CADWorx, CAESAR II & PV Elite: Insider Blog

Gary Carson explains how the democratization of plant design benefits the plant creation industry

Hydrocarbon Engineering, October 2009

This article was written by Gary Carson of Equamark, Houston, Texas, and published in the October 2009 issue of Hydrocarbon Engineering magazine. It reflects on how the need for integration and interoperability in plant design and engineering has led to the democratization of the plant creation process.

You will read about the impact that true project collaboration is having on plant design and engineering, and how tools, such as those developed by COADE, are delivering even greater access and capabilities to many who have traditionally been shut out of the creative process.

COADE's aim is to continue to work on the democratization of the process design and engineering sector, we have made our focus. We hope that you find this article of interst and that it will show that plant creation is an inclusive process; one wherein there is no need to compromise on the quality your input or value of your deliverables.

Read the full article here.

Mekinvest chooses CADWorx Plant and CADWorx Design Review to train future engineers

This story describes how Mekinvest company decided to use CADWorx Plant Professional and CADWorx Design Review to teach up-to-date plant design methods to the future engineers of Escuela Politechnica del Ejercito, Ecuador.

Mekinvest was founded in 2007 in Quito, Pichincha region, Ecuador and offers engineering drafting services for plant and facility projects.

"CADWorx Plant and CADWorx Design Review allowed us to teach our students modern plant design tools quickly and efficiently."

Read the full story in US Letter and A4 format.

PRODUCT INDEX:

• CADWorx Plant
• CADWorx Steel
• CADWorx Design Review
• CADWorx Equipment

INDUSTRIES SERVED:

• Education

FEATURED RESELLER:

Location: Houston, USA

 

COADE Technical Seminar, SPAR 2010, February 9

The following presentation will be given at SPAR 2010, The Woodlands Waterway Marriott on February 9 at 9:00AM by Sonia Delgadillo, Senior Applications Specialist at COADE, Inc.

COADE moves heaven to earth - point clouds to intelligent 3D models.

Join us as we demonstrate how easy it is to build intelligent specification-driven 3D plant models from laser scan data, all within a unified AutoCAD environment. We will further demonstrate how the same 3D model can be used to automatically create deliverables such as fabrication isometrics, plans, sections, elevations, and complete BOM's. You will also see how bi-directional links to CAESAR II, for pipe stress analysis, can save you time and money, and make your operations safer. Come and see how you can improve your design efficiency by breathing new life into your existing point cloud data.

What you will learn:

• How to create intelligent 3D models from your laser scan output
• How to quickly generate as-builts using the world's most flexible plant design tool
• How to use point clouds to accurately insert inline components into the design model
• Which tools will provide quick turnarounds on critical as built projects
• How to automatically create accurate design deliverables

Visit presentation brochure for more information.

For information about SPAR 2010, visit: SPAR 2010

 

New Build for CAESAR II 5.20

New build for CAESAR II 5.20 is now available on the COADE website.

Main changes of this build are:

• Corrections to code computations for ISO-14692, TD/12, B31.8 VIII
• Additional enhancements to the graphics
• The Stoomwezen approval certificate for CAESAR II 5.20
• Modifications to the MS Word export function

Several additional changes have been made to this build as a result of user requests. For a complete list of the changes, please refer to the build.txt file on the CAESAR II downloads page.

CAESAR II Loop Optimization Wizard webinar, February 24th at 12pm

with Rich Ay, COADE Inc.

 

 

This webinar will focus on the newly added CAESAR II Loop Optimization Wizard. This wizard has been incorporated into CAESAR II version 5.20 to help users with expansion loop design. During the webinar, we will walk you through the process of using the Loop Optimization Wizard and demonstrate how to specify loop elements, loop types, items to be optimized and target values. We will highlight what needs to be defined for a successful implementation of the Loop Wizard and the final analysis of results.

Speakers bio: 

Richard Ay

Richard Ay graduated with a BS in Ocean Engineering in 1977 after which he worked for a major EPC firm. In 1983 while working for an offshore consulting firm, Rich earned an MS in Covil Engineering. In 1985, at the request of Tony Paulin, one of the founders of COADE, Rich joined COADE. Since then Rich has spent his time working on the development of CAESAR II, TANK, product licensing, QA and technical support procedures. Rich is now the Vice President of Software Development and oversees the development of COADE's plant engineering products. Rich has his Professional Engineering license and is a member of ASCE.

