CADAM

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CADAM

Developer(s)	Dassault Systèmes
Initial release	1977
Stable release	CADAM Drafting V5-6 R2019 SP2 / Oct 03, 2019
Operating system	AIX, HP-UX, SGI-[IRIX], SunOS, Windows, MS-DOS
Website	www.cadam.com

CADAM (computer-augmented design and manufacturing) is CAD-related software that was developed by Lockheed. ^[1] CADAM was originally written for IBM mainframes and later ported to UNIX workstations, including the IBM RT PC. A variant of CADAM called Micro CADAM was also developed for PCs under DOS.

History

• 1977: IBM agreed to sell CADAM to aerospace companies. ^[2]
• 1981: CADAM Release 18.3 was released. It provided support for IBM mainframes running VM/CMS.
• 1983: CADAM Inc is formed as a subsidiary of Lockheed Corp.
• 1985: CADAM Inc successfully sued Adage over the CADAM look-and-feel. It was one of the first look-and-feel court cases. ^[3]
• 1987: CADAM Inc and SDRC won a massive GM C4 benchmark. CADAM agreed to port Professional CADAM to Sun, Apollo and HP.
• 1989: CADAM Inc was sold to IBM. CADAM Inc, an IBM Company, was formed.
• 1990: Microcadam was formed. CADAM Inc developed and enhanced CADAM (mainframes) and Professional CADAM (workstations). Microcadam developed Micro CADAM. Professional CADAM was ported to IBM RS/6000. It was one of the first non-IBM applications for the workstation.
• 1991: There was a decision in the Soules v. CADAM court case.
• 1991: CADAM V3R2 Released - arguably the best release to date.
• 1992: IBM sold CADAM Inc to Dassault Systèmes. This entity is called "Dassault Systèmes of America" (DSA). DSA maintains mainframe CADAM and Professional CADAM. Altium was created. Altium supported Micro CADAM, P-CAD and IBM CAD.
• 1993: An old version of Micro CADAM was made available via a free license for use on DOS PCs. Copies of this free version are still available on the internet.
• 1999/1998: Microcadam became CSC/Microcadam.
• 2000: Microcadam closed. Dassault Systèmes assumed support for Microcadam software.
• 2001: Protel took the name Altium. Archived 2010-03-18 at the Wayback Machine

External links

• https://web.archive.org/web/20180415195158/http://www.cadhistory.net/
• CAD history
• MICROCADAM to Retire Helix Software

References

1. Scientific and Technical Aerospace Reports. NASA, Office of Scientific and Technical Information. 1980. p. 1510.
2. "THE DASSAULT SYSTÈMES SUCCESS STORY".
3. "Miscellaneous Companies - History of CAD". www.shapr3d.com.