Work History for Monenco
1983 - 1992MONENCO Information Systems Inc., Calgary Alberta
- Positions:
- Programmer, Programmer/Analyst, Analyst/Programmer, System Analyst
Work History Details
1988 - 1992Seconded to TransAlta Utilities, Calgary, Alberta
Part of AM/FM (Automated Mapping and Facilities Management) project team doing the design, development, implementation, documentation, and maintenance of the electrical facilities model using Intergraph FRAMME
Environment Summary:
VAX/VMS, PC, MAC, UNIX, FRAMME (FDL, RBC, ODL, MDL, FKBT, PCR, FMPG, UDP, SDU), C, DCL, DMRS, IGDS (EDG, IPS, FLIB, UCM), CMS, MMS, DECNET, TCP/IP, FMU, EXCELERATOR, PATHWORKS), EDT, LSE, TPU, EMACS, DMR Productivity Plus
- Designed, developed, and implemented the Highway Lighting sub-system, including: importing base map data, using detail files, feature placement, and plotting. This was the first module to be put into production.
- Developed code to produce standard corporate map products, with merged mailing list, and other title block information
- Added ODL (from FRAMME) language and function library to LSE (VMS Language Sensitive Editor)
- Designed and implemented applications and model data security with VMS ACL
- Setup and maintained CMS library structure and security
- Developed MMS make files and supporting DCL procedures to build and update the model and application for requested releases
- Assisted in the design for on screen scaling and model partitioning
1988 - 1988In-House at MONENCO, Calgary, Alberta
All in-house CAD system development and support.
Environment Summary:
VAX/VMS, DEC 10, TOPS 20, PDP 11/xx, RSX11M+, PC, MS-DOS, Fortran, C, IGDS (UCM, IPS), DBASE, FOXBASE, MCR, TEXTGRA, MicroStation, ISIF, EDT
- Translated IBM and DEC 10 Fortran programs to VAX/VMS Fortran
- Translated UCM's from VAX IGDS to MicroStation
- Developed IGDS UCM's
- Proposed, designed, coded, implemented project to extract electrical connection data from dbase II database, to generate (IGDS) electrical wiring diagrams
- Developed procedure to create and plot electrical connection diagrams during overnight runs. Users very pleased with the reduced manual work
1987 - 1988Seconded to TransAlta Utilities, Calgary, Alberta
Pilot project for AM/FM (Automated Mapping and Facilities Management) using the Intergraph FRAMME package.
Environment Summary:
VAX/VMS, FRAMME( FDL, RBC, ODL, MDL), DMRS, DCL, EDT
- Preliminary database and model design and development
- Model management prototype development and testing
- Create test applications as part of project team
1987 - 1987Seconded to TransAlta Utilities, Calgary, Alberta
Support client at their site, as part of the team for the Mine Contract Administration (MCA) system.
Environment Summary:
VAX/VMS, COBOL, Powerhouse, Datatrieve, RDB, DCL, EDT
- Develop and enhance COBOL programs, Powerhouse reports, and Powerhouse screens from provided specifications and trouble reports
1986 - 1987Seconded to TransAlta Utilities, Calgary, Alberta
Part of the MONECO project team developing the Automated Substation Design (ASD) system at client site.
Environment Summary:
VAX/VMS, Fortran, COBOL, Datatrieve, DECNET, IGDS (CSL, UCM, BITS, RFMOD), DCL, EDT
- Team leader for the design, coding, and implementation of the graphics sub-system
- Developed networking interface between Intergraph VAX design files and a database residing on a Digital VAX
1986 - 1986CONTRACT PROGRAMMER, Intergraph, Huntsville, Alabama
Assist Intergraph project team to upgrade TFIDS (Telephone Facilities Interactive - Graphics Data Management Systems) for new VMS operating system and Intergraph IGDS versions.
Environment Summary:
VAX/VMS, DMRS, IGDS (UCM), DCL, EDT
- Upgraded code from VMS 3.7 to VMS 4.0, and IGDS 8.7 to IGDS 8.8
- Rewrote some of the package procedures (both batch DAP (Displayable Attribute Processing) and TXG (Component Text Generation) report generation procedures
- Integrated 6 packages to use common nucleus code
- Outlined new procedures that could be done with user commands
1983 - 1986In-House at MONENCO, Calgary, Alberta
Responsible for all CAD support with the MONENCO Group of companies (in Calgary)
Environment Summary:
VAX/VMS, DEC 10, TOPS 20, PDP 11/xx, RSX11M+, PC, MS-DOS, Fortran, DMRS, IGDS (UCM, ANL, IPS), TYDAC, MCR, DCL, EDT, TYDAC, EMACS, TECO
- Software development, support, and management for a multi-station CAD operation, mostly as the only person in those roles
- Develop and enhance IGDS (Intergraph Graphic Design System) User Commands
- Develop Fortran programs to interface directly with graphics. Used in applications such as Building Facilities Management, Reinforced steel system, and interface to a PC based spatial analysis system (TYDAC)
- Implementation of automatic coordinate extraction from digitized polygons as well as automatic generation of tables of areas enclosed by the polygons
- Repair corrupt graphic design files and cell libraries
