| COADE
announces release of CADWorx 2004 with AutoCAD
Posted: 13 April 2003
COADE has announced that CADWorx 2004, the next version
of its AutoCAD-based Plant Design Suite will be fully compatible
with, and will ship simultaneously with the first customer shipment
, of Autodesk’s new release, AutoCAD 2004
CADWorx 2004 not only offers process industry designers the ability
to take advantage of the groundbreaking enhancements in AutoCAD
2004, but also provides many new features compared to the current
version, CADWorx 2002.
By leveraging Autodesk's investment in the next release of AutoCAD,
COADE's new version of CADWorx greatly increases the size of plant
models that teams of designers can work on simultaneously, while
making it much easier to learn and use the program, even for beginners.
These dramatic improvements in both performance and functionality
are made possible by significant file size reduction, faster load
and save times, enhanced management of external references (XREFs),
and user interface refinements such as the new tool palette system.
In addition to offering compatibility with AutoCAD 2004, CADWorx
2004 offers many other new features. The CADWorx PIPE 2004 module
provides improved integrated steel capabilities, integrated HVAC/cable
tray components, automatic weld gaps, and layering by line number.
New capabilities in CADWorx P&ID 2004 include enhanced copy
procedures, an auto repeat feature, and a dropdown list for instant
data entry.
Thomas Van Laan, president of COADE, believes that the improvements
offered in AutoCAD 2004 are exactly those for which the plant design
industry has been hoping.
Says Van Laan, “Our customers are always concerned with three
things – speed, size, and how to manage them – so we
think our customers will love this new version of AutoCAD. We’ve
found that a 22-megabyte project created under CADWorx 2002 drops
to less than 6 megabytes under CADWorx 2004, a dramatic 70%+ reduction
in project file size." Van Laan continued, "CADWorx has
always taken maximum advantage of AutoCAD’s XREF capabilities
to the hilt. The new XREF management features, including improved
load speed and change notification, are perfect complements to the
way that our customers manage large projects.”
John Sanders, Vice President Platform Technology Division for Autodesk,
agrees that COADE has done a great job leveraging the best features
of AutoCAD 2004. Sanders says “We are very pleased that COADE
was able to develop a 2004-compatible version of CADWorx so quickly.
Autodesk has been working very closely with COADE to determine what
AutoCAD enhancements that would be most valued by the plant design
community. We’re impressed by how they have leveraged the
strengths of AutoCAD 2004 - speed, teamwork and management - and
translated these strengths into productivity improvements for process
plant designers. CADWorx 2004 is a great tool for anyone involved
in the design of process plants.”
CADWorx offers intelligent drawing to database connectivity, advanced
levels of automation and easy-to-use design techniques. Because
of these distinct advantages, it has been rapidly adopted by EPC
firms and owner operators in the process, power, water treatment,
pharmaceutical, food, beverage and semiconductor industries.
CADWorx also offers the industry's first and only true bi-directional
integration between CAD and stress analysis, linking CADWorx with
COADE's industry-leading software programs for pipe (CAESAR II)
and pressure vessel (PVElite) analysis and design.
About COADE
COADE, Inc. is one of the world's leading providers of engineering
and design software designed for cross-discipline information sharing
and interoperability. Company products include CAESAR II, the world's
most popular pipe stress analysis software; PVElite and CodeCalc,
pressure vessel and component design and analysis software programs;
CADWorx, an integrated series for process plant design; and TANK,
comprehensive engineering software for designing and analyzing oil
storage tanks according to the latest API codes. COADE, CAESAR II,
CADWorx, PVElite, CodeCalc and TANK are registered trademarks or
trademarks of COADE, Inc. AutoCAD is a trademark of Autodesk.
Posted by Richard Price,
Editor Pipeline Magazine
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