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Feature and Benefits in COMPRESS
| ASME VIII Engineering and Design | License Purchase | Subscription |
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| ASME VIII-1 calculations for internal and external pressure | ||
| ASME UHX and TEMA heat exchanger mechanical design | Heat Exchanger Option | |
| TEMA 7th, 8th, 9th and 10th Editions | Heat Exchanger Option | |
| ASME VIII-2 (Division 2) pressure vessel calculations including Class 1 and Class 2 designs | ASME VIII-2 Option | |
| Finite Element Analysis (FEA) | ||
| Simple component and complete vessel design in one program | ||
| Multiple ASME VIII Code Editions in one program | ||
| Multiple ASME II-D Editions, including consideration of table notes | ||
| User defined materials (for old or non-ASME materials) | ||
| US Customary, SI and MKS units | ||
| Nozzle design including stud pads and Appendix 46 (Division 2 rules using Division 1 allowable stresses) | ||
| Tall tower and horizontal vessel design with a selection of Building Codes for UG-22 loads determination | ||
| Rotational lift and rigging analysis, lift lugs, ears, trunnions and skirt struts | ||
| ASME B30.20 for determination of lift lug allowable stresses | ||
| Customizable PDF reports with page numbers and table of contents produced with one mouse click | ||
| Appendix 2 Flange Design. Appendix Y, Appendx O and full face gasketed designs included. | ||
| WRC-107 / WRC-537 with multiple nozzle load cases for piping | ||
| Multiple support skirts, saddles (Zick analysis), braced and un-braced legs, support lugs, base rings, compression rings, anchor chairs and anchor bolts | ||
| User-definable pipe, structural steel and bolt look-up tables | ||
| Conventional and Half Pipe Jackets with nozzle penetrations and closure bars | ||
| Multi-chamber and multi-diameter (stacked) vessel design | ||
| UG-99 with hydrotest stress calculations (new and corroded) | ||
| UG-116 RT marking and radiography summary | ||
| Long Seam Wizard for fast longitudinal shell seam placement | ||
| Bill of materials (BOM) report | ||
| ASME B16.5/B16.47 standard flanges and blinds, pressure ratings include piping loads | ||
| ASME B16.9 elbows, conical reducers and support skirt openings | ||
| ASME B16.9 pipe cap heads with attached nozzles | ||
| External loads check on B16.5/B16.47 weld neck flanges per ASME UG-44 | ||
| Built-in ASME B16.20 and B16.21 standard gasket dimensions | ||
| Static head on components automatically calculated from liquid levels no manual calculations required | ||
| Complete UCS-66 and UHA-51 MDMT ratings that include impact test requirements and all available exemptions | ||
| Impact test requirements of UHT-5(c) and PWHT requirements of UHT-56 | ||
| Elliptical manways | ||
| Appendix 14 flat heads with a large, single, circular, centrally located opening | ||
| Cone design includes eccentric cones and U-2(g) discontinuity stress calculations for half-apex angles over 30 degrees | ||
| Internal and external corrosion allowance on shell, heads, nozzles and skirts | ||
| Specification Sheet Data panes to speed design parameter entry | ||
| Copy, paste and position nozzles with mouse | ||
| Design of Shipping (transportation) saddles | ||
| External loads considered when designing pressure vessel support skirts, legs and lugs | ||
| Automatically limits tower deflection per design specifications | ||
| Selects optimum shell thicknesses along the height of the tower based on combined loads | ||
| Vessel dry and flooded weight summary reports provided | ||
| ASME PCC-1 Appendix O assembly bolt stress determination (Simple and Joint Component Approaches) | ||
| ASME Appendix 13 / API 661 rectangular header box calculations | ||
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| Integration | Perpetual License | Subscription |
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| Codeware XML data export supports 3rd party developers | ||
| Submit National Board forms electronically | ||
| 3D CAD Integration with Autodesk Inventor® | Requires Support and Update Service | |
| Drafter 3D automatic 2D drawings creation from COMPRESS solid models | Requires Support and Update Service | |
| Export designs to Shopfloor® ASME Section IX welding software | Requires Support and Update Service | |
| Create cost estimates in Excel® with the COSTER® add-in | Requires Support and Update Service | |
| Export neutral solid model file formats IGES, ACIS and STEP | Requires Support and Update Service | |
| Export smart 3D solid models to Plant Layout Programs | Requires Support and Update Service |
| Perpetual License | Subscription * | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Technical (IT) | Standard | Enterprise | On-Site | |
| 24 hour license availability | ||||
| Easy file sharing | ||||
| Operating systems (OS) supported | 64-bit versions (including International):
Microsoft Windows 10, 11 |
64-bit versions (including International):
Microsoft Windows 10, 11 |
64-bit versions (including International):
Microsoft Windows 10, 11 |
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| Networking enabled | ||||
| Application server support | ||||
| Remote access enabled | ||||
| Multi-user license access | ||||
| Remote (silent) installation availability | ||||
| Global license (affiliates and subsidiaries) | ||||
*Subscriptions are available in 1 month and 12 month terms.
| Support and Update Service | Perpetual License | Subscription |
|---|---|---|
| Online training | ||
| Technical support (online, email and phone) | 1st year included | |
| Support Center access | 1st year included | |
| Software updates | 1st year included | |
| Calculation verification and QA manuals |
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