GRIP provides the following benefits:
You can use GRIP to perform operations that might take many interactive steps, such as mapping portions of sculptured surfaces to other surfaces or performing specialized machining operations. GRIP can perform most programming functions found in other languages. It also has an assortment of statements that develop geometric objects, notes, labels, and dimensions.
You can use GRIP to perform repetitive operations with more predictable, standardized results. For example, you could write a GRIP program to create a standard bolt, washer, and nut.
You could design the options so that the program offers the designer only standard, in stock, bolts. Once the user selects a bolt type, the program could automatically size the bolt for the material being fastened, select the proper washer and nut, and create the proper size holes and clearances in the material being fastened.
GRIP also provides interactive commands. These commands display messages in a dialog box, allowing you to interact with a GRIP program while it is running. You can program these messages to fit your specific needs. Using the interactive commands, you can control object selection, menu option selection, data entry, text entry, and the Generic Point Subfunction.