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, a feature which generates pressure vessel drawings from CWI created solid models. 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.
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.
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
- Multi-sheet drawing templates
- Performance improvement for Drafter3D
- Pressure Vessel weld map
Piping models now show API 579 flaw locations
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Productivity
COMPRESS, Productivity and the Other Guys.Productivity
Software packages like COMPRESS exist to increase productivity and save Engineering hours.

Heat Exchanger Option
Add heat exchanger functionality to COMPRESS.Heat Exchanger Option
Perform ASME UHX and TEMA calculations and transfers these designs to your estimating and drafting departments.

Division 2 Option
Design or de-rate Division 2 pressure vessels.Division 2 Option
Many companies use the alternative rules of Division 2 because of the cost savings, versus Division 1.

MDMT Rules of UCS-66
The importance of UCS-66 in preventing vessel brittle fracture failures.MDMT Rules of UCS-66
The rules of UCS-66 guard against vessel failure by brittle fracture, a low probability high consequence event.

Finite Element Analysis
FEA takes over where WRC-107 leaves off.Finite Element Analysis
Pressure vessel FEA is more accurate than the methods of WRC-107, WRC-297 or WRC-537.

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

COSTER
Generate costed bills of materials by creating interactive Excel spreadsheets.COSTER
Import files from COMPRESS and create user customizable pressure vessel cost estimates in spreadsheet format.

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

Quick Design
Enhance Productivity with Quick Design Mode.Quick Design
Enhance productivity by speeding up the process of pressure vessel modeling.

Weld Seams
Locate pressure vessel weld seams.Weld Seams
Designers can visually confirm good practices such as staggered longitudinal seams.

Lifting & Rigging
Safely install pressure equipment.Lifting & Rigging
Use an accurate weight, the correct center of gravity, and apply the actual section properties with the Lifting and Rigging Analysis feature.

Modeling + Drawings
Leverage the power of SOLIDWORKS® and Inventor®.Modeling + Drawings
The Codeware Interface (CWI) is no extra charge and includes Drafter 3D, a feature that auto-generates 2D pressure vessel drawings.

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

Design Mode
Quickly size pressure vessel components.Design Mode
Design Mode saves time by reducing the trial and error iterations that would otherwise be required when designing pressure vessels.

Rating (Analysis) Mode
Find a pressure vessel’s MAWP and MDMT.Rating (Analysis) Mode
The COMPRESS Rating Mode takes your design and determines the vessel’s MAWP, MAEP and MDMT.

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

Hillside Nozzle
Hillside, tangential and tilted nozzle design.Hillside Nozzle
COMPRESS saves time by calculating chord openings and governing planes of reinforcement automatically.

ASME Editions
COMPRESS includes 20+ years of ASME Code Editions.ASME Editions
Older ASME Codes are retained in all COMPRESS releases so you can always use the latest software.

Automatic Liquid Levels
Automatic Liquid Level feature saves time and reduces errors.Automatic Liquid Levels
COMPRESS eliminates the need to manually calculate each vessel component’s liquid static head.

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

Clips and Lugs
Quickly include the mechanical effects of pressure vessel internals and attachments.Clips and Lugs
Attach menu allows designers to quickly include the mechanical effects of pressure vessel internals and attachments in their designs.

Stacked Vessels
COMPRESS supports multi-chamber, vertically stacked vessel designs.Stacked Vessels
Certain industrial processes require pressure vessels to be built with multiple chambers operating under different design conditions.

Code Case 2695
Use Division 2 rules with Division 1 allowable stresses.Code Case 2695
CC 2695 produces more economical Division 1 pressure vessel designs due to increased accuracy from the Division 2 design by rule equations.

Manufacturer's Reports
Simplify the creation, submission and management of ASME Manufacturer's Data Reports.Manufacturer's Reports
Speed up documented data reports by transferring design information from the COMPRESS model directly to the selected ASME form.