Powerful ASME Design Software
February 21, 2019
Powerful ASME Design Software
Score 10 out of 10
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Overall Satisfaction with Codeware COMPRESS
Codeware Compress is set up as a network license that can be used across the organization. We have two main divisions that currently utilize the software. Our division designs and fabricates ASME Section VIII Div 1 pressure vessels and ASME Section IV boiler products that are part of our standard product offerings. We also design\build custom ASME vessels.
- Codeware Compress has a great user interface and is a very robust ASME design tool.
- Compress has a very well built 3D CAD export interface module that works well with SolidWorks and Autodesk Inventor.
- Codeware has a great user support network.
- Add more CAD functionality to create custom support structures and support brackets (clips, ect..)
- Partner with a major CAD platform (such as Autodesk, SolidWorks) for an "In CAD" solution. Which would allow quick customization of the ASME design model without leaving the native CAD environment.
- Codeware Compress is a huge part of our ability to design and release pressure vessels quickly. It has greatly reduced our engineering design cycle. We have built standards that allow us to release designs to fabrication in hours instead of days.
- The ability to export the 3D CAD files makes quick work of developing quotes and proposals.
- Codeware Compress greatly reduces the chances of errors related to meeting ASME code compliance. The software developers keep the software in sync with the current editions of the ASME code. That allows users to focus more time on the design aspects of the project and less time worrying about the actual nuts and bolts of the extensive ASME code rules.
I have only tried a brief tutorial on PV Elite so I can't provide a worthwhile comparison on features.