transfer tax incidental thereto.

          6.  Closing of Books.  The Company will at no time close its
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shareholder books or records in any manner which interferes with the timely
exercise of this Warrant, except as otherwise permitted herein.

          7.  No Rights as Shareholder until Exercise.  This Warrant does not
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entitle the holder hereof to any voting rights or other rights as a shareholder
of the Company prior to the exercise thereof.  If, however, at the time of the
surrender of this Warrant and purchase the holder hereof shall be entitled to
exercise this Warrant, the shares so purchased shall be and be deemed to be
issued to such holder as the record owner of such shares as of the close of
business on the date on which this Warrant shall have been exercised.

          8.  Assignment and Transfer of Warrant.  This Warrant may be assigned
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by the surrender of this Warrant and the Assignment Form annexed hereto duly
executed at the office of the Company (or such other office or agency of the
Company as it may designate by notice in writing to the registered holder hereof
at the address of such holder appearing on the books of the Company); provided,
however, that this Warrant may not be resold or otherwise transferred except (i)
in a transaction registered under the Securities Act, or (ii) in a transaction
pursuant to an exemption, if available, from such registration and whereby, if
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Company, an opinion of counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Company is
obtained by the holder of this Warrant to the effect that the transaction is so
exempt.

          9.  Loss, Theft, Destruction or Mutilation of Warrant.  The Company
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represents and warrants that upon receipt by the Company of evidence reasonably
satisfactory to it of the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of any Warrant
or stock certificate, and in case of loss, theft or destruction, of indemnity or
security reasonably satisfactory to it, and upon reimbursement to the Company of
all reasonable expenses incidental thereto, and upon surrender and cancellation
of such Warrant or stock certificate, if mutilated, the Company will make and
deliver a new Warrant or stock certificate of like tenor and dated as of such
cancellation, in lieu of this Warrant or stock certificate.

          10.  Saturdays, Sundays, Holidays, etc.  If the last or appointed day
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for the taking of any action or the expiration of any right required or granted
herein shall be a Saturday, Sunday or a legal holiday, then such action may be
taken or such right may be exercised on the next succeeding day not a legal
holiday.

          11.  Effect of Certain Events.
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          (a)  If at any time the Company proposes (i) to sell or otherwise
convey all or substantially all of its assets or (ii) to effect a transaction
(by merger or otherwise) in which more than 50% of the voting power of the
Company is disposed of (collectively, a "Sale or Merger Transaction"), in which
the consideration to be received by the Company or its shareholders consists
solely of cash, the Company shall give the holder of this Warrant thirty (30)
days' notice of the proposed effective date of the transaction specifying that
the Warrant shall terminate if the Warrant has not been exercised by the
effective date of the transaction.

          (b)  In case the Company shall at any time effect a Sale or Merger
Transaction in which the consideration to be received by the Company or its
shareholders consists in part of consideration other than cash, the holder of
this Warrant shall have the right thereafter to purchase, by exercise of this
Warrant and payment of the aggregate Exercise Price in effect immediately prior
to such action, the kind and amount of shares and other securities and property
which it would have owned or have been entitled to receive after the happening
of such transaction had this Warrant been exercised immediately prior thereto.

          (c)  "Piggy-Back" Registration. The Holder of this Warrant shall have
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the right to include all of the shares of Common Stock underlying this Warrant
(the "Registrable Securities") as part of any registration of securities filed
by the Company (other than in connection with a transaction contemplated by Rule
145(a) promulgated under the Act or pursuant to Form S-8); provided, however,
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that if any registration pursuant to this Section shall be underwritten, in
whole or in part, the Company may require that the Registrable Securities
requested for inclusion pursuant to this Section be included in the underwriting
on the same terms and conditions as the securities otherwise being sold through
the underwriters.  If in the good faith judgment of the underwriter, of such
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Securities should be included in such offering, or no such shares should be
included, the Holder shall be limited to registering such proportion of its
respective shares as shall equal the proportion that the number of shares of
selling stockholders permitted to be registered by the underwriter in such
offering bears to the total number of all shares then held by all selling
stockholders desiring to participate in such offering. Those Registrable
Securities which are excluded from an underwritten offering pursuant to the
foregoing provisions of this Section (and all other Registrable Securities held
by he selling stockholders) shall be withheld from the market by the Holders
thereof for a period, not to exceed one hundred eighty (180) days, which the
underwriter may reasonably determine is necessary in order to effect such
underwritten offering.

          12.  Adjustments of Exercise Price and Number of Warrant Shares.  The
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number and kind of securities purchasable upon the exercise of this Warrant and
the Exercise Price shall be subject to adjustment from time to time upon the
happening of any of the following.

