CADWorx User Blog and Webinar Series

Pipe Stress Engineering & Surge Flow Prediction

The ever-popular Pipe Stress course run by COADE's Dave Diehl will be run in Singapore: 12th - 17th May 2008. Five days for the Pipe Stress course and then the sixth day I do an introduction to Flowmaster's use for surge pressure prediction. This year we will debut IOCS' "FM2C2" which allows Flowmaster results to be imported to CAESARII for dynamic stress analysis.

Click here for details.

Singapore CADWorx Community Event

Singapore Users block Tuesday 27th May in your diaries; there will be a half-day event. Venue will be SWA/Waterhub, 80 Toh Guan Rd East.

Agenda will include a sneak preview of CADWorx 2009; and something for your Electrical/Cabling people. Watch this space for more details coming soon!

CAD Workstation recommendations

Hardware recommendations for a CAD Workstation that will utilize 3D Modeling in CADWorx Plant.

First off… if you plan on utilizing CADWorx in 3D, you need a system that won’t limit your creativity. Also, I recommend using dual screens.  You will need to get comfortable in using dual screens, preferably 19, or 20 inch LCD screens. (no widescreens)

That said...

If you run AutoCAD 2007, or 2008, you will notice the enormous amount of resources that AutoCAD demands of your system.  Here is my recommended list of the individual components that will meet or surpass the minimum requirements for AutoCAD and CADWorx.  I will list first, a system for a good budget, then one with no limit. (Dated: January, 2008)

• Processor – Dual Core 2 dou (E6850) 3.0ghz (supports 1333mhz FSB)
• Ram - 4gb (ddr3-1333)
• HDD – WD Raptor 150gb 10,000 rpm (SATA)
• Graphics Card – Nvidia Quadro FX1700
• CD/DVD – Liteon DVD/CD writer (SATA)
• MB – A motherboard that supports FSB of 1333mhz (ex.ASUS P5K64 WS)
• OS – Windows XP Pro (don’t trust Vista)
• Monitors - 19” or 20” that support DVI
• (Price range: $3,000 -$3,500)

• Processor – Xeon Quad Core 3.0ghz (supports 1333 FSB)
• Ram – 4gb (ddr3-1333)
• HDD -  WD Raptor 150gb 10,000 rpm (SATA)
• Graphics Card – Nvidia Quadro FX5600
• CD/DVD – Liteon DVD/CD writer (SATA)
• MB – A motherboard that supports FSB of 1333mhz and Quad Xeon (ex. SuperMicro X7DVL-L)
• OS – Windows XP Pro (again, don’t trust Vista)
• Monitors – 19” or 20” that support DVI
• (Price range: $5,000 - $8,000)

Steve Lozano

Sr. Piping Designer/Systems Administrator

Nicholas Consulting Group, Inc.

Microsoft Certified Professional

CompTIA A+ Certified IT Technician

CADWorx User Registration

The CADWorx user community is strong and vibrant. We want to make this community work for you by using it to inform and instruct. To do this we need some important information from you as a user of CADWorx. Many of you have registered online and are benefiting by receiving update notices, event news and have contributed by answering questionnaires. We want the rest of you to benefit as well so please take some time and register on line. It is easy and painless and the benefits are enormous. As a registered user you will have the opportunity to participate in the upcoming CADWorx 2009 beta program starting on March 31^st. Our first annual CADWorx User Conference will take place in October and all registered users will be invited. Again all registered users receive notification of updates as they become available.

Registration is easy, from the Plant Menu go to "About" and then "Register Online" or select this link CADWorx User Registration

Please take the time to register today and invite your entire CADWorx group to do the same.