Create Drawings Automatically With The Codeware Interface®

The Codeware Interface (CWI) saves time and reduces errors by quickly generating SOLIDWORKS® or Inventor® pressure vessel solid models and drawings from COMPRESS and INSPECT designs. The CWI is an add-in for SOLIDWORKS or Inventor and is supplied at no extra cost to Codeware clients. It manages the data associated with the imported design files through the use of iProperties (Inventor) or Custom Properties (SOLIDWORKS).

COMPRESS comes with Drafter 3D for creating heat exchanger and pressure vessel drawings automatically

Detailed Pressure Vessel Drawings

Pressure Vessel in COMPRESSIsometric view of pressure vessel generated automatically by the Codeware Interface.

Automated Drawing from Exported COMPRESS Model

Detailed Heat Exchanger Drawings

Automated Drawing from Exported Heat Exchanger Model Designed in COMPRESS

Codeware Interface Drawing Options

  • General Arrangement

Efficiently create and customize front, side and isometric views of your vessels.  The front and side views include attachment angle, ordinate, length along with height/width dimensions.

  • Heat Exchanger Drawings

Customizable heat exchanger drawings include bundle, channels and tubesheets.  Applicable height, width, thickness and tube layout dimensions are available for automatic application.

  • Custom Flanges (Appendix 2 Designs)

Custom flange detail drawings automatically include the component identifier and dimensions.

  • Nozzle Detail Drawings

Nozzle drawings automatically include details such as weld symbols and dimensions. When used in combination with Shopfloor, WPS numbers and notes are shown.

Featured Codeware Interface Capabilities

 Isometric view of a pressure vessel solid model created by the Codeware Interface add-on SOLIDWORKS Models Create fully featured SOLIDWORKS models from COMPRESS pressure vessel and heat exchanger design files The CWI automatically creates and applies Mates when importing COMPRESS or INSPECT pressure vessel and heat exchanger models. Mates Create geometric relationships between assembly components and define the allowable directions of linear or rotational motion Drawings Nozzle schedule drawing created by the Codeware Interface CWI includes Drafter 3D, a feature which generates pressure vessel drawings from CWI created solid models. Drawing Customization Your company drawing standards can be set up using custom templates that includes tables and schedules Codeware Interface pressure vessel drawing customization Model Editor Make adjustments to the model by specifying new coordinates and CWI will adjust the SOLIDWORKS model for you Simply edit solid models using the Codeware Interface add-on Weld Map WPS details from Shopfloor and weld geometries from COMPRESS are used to automatically generate Weld Maps Weld Map and WPS Code Legend created by the Codeware Interface Sheet Metal Import Import COMPRESS files and make use of the SOLIDWORKS sheet metal feature to automatically create flat (roll out) patterns. The Codeware Interface add-on makes use of the Sheet Metal feature in SOLIDWORKS Shopfloor Integration WPS details from Shopfloor and weld geometries from COMPRESS are used to automatically generate Weld Maps and Joint Detail drawings Nozzle welding procedure specification (WPS) created by the integration between Shopfloor and the Codeware Interface add-on

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