Posts Tagged "santambrogio"

How to create an additional component

Sometimes it may be required to build a component without being subject to geometric and visual rules of the designed item. To obtain it, you just need to follow these steps: Click desktop view option in the tabbed menu: Pick the component you want to create from the toolbar: It’s…

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How to import an ASME VIII material from Division 1 to Division 2 or vice versa

To import any material from Division 1 into the ASME VIII Division 2 material database or vice versa, simply follow these instructions: Open the material database of the Division in which you want to import the material. In this example we will import a material from Division 1 to 2…

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What’s being cooked up?

The 2015.2 version of our new software platform NextGen (containing the software to ASME Section VIII division 1, division 2 and EN 13445.3)  has just been released. It includes the Edition 2015 of ASME and many enhancements. We are currently working to complete the calculation modules according to EN 13445.3,…

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Structural calculation of supports using load combinations

Up until NextGen 2015.0 version the software included a fixed number of loading cases for what it concerns supports calculation: operating, hydrotest and erection. For each of this cases users had the ability to define different load coefficients in the “Supports” section of component’s editing window. Considered loads were weight, wind and seism. The following…

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How to backup customized elements

NextGen let users create their own set of custom elements, such as materials, bolts and gaskets. There’s a tool within the software that helps users who wants to have a backup copy of these elements, an helpful function when the software installation shall be moved to a new machine. This feature can…

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