MT-VESS - WINDOWS 95/98/NT version has been released
During the month of september 1999 the Windows version of the module MT-VESS, Pressure Vessels Design according to Codes standards, has been released to Micro Techno customers.
The user interface has been completely revised in order to take advantage of most friendly features allowed by Windows environment:
- The vessel geometry can be defined interactively by a graphic pane
- Components can be selected by a toolbar
- Input data have been arranged in separate screens according to the component type
- The scaled sketch of the vessel is automatically refreshed as nwe components are added
- The sketch can be zoomed or paned
- Detail components (nozzles, internals....) can be optionally hidden
- The automatic drawing generation in DXF format has been completely revised
The codes for checking the vessel stability against WIND have been revised and now include:
ANSI
ASCE 7/95
BSI CP 3
CNR 1982
CNR 1996
NEIGE ET VENT
UBC 1994
UBC 1997
USER
At the same time also codes for checking the vessel stability against EARTHQUAKE have been revised and now include:
ANSI 1982
ASCE 7/95
CNR 1986
PARASISMIQUE PS92
UBC 1988
UBC 1994
UBC 1997
USER
Further enhancements include:
Input data check and extensive use of default values
Engineering tables (pipes, flanges, gaskets.....) can now be customized by the users
Materials and standard components can be selected on-line from a list