It uses a spreadsheet format and is written for Excel 5.0 for Windows. The program relies on historic test data, including performance tests conducted immediately after initial commissioning or overhaul, periodic enthalpy drop tests, and periodic performance-monitoring tests conducted with station instrumentation. IBM-compatible 486 or higher PC running Windows 3.1 or later.
Engineers can create models without first defining conditions or attributes.
Instead, as part geometry is drawn, the software automatically assigns and tracks features such as holes, ribs, and bosses in accordance with the designer's intent. Cadra NC provides multiaxis NC programming capabilities. Cadra DM provides tools for viewing and controlling the design- development process, and establishes an organized system for managing change orders, document releases, and product structures. 2.0 and OLE Automation, can be used with Visual Basic, Microsoft Excel, and other tools to build engineering-automation and other applications. With TK Solver's rule-based, declarative computer language, users can enter equations, tables of data, graphics, formulas, rules, and other data in the program's knowledge base.