CHEMPUTE SOFTWARE - DECEMBER 2010 E-NEWS
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SOFTWARE UPDATES

INTERGRAPH CAESAR 2011
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Caesar II Version 5.30 has now been released, and has been named CAESAR II 2011. It includes the following new features and enhancements:

· The B31.9 piping code has been added.

· The following piping codes have been revised: RCCM-C, RCCM-D, ASME-NC, ASME-ND, GPTC/Z380, Z662, B31.1, B31.3, EN-13480 (2010 Draft).

· Added spring hanger databases for PSS (Germany) and Seonghwa (Korea).

· Structural tubing shapes added to the AISC structural database.

· A new restraint report added showing reactions in local element coordinates.

· User configurable Nozzle Limits added.

· Line Number Specification and Manipulation has been added.

· API-650 nozzle displacement values automatically included in the model.

· Graphic ability to move/stretch elements has been added.

· Insulation additions (cladding & refractory specifications)

· Uniform load enhancement (G’s or force/length in same job)

· Optional “spring hanger hardware weight” can be specified.

· Static output menu shows visually which load cases have passed or failed.

· Additional flexibility with user material databases through user named files.

· Improved displacement import/export facility.

· Improved PCF interface.

· Improved WRC module

· Many graphics/modeling/Interfacing improvements

· Valve/Flange database option to keep 3 elements

· Flange “G” values automatically generated

· Spectra and Time Histories can be plotted in dynamics.

· Key strokes can be reassigned or added.

CAESAR users who are current with Maintenance, will be shipped a new CD in the next few days.

INTERGRAPH PVELITE 2011
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Will be released in the next two weeks, and will include the ASME 2010 Code Addenda.

PVElite users who are current with Maintenance, will be shipped a new CD in the next few days.

FREE WEBINARS
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Intergraph PV Elite webinar: PV Elite 2011 Release Preview: ASME Code Updates

Date: December 14 at 10AM (GMT -0600)
During this webinar, Mandeep Singh (Intergraph Cadworx and Analytical Solutions) will discuss the ASME Code updates that were incorporated into the PV Elite 2011 version. Attend this webinar and learn how the ASME code changes can affect your PV Elite project calculations.

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Intergraph CADWorx webinar: CADWorx 2010 Product Update
Date: December 15th, 2010 at 10AM (GMT -0600)
Duration: 1 hour
During this webinar, Sonia Delgadillo (Intergraph Cadworx and Analytical Solutions) will discuss new updates in CADWorx 2010. Attend this webinar and learn what productivity tools have been incorporated into this version. She will take a quick look into the single line steel generation palette, the new discontinuity palette the new product ribbons and more.
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Best Regards
Dave Wickham (M.Sc.Chem.Eng, Pr.Eng.)
Chempute Software
E-mail: sales@chempute.com
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