Calmar Research Corporation: Software Technologies Group (STG)


	The AGPS surface geometry system provides a very powerful structured programming language through which elements of a construction process can be captured and assembled into macros. AGPS is a complete scripting environment. It can be simple enough to be used by a beginner, yet powerful enough for even the most experienced CAD designer. You can create everything from simple scripts to automate routine tasks, to full-blown commercial applications. All packages included with AGPS were written using the AGPS programming language.

The AGPS platform you receive contains highly automated intelligent packages written with the AGPS scripting language. These are an example of what can be done with the programming language in AGPS. The flexible AGPS environment will allow your experts to build proprietary tools for your geometry designs.

Here are some of the packages that exist in AGPS:

Utility Library	Automated Tools
Display Enhancement	Add Background Grid Create a Box Draw Colors Change Background Color Label Objects Draw Multiple Colors Hide Networks Hidden Line Fill Put Legend in Window Set Ray-Trace Colors Zoom Window Print Hardcopy OFP w/Border & Title	Display String Order Display Array Order Display List Order Draw Volume Grid Faces Show Parameter Axes Compare Curvature Compare Parametric Velocity Compare Surfaces Color Compare Arrays Display String Order Display Array Order Draw Curve Via CHT
Analysis/Display	Draw Surface Normals Display Local Forces Display Local Moments	Draw Type 39 Object Find Circle Center
Surface Lofting	Body Plug Simple Loft Create Grafted Surface Vertical Tail	Wing Loft Concatenate 2 Surfaces Wing-Body Strakelet Close Surface Trailing Edge
Trimming/Extrapolation	Find Parting Plane Split Wing Upper-Lower Trim By 4-Corner Points	Trim Surf By Curves By Curves or S/T Par Fix Extrapolated Subrange
Intersection	Surface intersections with subdivisions Cut normal to curve Radial Cut Strings from orthogonal cuts of a surface Surface-Plane Cut	Surface-Surface intersection with subdivision Plane-Plane intersection Point-Solid intersection Check quality and consistency of intersections
Paneling – Gridding	Grid Wing/Winglet Create (panels) from a wing surface Prepare A588D Nacelle input file Offset a body grid based upon boundary layer Find Panel Center	Grid flap track fairing Airfoil X/C values Prep Fluent Inputs Reflect Half-Model Grid Portion of Surface Collapsed Panel Check
Extract - Manipulate	Close Surface TE Find Panel Center Open/Close Airfoil TE Airfoil Coordinates Average String XYZ Reparameterize Curve/Surface Concatenate Curves Sort Curves Sort IGES inputs Insert Point Matrix	Point Select Box Curve Derivatives Wind Tunnel Model L.E templates Extract S curves Extract T curves Extract String Coordinates Flip Surface Parameters Sort Surfaces Sort by Ancestor Find Circle Center

Packages	Description	Tools
Grid Generation	Interactive 3D-grid generation package.	Define Edge Grid Define Face Grid Define Volume Grid Create Collar Grid
Panel Editor	Tools to fix and verify quality of panel networks.	Abut Networks Collapsed Panel Check Modify Networks Find Panel Center
Surface Quality	Surface analysis tools that are not found in CAD systems. These permit a user to verify surface quality of geometry before paneling or grid generation process is begun.	Shaded Displays False Color Plots Curvature Displays Analysis Tools
Grid Quality Tools	Tools to check the quality of computational grids.	Aspect Ratio Convexity Curvature Skewness
Raster Graphics	Tools to aid in the generation of a spectrum of display and visualization styles.	Shaded Graphics Color Property Data Streamlines Hidden Lines Solid Color Fill Surface Curvature Text
Utility Library	See Utilities above