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NEW SOFTWARE RELEASES ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ PVELITE - PRESSURE VESSEL DESIGN SOFTWARE A new build (dated 5th August)has been released for PVElite 5.0. Enhancements include, graphical display of diameter limits, Division 2 Cyclic Pressure Fatigue Analysis, updated API 579 graphics and many others. The build can be downloaded from the COADE website: http://www.coade.com/fpvelite.htm CODECALC - PRESSURE VESSEL COMPONENT DESIGN A new build (dated 5th August)has been released for Codecalc 6.5. Major Enhancements/fixes in this build: Updates to ASME U-tube, Floating, and Stationary tubesheet rules. The AISC method for Leg baseplate checks is now incorporated. Other enhancements to the graphics such as zoom and pan have been incorporated. For flanges the radial spacing is compared to the TEMA recommended value. The build can be downloaded from the COADE website: http://www.coade.com/fcodecal.htm AFT FATHOM and INTELLIQUIP for AUTOMATED PUMP SELECTION The latest version of AFT FATHOM 5.0 is now able to directly transfer pump operating point information to Intelliquip's web-based pump selector via the Internet. Candidate pumps can then be transferred back to AFT Fathom where the pump data can be immediately applied to pump junctions in the model and saved to the database. This new capability is included in the latest build of FATHOM 5.0 which can be downloaded from http://www.aft.com/customer/download/php. An online tutorial is also provided explaining how to use this new pump selection feature, and this can be viewed by clicking here: ftp://209.126.140.18/viewlets/IQ_link_viewlet_swf.html PROKON Vers 2.0 - STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS & DESIGN PROKON has just recently released version 2.0 of this modular set of structural design tools. The new version is activated via the Internet (no more stiffies!), and Vers 2.0 now includes ALL the modules for use in Demo mode, as well as the modules that were licenced by the end user. There is a new thumbnail file "previewer", a Windows version of PADDS, and a graphical modeler has been added to the FRAME module. There is a new PROKON demo download avaon our website, which contains only a few selected modules, but additional modules can be downloaded from the Internet and evaluated in a limited mode. Download the demo from http://demos.chempute.com/anonftp/pub/prokondemo.exe, and download additional modules from http://www.prokon.com/support/download.htm COADE MECHANICAL ENGINEERING NEWSLETTER ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This popular publication by COADE (Houston) that covers their range of mechanical engineering software applications (Caesar, PVElite, Codecalc, Tank, Cadworx) has had Volume 34 released (July 2003). This magazine is only available in small quantities, and we have already mailed it out to over 100 of our Coade software clients. It can also be downloaded as a PDF from http://www.coade.com/newsletters/menlist.htm. Previous issues are also available for download. If you still require a hardcopy of the magazine, please let us know, and we will try to accomodate you if we have any left. FREE SOFTWARE ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ NAVISWORKS FREEDOM - 3D PLANT REVIEW This is a free viewer for sharing of 3D Plant Models produced by Navisworks ROAMER, PUBLISHER or CLASH DETECTIVE software. Reads files in NWD and NWC format, and has full plant walkthrough capability. Download from: http://www.navisworks.com/downloads.htm AFT FATHOM VIEWER - Steady State Pipe Networks This is a free viewer that allows you to open an AFT Fathom model file, view any of the input data, view specification windows, run the model, produce output in the form of text and graphics. The viewer however does not permit you to edit the model in any way. Download from: ftp://www.aft.com/full/FthViewz.exe REMOVE / ADD USERS ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ If you wish to be REMOVED from our newsletter e-mailout, please reply to this e-mail with "remove" in the subject field. If you have friends or associates who would like to be ADDED to our mailing list, please have them e-mail us, or provide us with a list of their e-mail addresses. Best Regards Dave Wickham (M.Sc.Chem.Eng, Pr.Eng.) Chempute Software E-mail: sales@chempute.com WWW: http://www.chempute.com |
