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    • COMPRESS
      Pressure vessel design software
      • Software Overview
      • Featured Capabilities

        • Nozzles
        • Heat Exchanger
        • Division 2
        • API 650
        • FEA
        • Fatigue Screening
        • Cladding
        • Drawings
        • Cost Estimating
        • Flange Design
        • Productivity
        • UCS-66 & Brittle Fracture
        • External Pressure Design
        • Jacketed Vessels
        • Shipping Saddles
        • Code Updates & Support
        • Features & Benefits
        •  
      • Software Integration
      • On-Demand Webinars and Videos
      • COMPRESS Training From Codeware
      • Is My COMPRESS Current with the Latest ASME Code?
    • INSPECT
      Fitness-For-Service software
      • Software Overview
      • API 579-1 FFS Overview
      • Mechanical Integrity

        • Excel Integration
        • Old ASME Codes
        • API 510 for Pressure Vessels
        • API 570 for Piping
        • API 653 for Storage Tanks
        • Pressure Relieving Devices

        Featured Capabilities

        • Crack-Like Flaw Assessments
        • INSPECT and RAGAGEP
        • Undocumented Vessels
        • Data Logger Integration
        • The INSPECT IDMS
        • Code Updates & Support
        • Features & Benefits
      • Software Integration
      • On-Demand Webinars and Videos
      • Training
    • Shopfloor
      Welding procedure software
      • Software Overview
      • Featured Capabilities

        • AWS D1.1 Structural Steel
        • AWS D1.3 Structural Sheet Steel
        • AWS D1.6 Structural Stainless Steel
        • AWS D17.1 Welding for Aerospace
        • Pipe Class
        • Prequalified Welding Procedures
        • Shop Traveler
        • Weld Mapping
        • Turnover Package
        • Welding Code Checks
        • Welder Continuity
        • Tube Expanding Procedures
        • Tubesheet Mockup
        • Code Updates & Support
        • Features & Benefits
        • Shopfloor Setup Service
      • Software Integration
      • On-Demand Webinars and Videos
      • AWS SWPS Lookup
    • Codeware Interface
      Automated Drawing Creation
      • Software Overview
      • SOLIDWORKS Models
      • Mates
      • Sheet Metal Import
      • Model Editor
      • Drawings
      • Weld Map
      • Drawing Customization
      • On-Demand Webinars and Videos
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    • COMPRESS
      Pressure vessel design software
      • Software Overview
      • Featured Capabilities

        • Nozzles
        • Heat Exchanger
        • Division 2
        • API 650
        • FEA
        • Fatigue Screening
        • Cladding
        • Drawings
        • Cost Estimating
        • Flange Design
        • Productivity
        • UCS-66 & Brittle Fracture
        • External Pressure Design
        • Jacketed Vessels
        • Shipping Saddles
        • Code Updates & Support
        • Features & Benefits
        •  
      • Software Integration
      • On-Demand Webinars and Videos
      • COMPRESS Training From Codeware
      • Is My COMPRESS Current with the Latest ASME Code?
    • INSPECT
      Fitness-For-Service software
      • Software Overview
      • API 579-1 FFS Overview
      • Mechanical Integrity

        • Excel Integration
        • Old ASME Codes
        • API 510 for Pressure Vessels
        • API 570 for Piping
        • API 653 for Storage Tanks
        • Pressure Relieving Devices

        Featured Capabilities

        • Crack-Like Flaw Assessments
        • INSPECT and RAGAGEP
        • Undocumented Vessels
        • Data Logger Integration
        • The INSPECT IDMS
        • Code Updates & Support
        • Features & Benefits
      • Software Integration
      • On-Demand Webinars and Videos
      • Training
    • Shopfloor
      Welding procedure software
      • Software Overview
      • Featured Capabilities

        • AWS D1.1 Structural Steel
        • AWS D1.3 Structural Sheet Steel
        • AWS D1.6 Structural Stainless Steel
        • AWS D17.1 Welding for Aerospace
        • Pipe Class
        • Prequalified Welding Procedures
        • Shop Traveler
        • Weld Mapping
        • Turnover Package
        • Welding Code Checks
        • Welder Continuity
        • Tube Expanding Procedures
        • Tubesheet Mockup
        • Code Updates & Support
        • Features & Benefits
        • Shopfloor Setup Service
      • Software Integration
      • On-Demand Webinars and Videos
      • AWS SWPS Lookup
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COMPRESS Features and Benefits

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  3. Pressure Vessel Software For ASME VIII
  4. COMPRESS Features and Benefits
COMPRESS Features and BenefitsPaul Daniel2025-01-14T09:50:22-05:00
  • ASME® VIII Engineering and Design

  • Integration

  • Technical (IT)

  • Support and Updates

  • ASME® VIII Engineering and Design

ASME VIII Engineering and Design License Purchase Subscription
 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
API 650 Storage Tanks
Finite Element Analysis (FEA)
Pressure vessel fatigue screening
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
Appendix Y Flanges
WRC-538
Nameplate Design
Cladding
  • Integration

Integration  Perpetual License  Subscription
Codeware XML data export supports 3rd party developers
Submit National Board forms electronically
3D CAD Integration with Inventor® and SOLIDWORKS® 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
  • Technical (IT)

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
Microsoft Windows Server 2016, 2019, 2022, 2025

64-bit versions (including International):

Microsoft Windows 10, 11
Microsoft Windows Server 2016, 2019, 2022, 2025

64-bit versions (including International):

Microsoft Windows 10, 11
Microsoft Windows Server 2016, 2019, 2022, 2025

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 Updates

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

COMPRESS Includes ASME Appendix 13 (API 661) for air cooled heat exchangers (rectangular headers)

COMPRESS 7900 Now Includes ASME Appendix 13 for air cooled heat exchangers (rectangular vessels)

COMPRESS 7900 Now Includes ASME PCC-1 Appendix O

COMPRESS 7900 now includes flange bolting calculations per ASME PCC-1 Appendix O

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