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including the parametric language. The simple but powerful parametrics enable productivity gains documenting the buildings and the fixture layouts. The object orientated system suited the standard components installed by the retailer. Combined with the multiple project access (mpa) networking on the Unix platform, a key selection criteria for continuing with the RUCAPS-Sonata architecture enabled the retailers 50 stores in 5 years program during the late 1990s be executed with a small team. Additional workstations were purchased including
Silicon Graphics Iris Indigo and Personal Iris from The Queensland University of Technology. Year 2000 funding enabled the purchase of eight Silicon Graphics O2 workstations bringing the network to 11 workstations. The department continued to follow the development of Reflex and had contact with other users including Jeff Findlay at Peddle Thorp Architects. The business change to PTC and the direction away from building to a mechanical engineering system combined with Silicon Graphics move to Intel based architecture led Target to change to the most similar CAD software, Graphisoft’s ArchiCad.
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