 

Improve your CAESAR II analysis skills: Productivity Training February 8 - 12, 2010

COADE CAESAR II Productivity training is regarded as one of the best pipe stress analysis courses in the world. Attendees develop real world knowledge of pipe stress analysis while also learning how to use CAESAR II for cost effective piping design.

Time/Location: February 8 - 12, Houston, TX

Register here

Seminar will cover:

• Piping code basics
• Guidelines for creating input data
• Analytical approach to the piping loads design
• CAESAR II navigation
• Modeling and analysis of transmission lines
• Modeling and analysis of jacketed risers
• Modeling and analysis of FRP piping systems
• Analysis documentation and static analysis workshop

The 2010 five - day classes on Static Analysis are scheduled on February 8 - 10, April 12 - 16, June 07 - 11, September 13 - 17, November 8 - 12. Cost is $ 2500. The 2010 three - day classes on Dynamic Analysis are scheduled on April 19 - 21, November 8 - 17. Cost is $ 1500.

To register for these courses, visit: CAESAR II Productivity Training

To view a brochure, click here.

Elvira Ballard

 

Letter to COADE Customers: Tom Van Laan, PE, Senior Vice President, COADE, now part of Intergraph

 

Dear COADE Customer:

As mentioned on this blog, earlier this week, COADE was acquired by the Intergraph Corporation.  It’s an exciting time for us as we think about the future, and the opportunities that it will bring to our products, services, employees, and ultimately to you, our customers.  

Personally, upon closing this transaction, I felt a great deal of relief, not only because the long, arduous acquisition process was finally over, but also because COADE has once again taken the next logical step in our evolution.  For 25 years we have been trying our best to reach every member of the plant design community with our solutions, our customer dedication and technical support, and our industry innovations – and now we have become part of a platform to help us do that on an even greater scale. 

Since the news was announced, many of you have taken the time to reach out to me and my colleagues at COADE.  I want to thank each and every one of you who has taken the time to do so.  I appreciate both the compliments on our excellent service and support, as well as the concern for the well-being and future of our staff and products in our new home.

There really is no need for such concern.  COADE’s reputation for quality service and products is well known in the industry – that reputation represents much of the value that Intergraph received in the transaction, and none of us can allow that value to deteriorate.  Therefore we’ve made sure that the same people that you’ve been dealing with at COADE for years are staying on, in the same place, with the same operations and the same reporting structure that we’ve always had. We will make sure, that if anything, we ramp up to provide even more COADE-level service to our customer base, ensuring that our support infrastructure outpaces any sales gains.  Feel free to continue to contact us, or your existing dealer if you prefer, as you have in the past. 

As far as products go, of course we remain committed to all of our current products: CAESAR II ®, PV Elite (TM) and TANK (TM), and the CADWorx ® Plant Design Suite.  These products constitute an excellent fit with those of Intergraph.  Obviously we are excited about the chance to implement the same industry-leading design/analysis integration (for which COADE is best known) between the SmartPlant ® Enterprise suite and our analysis products.  And CADWorx – a tool ideally suited to small to mid-size projects, owner operators, brownfield projects, and the AutoCAD® community – complements SmartPlant ® by giving Intergraph the most comprehensive set of plant design offerings over the broadest spectrum of projects, customers, and industries.  You can rest assured that all of COADE’s development staff is still here, hard at work, working on the next release of these products -- but now we have access to many more corporate resources which will help us move forward even faster, in even more directions. 

In summary, I know that COADE customers are among the most loyal in the industry – we’ve worked hard to make you so.  I’d like to thank each of you for that loyalty in the past and at the same time be among the first to welcome you as a new Intergraph customer.  I hope you share our excitement about what the future can bring.

Regards,

Thomas J. Van Laan, PE
 Senior Vice President
 COADE, now part of Intergraph

Welcome Letter to COADE Customers: Gerhard Sallinger, President, Intergraph PP&M

 

Dear customer,

I am pleased to personally inform you that today Intergraph announced the acquisition of COADE® Holdings, Inc., making the world leader in pipe stress analysis a part of the world leader of enterprise engineering software.

