COMPRESS has the sophistication needed to take on the most demanding ASME Section VIII project. This makes COMPRESS the tool of choice for fabrication shops, engineering and construction companies and vessel owner/operators.

The standard functionality of COMPRESS includes everything needed to perform ASME VIII-1 (Section VIII, Division 1) pressure vessel calculations. This includes both the U.S. Customary and Metric Editions of Section II, Part D (materials) and a selection of Building Codes and related Engineering Standards, such as WRC-107. To further assist COMPRESS users, finite element analysis of nozzles is now included as a standard feature.

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Tailor COMPRESS To Your Needs
COMPRESS is Microsoft Windows® based and offers multi-user network support, allowing it to be deployed throughout your organization as needed. In order to tailor COMPRESS to your needs, we offer the following options:

• ASME VIII-2 (Section VIII, Division 2).
• Heat exchanger functionality, includes the TEMA Standard, the ASME UHX rules and a Tube Field Layout capability. View example of tube field layout feature.
• Conversion of COMPRESS files into AutoCAD (.dwf) fabrication or as-built drawings. Click here to learn more about Drafter.
• Creation of Excel® compatible vessel cost estimates. Click here to learn more about Coster.

For businesses which deal exclusively with heat exchangers, we offer COMPRESS Exchanger, a subset of the full COMPRESS System.

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Support and Update Service
When you purchase COMPRESS, your first year of Support and Update Service (SUS) is included. All SUS subscribers receive ASME Code Addenda updates, new software developments and access to Codeware's Support Engineers. The COMPRESS built-in online update feature makes it both easy and convenient to keep your software up to date.

COMPRESS Trial Software
To confirm that COMPRESS meets your requirements, we encourage you to download the trial version and work with it yourself.

To help you get started, we recommend that you view the COMPRESS video tutorial. If you have any questions, please contact an Account Manager.