What's New in PV Elite and CodeCalc

Below are the new features for Version 2013 (V15) of PV Elite and CodeCalc. New features and
improvements come directly from your comments as well as updates to the previous version.

Code Updates and Analysis changes:

PD 5500 2012 added

PD 5500 jackets and limpet coils added
TEMA 9th edition added
API 579 -1/ FFS-1 (2007 edition), Part 4: General Metal Loss added to PV Elite
Upgrade ASME VIII, Div 1 Fatigue Analysis using Div 2 (2007, 2011a version)
MDMT for UHA 51 stainless steels
EN-13445: expansion joint calculations (bellows) added (2012 R1)
ASME Tubesheet MDMT calculations available
Differential pressures on tubes for differential pressure design
A number of user requested EN-13445 enhancements have been added

Internationalization

Australian/ New Zealand 2011 Wind Code update

Vertical acceleration component for Indian seismic calculation
Update to European Wind Code to 2011 version
European Nozzle load table is now available (2012 R1)
Inclusion of European shapes in structural database (2012 R1)
Rounded metric defaults in basering and nozzle dialogs and tools configuration(2012 R1)
Multiple languages (French, Portuguese, Spanish, and Italian)

Productivity Enhancements

Superseded ASME materials dating back to 1947

Sort capabilities for materials database dialog sort by any column
Zick saddle analysis now uses 95% Yield (Hydro) or 80% Yield (Pneumatic) Allowables
Miscellaneous weight percentages for component details such as saddles and nozzles
Template file, *.pvpt, that will change all the files in the same folder if modified

Print directly to PDF printing in all modules

Multicolored output for stainless steels in the MDMT report

Output Reports

Search (ctrl + F), copy (ctrl + C) and select all (ctrl + A) are available
Reports that fail will be shown in red in the report menu
Users can now drag and drop the order of the reports in the output menu
Multicolored table for tubesheets indicating shellside and tubeside components

User Interface

New updated ribbon toolbar

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Office 2010 style themes

New icons
Ability to change graphics driver from within PV Elite
Codecalc interface updated
Users can now change the elements colors based on material, wall thickness, temperature,
and pressure
2D and 3D views are now tabbed

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