Automatic Pressure Vessel, Heat Exchanger and Piping Drawings

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Create Drawings Automatically With The Codeware Interface^®

The Codeware Interface (CWI) saves designers time and reduces errors by quickly generating SOLIDWORKS® or Inventor® pressure vessel solid models from COMPRESS and INSPECT designs. It also includes Drafter 3D, which saves yet more time by creating pressure vessel drawings from the solid models it creates. The CWI is available as an add-in for SOLIDWORKS or Inventor and is supplied at no extra cost to Codeware clients. It manages the data associated with the imported design files through the use of iProperties (Inventor) or Custom Properties (SOLIDWORKS). The CWI also supports the use of advanced solid modeling techniques such as Assembly Representations, Configurations, Features, Sketches, Sheet Metal and Mates.

Included as a Standard Feature

The solid modeling and pressure vessel drawing functionality provided by the CWI is not available from any of our competitors and is included at no additional charge with each current COMPRESS or INSPECT license.

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Time Saving Automatic Drawings

The CWI can automatically create to-scale pressure vessel drawings that include assemblies, bills of materials, nozzle details, cut lists and custom Appendix 2 flanges. The heat exchanger drawings generated add details such as tube bundles, U-tube bend schedules, baffles, tie rods, spacer tubes and impingement rods.

Easy Customization

The CWI produces drawings that conform to your company’s drafting standards through the use of customizable tables, templates and functions. Because assembly Representations and Configurations are used during model generation, it is easy to create and populate custom nozzle schedules, shell, flange and other tables.

AutoCAD® Support

COMPRESS 3D pressure vessel solid models can also be exported directly to AutoCAD using the STEP file format. This option does not require SOLIDWORKS or Inventor.

Shopfloor® Integration

The CWI seamlessly integrates with Shopfloor, our welding management system. When used with Shopfloor, CWI can automatically include Shopfloor welding information including weld maps and NDE inspection tables.

Codeware Interface Drawing Options

General Arrangement

Efficiently create and customize front, side and isometric views of your vessels. The front and side views include attachment angle, ordinate, length along with height/width dimensions.

Heat Exchanger

Customizable heat exchanger drawings include bundle, channels and tubesheets. Applicable height, width, thickness and tube layout dimensions are available for automatic application.

Custom Flange

Custom flange detail drawings automatically include the component identifier and dimensions.

Nozzle

Nozzle detail drawings automatically include WPS notes, weld symbols and dimensions.

Codeware Interface Recent Additions

Nozzle section cuts for accurate shell roll-outs
Fully customizable BOM descriptions

Imports INSPECT piping solid models
Piping models now show API 579 flaw locations

COMPRESS Pressure Vessel Design Highlights

Quick Design

A new feature that speeds up the process of pressure vessel modeling.

Productivity

Software packages like COMPRESS exist to increase productivity and save Engineering hours.

Heat Exchanger

Perform ASME UHX and TEMA calculations and transfers these designs to your estimating and drafting departments.

Division II

Many companies use the alternative rules of Division 2 because of the cost savings, versus Division 1.

MDMT Rules of UCS-66

The rules of UCS-66 guard against vessel failure by brittle fracture, a low probability high consequence event.

FEA

Pressure vessel FEA is more accurate than the methods of WRC-107, WRC-297 or WRC-537.

Vessel Wizard

The Vessel Wizard speeds pressure vessel design by creating complete pressure vessel models with minimal input.

COSTER

Import files from COMPRESS and create user customizable pressure vessel cost estimates in spreadsheet format.

Flange Wizard

Create optimized Appendix 2 (custom or body) flange designs with minimal time and effort.

Weld Seams

Designers can visually confirm good practices such as staggered longitudinal seams.

Lifting & Rigging

Use an accurate weight, the correct center of gravity, and apply the actual section properties.

Modeling + Drawings

The Codeware Interface includes Drafter 3D, a feature that auto-generates 2D pressure vessel drawings.

Related Codes

COMPRESS implements a wide range of related engineering methods, codes and standards.

Design Mode

Save time by reducing the trial and error iterations that would otherwise be required when designing pressure vessels.

Rating (Analysis) Mode

The COMPRESS Rating Mode takes your design and determines the vessel’s MAWP, MAEP and MDMT.

Hydrotest

Performing hydrotest stress calculations in the design stage prevents equipment damage during hydrotesting.

Hillside Nozzle

COMPRESS saves time by calculating chord openings and governing planes of reinforcement automatically.

ASME Editions

Older ASME Codes are retained in all COMPRESS releases so you can always use the latest software.

Automatic Liquid Levels

COMPRESS eliminates the need to manually calculate each vessel component’s liquid static head.

Global External Loads

The Loads Menu allows designers to easily consider global external loads when sizing pressure vessel supports.

Clips and Lugs

Designers can quickly include the mechanical effects of pressure vessel internals and attachments in their designs.

Stacked Vessels

Certain industrial processes require pressure vessels with multiple chambers operating under different design conditions.

Appendix 46

Produce more economical Div 1 pressure vessel designs with increased accuracy from the Div 2 design by rule equations.

Manufacturer's Data Reports

Simplify the creation, submission and management of ASME Manufacturer’s Data Reports and NBIC Repair and Alteration Forms.

Support Skirt Openings

Specify piping connections to vertical vessels that require additional piping and openings cut out of the support skirt.

Foundation Loads Summary

Break down the loads for the specified vessel operating conditions including weight, wind, seismic, and vortex shedding.

UG-80 and UG-81

COMPRESS automatically provides out-of-roundness tolerances that must be maintained during pressure vessel fabrication.

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