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About Codeware

Codeware was founded in 1983 in Ontario, Canada. We opened our first U.S. office in 1993. We currently have offices in Sarasota, Florida and Austin, Texas. Codeware's founder, Les M. Bildy, P. Eng., has served as President since 1983.

Quick Vessel and Exchanger Design

Do you need to quote a vessel or exchanger for a rush job? COMPRESS includes a wizard interface which requires only basic information to model complete pressure vessels (shown above) and Heat Exchangers. The vessel and exchanger wizards call upon component wizards to create an optimum design. Good engineering practices are built [...]

Quick Vessel and Exchanger Design2019-07-23T14:48:04-04:00

Edit COMPRESS Pressure Vessel Models Using Inventor

Import a smart COMPRESS pressure vessel model into Autodesk Inventor using the Codeware Interface add-in. Once imported, Inventor's built-in capabilities make editing easy. There is no additional charge for the Codeware Interface add-in provided that your company has current COMPRESS support. Having trouble viewing this video? Download video (.wmv 4MB) [...]

Edit COMPRESS Pressure Vessel Models Using Inventor2025-01-30T13:36:36-05:00

Introduction to COMPRESS Training Video

The COMPRESS user interface and basic program operations are covered in this short training video. COMPRESS boosts engineering productivity by handling the complex rules of the ASME Code. It performs comprehensive engineering calculations and allows you to quickly produce customized pressure vessel and heat exchanger design reports. COMPRESS saves time and helps [...]

Introduction to COMPRESS Training Video2025-09-10T10:25:42-04:00

Appendix 46 Designs With COMPRESS

ASME VIII-1 Appendix 46 Using Division 2 Rules With Division 1 Allowable Stresses COMPRESS implements ASME Appendix 46 calculations as a standard feature.  In ASME Code Editions before 2019 these provisions were covered by Code Case 2695 (CC 2695).  Selecting this option directs COMPRESS to use ASME VIII-2, Part 4 (Division 2) [...]

Appendix 46 Designs With COMPRESS2022-09-15T11:27:27-04:00

Integrate COMPRESS With Autodesk Inventor

We are pleased to introduce the Codeware Interface®, an add-in for Autodesk® Inventor®. The Codeware Interface add-in for Inventor imports your COMPRESS pressure vessel model and manages the associated data through iProperties. There is no additional charge for the Codeware Interface add-in provided that your company has current COMPRESS support. How It [...]

Integrate COMPRESS With Autodesk Inventor2025-08-12T15:46:08-04:00

Tangential, Tilted and Hillside Nozzle Design

Due to process and pipe routing considerations, nozzles on pressure vessels and heat exchangers are frequently placed in non-radial orientations. These non-radial or hillside nozzle to vessel intersections create obround openings which require additional geometric calculations to meet ASME VIII BPVC rules. Put another way, the nozzle opening diameter d used for UG-37 reinforcement [...]

Tangential, Tilted and Hillside Nozzle Design2025-04-22T08:58:04-04:00

Pressure Vessel Component Design With COMPRESS

Simple Pressure Vessel Component Design COMPRESS does not require you to model an entire pressure vessel to design or rate individual components. This capability is useful when investigating a pressure vessel component that must be modified. For complicated components, like Appendix 2 flanges and nozzles, the user can call upon a specific [...]

Pressure Vessel Component Design With COMPRESS2020-12-02T09:25:29-05:00
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