Every 3-4 months the NextGen software is distributed to customers in a new “official” or “stable” version. This version is generally denominated with the current year, followed by a progressive number within the same year. The “zero” version of the year is the one distributed with a new version number…
Using NextGen it is possible to design and calculate flanges; these components can be calculated in two different ways: Standard flange: this flange is usually bought compliant to a standard and suitable for a certain amount of pressure (rating). NextGen does not calculate this flange, it simply verifies that said rating is…
One of the most requested features by our customers has always been the ability to modify one or more material characteristics like allowable, yield strength or elasticity “on the fly”. NextGen already supports custom materials, which is the preferred way for all those cases when a material not available in our…
With NextGen it is possible to calculate an item subjected to fatigue “by formulae”, for projects according to EN13445. This allows a fatigue calculation in a simpler and faster way than normally needed when a finite analysis is involved. Fatigue calculation is composed by two main operations: Definition on Item…
Unlike other softwares, NextGen philosophy is to consider design conditions first of all as a set of values that affects the item as a whole and not just like a simple sum of components that take part to the item itself. If a component determines a condition value change, e.g….