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COMPRESS Build 6310 (135.0 MB)
Released January 27, 2010

COSTER Build 979 (98.5 MB)
Released April 7, 2009 (optional COMPRESS module)

DRAFTER Build 5514 (2.6 MB)
Released January 2, 2007 (optional COMPRESS module)

These downloads are for customers only and will not run without a USB security key. To view a listing of all new features and changes per release, select Help > View History from within COMPRESS.

Upgrading Existing Installations

Method 1: Using the Built-in Online Update Feature
Access this feature by selecting Help > Get Updates from within COMPRESS.

Method 2: Using the Online Download or CD Installation
Click the link in the above Full Software Downloads area to begin downloading the latest version of COMPRESS or insert your installation CD. This creates an additional installation of COMPRESS and will not replace a previous version. This method is recommended if you need to maintain a separate installation of a previous Build.

COMPRESS Build 6310 Installation Guides

New Installation - Single User License (English)
New Installation - Single User License (Korean)
New Installation - Single User License (Spanish)

New Installation - Network License (English)
New Installation - Network License (Korean)
New Installation - Network License (Spanish)

Upgrade Existing Installation - Single User License (English)
Upgrade Existing Installation - Single User License (Korean)
Upgrade Existing Installation - Single User License (Spanish)

Upgrade Existing Installation - Network License (English)
Upgrade Existing Installation - Network License (Korean)
Upgrade Existing Installation - Network License (Spanish)

HASP USB Security Key Utilities

Codeware Key Update Utility, Version 2.0
Key Update Utility Instructions
Key Update Utility FAQs

Aladdin Monitor Installer, Version 1.4
HASP License Manager, Version 8.32.5.40
Aladdin DiagnostiX Utility, Version 1.10

HASP SRM Run-time Installer, Version 5.50
Sentinel HASP Run-time Installer, Version 5.75 (for Windows 7)

HASP HL Firmware Update (firmware_update_3.21.zip)

Nethasp.ini file

Third Party Developer Resources

Find out more about the COMPRESS Data Export in Extensible Markup Language (XML)

COMPRESS Quick Start Guide
COMPRESS Power User's Guide

COMPRESS Manual (7.86 MB, updated Jan. 27, 2010)
COSTER Manual
DRAFTER Manual
Nozzle Pro Manual

Calculation Verification Documentation

To view the COMPRESS Verification Manual for the A09 Addenda, select Help > Verification Manual from within COMPRESS Build 6310.

White Papers

A Proposed Method for Finding Stress and Allowable Pressure in Cylinders with Radial Nozzles (PVP-399) by Les M. Bildy *

Part UHX White Paper by Urey R. Miller

Stresses in Large Horizontal Cylindrical Pressure Vessels on Two Saddle Supports by L. P. Zick

Stresses at Junction of Cone and Cylinder in Tanks with Cone Bottoms or Ends by H. C. Boardman

Vibrations of Vertical Pressure Vessels by C. E. Freese

The Design of Vertical Pressure Vessels Subjected to Applied Forces by E. O. Bergman

Evaluation of Percent Critical Damping of Process Towers by K. C. Karamchandani, N.K. Gupta and J. Pattabiraman

Stresses in a Pressure Vessel With a Conical Head by G. W. Watts and H. A. Lang

Refinery Damage and Emergency Response in the 1999 Izmit, Turkey Earthquake by Gayle Johnson, (The California State Lands Commission)

OSHA's Petroleum Refinery Process Safety Management National Emphasis Program Directive

(*) Reproduced with permission. Originally published as PVP Vol. 399, ASME, New York, NY, pp. 77-82.  If you would like to order the original journal, please contact the ASME.