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COMPRESS Update Now Available
Release Date: December 2, 2008

COMPRESS Build 6260 is now available to all current Support and Update Service (SUS) subscribers. Benefits of updating include:

  • The ASME Section VIII-1 2007 Edition, A08 Addenda
  • The new "Project" feature which allows users to organize, view and backup files of any type from within COMPRESS
  • An enhanced rigging analysis capability

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COMPRESS Update Now Available
Release Date: August 7, 2008

COMPRESS Build 6259 is now available to all current Support and Update Service (SUS) subscribers. Benefits of updating include:

  • Availability of elliptical manway design
  • Ability to switch between multiple COMPRESS files using a new file tab interface
  • Availability of new heat exchanger configurations such as flanged channel head connections, cylindrical sections on ends of reducer channels and welded flat channel covers

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To install the latest software, access the COMPRESS online update tool by selecting Help/Get Updates from the main menu.

COMPRESS Now Includes FEA-Nozzles
Release Date: May 9, 2008

Finite element analysis (FEA) of nozzles is now available at no additional charge to all COMPRESS users who have current Support and Update Service (SUS) subscriptions.

FEA-Nozzles enables COMPRESS to analyze geometries and loadings that are beyond the scope of the ASME Code or WRC-107. External forces and moments, such as piping reactions and agitator loads, can be investigated. Another powerful feature is FEA-Nozzles' analysis of combined cyclic pressure, thermal and mechanical loads using the design by analysis rules of ASME Section VIII, Division 2. Learn more.

Extend the Capabilities of COMPRESS
Release Date: October 1, 2007

Are you looking for software to extend the capabilities of COMPRESS? The following solutions have been developed to meet COMPRESS users’ specialized needs:

  • Coster produces Excel® compatible vessel cost estimates from your COMPRESS files. Coster can be customized to reflect your organization and enables you to generate more consistent and accurate budget estimates and quotes. As Coster estimates are derived from COMPRESS checked models, you can be certain that all applicable ASME design rules have been included.
  • Drafter quickly converts vessels generated by COMPRESS into fabrication or as-built drawings using AutoCAD. For increased flexibility, the drawings produced by Drafter can be customized by modifying the templates provided.
  • PVGENPro, developed by StrucSoft Solutions, enables you to add structural steel components to your COMPRESS vessel and turn it into an intelligent, AutoCAD-based 3D model. All COMPRESS geometries, specifications, and material properties are preserved. With PVGenPro, you can directly edit components, such as nozzles, modify clearances, add supporting steel as well as generate bills of material, 2D drawings and fabrication instructions for Vernon Tool Pipe Cutting Machines. Tel.: 514-341-2028
  • Vessel Design Summary (VDS), developed by IMAGE Custom Engineering Solutions, allows Vessel Designers and Drafters to have quick and easy access to the results of a COMPRESS calculation by exporting it to the following Excel® Spreadsheets:
    1. Vessel Design Summary (1 per Vessel)
    2. Project Summary
    3. Bill of Materials Sheet

For more details on a third party software package, please contact the software provider directly. Learn more about COMPRESS third party interfaces.

COMPRESS Update Released
Release Date: August 13, 2007

Codeware is pleased to announce that COMPRESS build 6253 has been released. A number of significant improvements have been introduced including support for Microsoft® Vista®, an upgraded software installation process and a new trunnion lift lug option. For more details, please visit www.codeware.com/support/change-list.html.

On the customer service front, substantially more capability and content has been added to our web based Support Center . A much improved knowledgebase search together with a new index makes it easier than ever to quickly locate the answers you need. COMPRESS calculation verification documents, manuals and an expanded selection of video tutorials can also be downloaded as required.