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The Structural Engineer, Volume 58, Issue 11, 1980
Man with a secret Most engineers, scientists, scholars, having conceived something new, unhesitatingly rush into print, especially if there is no pecuniary advantage in eschewing disclosure. Not so Mr John Nayler, who believes that he may possibly have rediscovered a simple solution to an important proposition. He writes: This submission may be 2400 years late! After I had explained the uses of Pythagoras’ theorem to a bright evening class of would-be builders and clerks of works, I checked with several encyclopaedias, and it seems that there is no known simple proof of this theorem. Correct me, please, if I am wrong. Euclid stated an alleged proof 300 years after Pythagoras, and it is not simple. Verulam
This paper outlines experience of using computers to assist the production of information required to fabricate structural steel. The computer aided production system (CAPS) is now widely used by the UK steel fabricating industry. The system has been developed to the point where it can handle the very diverse requirements of different fabricating companies and the wide variety of irregular connections encountered in steel frames. E.F. Boyle
The CADRAW computer drafting system was developed in the London office of Ove Arup & Partners. The objectives of the development, the various programs and their method of operation are described, and examples are given of the drawings produced. R. Whittle and P. Morreau