          In case the Company shall (i) declare or pay a dividend in shares of
Common Stock or make a distribution in shares of Common Stock to holders of its
outstanding Common Stock, (ii) subdivide its outstanding shares of Common Stock,
(iii) combine its outstanding shares of Common Stock into a smaller number of
shares of Common Stock or (iv) issue any shares of its capital stock in a
reclassification of the Common Stock, the number of Warrant Shares purchasable
upon exercise of this Warrant immediately prior thereto shall be adjusted so
that the holder of this Warrant shall be entitled to receive the kind and number
of Warrant Shares or other securities of the Company which he would have owned
or have been entitled to receive had such Warrant been exercised in advance
thereof.  Appropriate adjustments will also be made to the Exercise Price per
share, but the aggregate purchase price payable for the total number of Warrant
Shares purchasable under this Warrant as at such date shall remain the same.  An
adjustment made pursuant to this paragraph shall become effective immediately
after the effective date of such event retroactive to the record date, if any,
for such event.

          13.  Voluntary Adjustment by the Company.  The Company may, at any
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time during the term of this Warrant, reduce the then current Exercise Price to
any amount and for any period of time deemed appropriate by the Board of
Directors of the Company.

          14.  Notice of Adjustment.  Whenever the number of Warrant shares or
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number or kind of securities or other property purchasable upon the exercise of
this Warrant or the Exercise Price is adjusted, as herein provided, the Company
shall promptly mail by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested,
to the holder of this Warrant notice of such adjustment or adjustments setting
forth the number of Warrant Shares (and other securities or property)
purchasable upon the exercise of this Warrant and the Exercise Price of such
Warrant Shares after such adjustment, setting forth a brief statement of the
facts requiring such adjustment and setting forth computation by which such
adjustment was made.  Such notice, in absence of manifest error, shall be
conclusive evidence of the correctness of such adjustment.

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          15.  Authorized Shares.  The Company covenants that during the period
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the Warrant is outstanding, it has reserved from its authorized and unissued
Common Stock a sufficient number of shares to provide for the issuance of Common
Stock upon the exercise of any purchase rights under this Warrant.  The Company
further covenants that its issuance of this Warrant shall constitute full
authority to its officers who are charged with the duty of executing stock
certificates to execute and issue the necessary certificates for shares of the
Company's Common Stock upon the exercise of the purchase rights under this
Warrant.  The Company will take all such reasonable action as may be necessary
to assure that such shares of Common Stock may be issued as provided herein
without violation of any applicable law or regulation, or of any requirements of
NASDAQ or any domestic securities exchange upon which the Common Stock may be
listed.

          16.  Miscellaneous.
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          (a)  Issue Date; Jurisdiction.  The provisions of this Warrant shall 
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be construed and shall be given effect in all respects as if it had been issued
and delivered by the Company on the date hereof. This Warrant shall be binding
upon any successors or assigns of the Company. This Warrant shall constitute a
contract under the laws and jurisdictions of Delaware and for all purposes shall
be construed in accordance with and governed by the laws of said state without
regard to its conflict of law, principles or rules.

          (b)  Restrictions.  The holder hereof acknowledges that the Common
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Stock acquired upon the exercise of this Warrant, if not registered, may have
restrictions upon its resale imposed by state and federal securities laws.

          (c)  Modification and Waiver.  This Warrant and any provisions hereof
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may be changed, waived, discharged or terminated only by an instrument in
writing signed by the party against which enforcement of the same is sought.

          (d)  Notices.  Any notice, request or other document required or
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permitted to be given or delivered to the holders hereof of the Company shall be
delivered or shall be sent by certified or registered mail, postage prepaid, to
each such holder at its address as shown above.

          IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Warrant to be executed
by its officers thereunto duly authorized.

Dated:  August 19, 1997                         CONSILIUM, INC

                                                By
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                                                  Officer

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                              NOTICE OF EXERCISE
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To:  CONSILIUM, INC.


          (1)  The undersigned hereby elects to purchase ________ shares of
Common Stock of CONSILIUM, INC. pursuant to the terms of the attached Warrant,
and tenders herewith payment of the purchase price in full, together with all
applicable transfer taxes, if any.

          (2)  Please issue a certificate or certificates representing said
shares of Common Stock in the name of the undersigned or in such other name as
is specified below:

               
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               (Name)

               
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               (Address)
               
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Dated:


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                                    Signature

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                                ASSIGNMENT FORM
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                   (To assign the foregoing warrant, execute
                  this form and supply required information.
                   Do not use this form to purchase shares.)



               FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the foregoing Warrant and all rights
evidenced thereby are hereby assigned to

_______________________________________________ whose address is

_______________________________________________________________.



_______________________________________________________________

                                    Dated:  ______________, 1997


                Holder's Signature:
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                Holder's Address:
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Signature Guaranteed: 
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NOTE:  The signature to this Assignment Form must correspond with the name as it
appears on the face of the Warrant, without alteration or enlargement or any
change whatsoever, and must be guaranteed by a bank or trust company.  Officers
of corporations and those acting in an fiduciary or other representative
capacity should file proper evidence of authority to assign the foregoing
Warrant.

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