This acquisition will expand Intergraph’s solution portfolio and our market reach. In doing so, we will incorporate COADE’s analysis products (CAESAR II®, PV Elite™, and TANK™) and design products (CADWorx® suite) into Intergraph’s SmartPlant® Enterprise engineering software suite. By bringing these solutions into the SmartPlant Enterprise next-generation 3D modeling, visualization, engineering and schematics, procurement, fabrication, and construction, and engineering data management solutions suite, Intergraph will now offer you a full complement of engineering design and stress analysis capabilities. The combination of the SmartPlant Enterprise and COADE solutions will lead to a consolidation and improvement of the design and stress analysis functions giving you the engineering of tomorrow – today.

Both Intergraph and COADE share a common history of working closely with chemical and petrochemical, refining, power generation, offshore, shipbuilding, pharmaceutical and biotechnology, engineering and construction companies, and owner operators. We both also are dedicated to serving you and these important markets. This acquisition underscores our commitment to increase Intergraph’s overall presence in the engineering enterprise and to expand our world leadership in the process, power, and marine industries.

We consider your business vital to our future growth. I personally commit to you that we will continue to develop the COADE analysis and CADWorx design products to protect your investment and expand their capabilities. Intergraph will offer you enhanced global support and data security for COADE users. We will improve integration of Intergraph design solutions with COADE’s analysis applications over time to allow for a more seamless flow of engineering information. We look forward to availing the full flexibility and power of the industry’s leading process engineering tool solutions to ensure that your company’s and customers’ needs will be met well into the future.

As a customer of COADE, you will benefit from Intergraph’s strength and stability, our global product development and support capabilities, and our dedication to integrating complementary products into our SmartMarine® and SmartPlant Enterprise software suites.

We look forward to combining our 40 years of experience in the process, power, and marine industries with the COADE team’s equally deep pool of expertise to your benefit. The result for you will be enhanced engineering, stress analysis and design, productivity, and quality.

For more details on the acquisition, please visit www.intergraph.com/ppm/coade.aspx.

Thank you for your support.  We look forward to continuing to bring value to your engineering enterprise.

Regards,

 

Gerhard Sallinger
President
Intergraph Process, Power & Marine

Intergraph Acquires COADE, Leading Pipe Stress Software Provider

 

Intergraph®, the world’s leading provider of enterprise engineering software to the process, power, and marine industries, has acquired COADE® Holdings Inc., provider of CAESAR II®, PV Elite™ and TANK™ products, the industry’s most widely used software for pipe stress, pressure vessel, and storage tank analysis, as well as its popular CADWorx® plant design suite.

The strategic acquisition of COADE is Intergraph’s largest in the process, power, and marine market. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. The acquisition will expand Intergraph’s SmartPlant® Enterprise engineering solution suite by bringing together the world leaders in plant design and pipe stress analysis. The expansion of Intergraph’s SmartPlant Enterprise design, construction, and data management solutions with COADE’s analysis offerings creates a powerful software solution that will provide users in the marketplace with unmatched capabilities. 

The acquisition of the Houston-based software provider also extends Intergraph’s market presence and ability to serve smaller projects with COADE’s CADWorx solution, a modular, AutoCAD-based 3D plant design system. Intergraph is ranked as the No. 1 worldwide 3D design and process engineering tools (PET) provider according to the PET Worldwide Outlook Market Analysis and Forecast through 2013 by the ARC Advisory Group.   

For more information about the COADE acquisition, please visit www.intergraph.com/ppm/coade.aspx 

Ward TANK acquires a 2008 Fabricated Product of the Year Award using PV Elite

 

This story describes how Ward TANK used PV Elite to successfully complete their project and acquire a 2008 Fabricated Product of the Year award.

Ward TANK and Heat Exchanger Corporation is a family owned company that manufactures pressure vessels and heat exchangers for the chemical, refining, water treatment and pharmaceutical industries. The company serves its customers from two US fabrication facilities: one in Charlotte, North Carolina and the other in Houston, Texas.

"We've used other programs in the past and have found that COADE's programs and support have been the cream of the crop. We tackle numerous complex and difficult projects every year and can engineer with confidence using PV Elite."

Read the full story in US Letter and A4 format.

PRODUCT INDEX:

• PV Elite
• CodeCalc

INDUSTRIES SERVED:

• Fabricators
• Petrochemical 

Elvira Ballard
Marketing Assistant
COADE, Inc.