CHEMPUTE SOFTWARE - MARCH 2000 NEWSLETTER  
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NEW SOFTWARE RELEASES              
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COMPRESS 6.3 Build 6096.  The latest build of this pressure
vessel design software corrects SI unit conversion
problems, FEA Nozzle errors, and now incorporates more
flexibility in  report page numbering.  New CD's have been
sent to all "current" users.    

VESSEL DRAFTER Ver 5.52.  This new release of the automatic
Autocad vessel drawing module used in COMPRESS, has been
reissued for Autocad 13/14 only.  Version 5.53 for Autocad
2000 only will be released in 2 weeks.  5.52 includes
corrected platform and ladder drawings, and corrected
representation of hill side nozzles on cylinders, and for
nozzles loacted on nozzles.  New CD's have been sent to
"current" users.    

VESSEL COSTER.  This automated vessel costing software used
with   COMPRESS has been updated to Version 4.61 Build 916.
This release adds conversions for units and currency in the
material database tables (allows steel plate base cost in
R/100kg), and corrects hillside nozzle calculations.  New
CD's have been sent to "current" users.    

CAESAR Ver 4.2.  This new version of the popular Pipe
Stress Analysis software contains the new "Hoops" 3D
graphics engine.   Other good features include "local
coordinate" element input, ODBC export of static results
data (to Access or Excel), hydrodynamic load case for
offshore application, and multiple wind load case analysis.
New Manuals and CDs have been sent to "current" users.  

CADWORX/P&ID Ver 3.1. Latest release contains user
configurable data tables, and links to the optional add-on
LOOPS module

CADWORX/LOOPS Ver 3.1.  New module available for automated
loop drawings from CADWORX/P&ID.    


TOP DOWNLOADS 
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The following software downloads from our website, were the
most popular during March:    
FREE SOFTWARE    
	1) Hydraulic Calculator (177)    
	2) Units Converter (151)    
	3) Steel Tables (131)   
	4) Property Databank (126)    
COMMERCIAL SOFTWARE    
	1) Psychrometric Chart (55)    
	2) Cadworx (45)    
	3) SuperPro Designer (33)    
	4) Quick Hydraulics (33)    
GENERAL    
	1) Chempute Software Pricelist (35)    
	2) Chempute Software Catalog (29)    

ENGINEERING DISCUSSION FORUMS    
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The following website offers an excellent portal to
engineering discussion groups, where you can post questions
and monitor feedback from other forum users around the
world.  This is a great place to post those queries that
you can never find an answer for!  I found the following
topic headings very useful:    

"Chemical Engineering" (http://www.remarq.com/list/6342)
"Mechanical Engineering" (http://www.remarq.com/list/18920)
"Mining Engineering" (http://www.remarq.com/list/19381)
"Metallurgical Eng." (http://www.remarq.com/list/19148)
"Fluid Mechanics" (http://www.remarq.com/list/11620)

FREE SOFTWARE CORNER                    
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MATERIAL PROPERTIES
For those looking for free Metal Property tables, try the US
Department of Defence Index of Specifications and Standards
METALLIC MATERIALS AND ELEMENTS FOR AEROSPACE
VEHICLE STRUCTURES.  A free Acrobat document (quite large)
is available for on-line viewing or download from the address:   
"http://mscweb.gsfc.nasa.gov/543web/designref.html#a105:
Materials:MIL-HDBK-5H"   

OSH ANSWERS
The Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety has
a website dedicated to providing answers to Occupational
Health and Safety queries which can be viewed free of
charge. Remember that Chempute Software is an agent for
CCOHS and you can purchase MSDS Databases, Hazardous
Material databases and Health and Safety databases directly
from us. Bookmark this useful resource link:
http://www.ccohs.ca/oshanswers/     

INSULATION CALCULATOR
A free program to aid you in insulation calculation is an
Excel 97 spreadsheet called "Insulated Pipe Temperature
Prediction Spreadsheet".  This spreadsheet can be used to
calculate the temperature inside an insulated pipe based on
the linear heat loss.  Download this small zip file (5kb)
from: http://www.chempute.com/anonftp/pub/insulation.zip

Other free software is available from our website at:
http:/www.chempute.com/ftp.htm
     
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Dave Wickham
Chempute Software
sales@chempute.com
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