COADE Releases PVElite 2009 with Updated ASME Vessel Codes and Other Enhancements.

HOUSTON -- COADE announced today the release of PVElite 2009, the company's popular software for pressure vessel and heat exchanger design and analysis. Code updates include ASME Section VIII Div. 2 2007 A-08 and its databases, the ASME Code 2008 updates, and British and EN code material updates. Also included are ASME VIII-1 Appendices 1-10 and 1-9 and improved ASME Division 1 Nozzle MAWP calculations. New Chinese structural steel capabilities have also been added.

New productivity features in PVElite 2009 include the modeling of round, circular and square vessel clips for different loads and the ability to use ANSI flanges for heat exchanger analysis. This latest edition also adds a flange design option, new MDMT calculation configurations, support lug analysis for hydrotest cases and updated and faster 3D graphics. Details on updates in PVElite 2009 can be found at http://info.coade.com/content/PVEliteRelease.

Information on COADE products is available at www.coade.com.

About COADE

COADE, Inc. is a provider of software for multiple plant design and engineering disciplines. COADE's aims are that design and engineering should share relevant information seamlessly, thereby maintaining accuracy and improving efficiency. COADE's product line conforms to those goals and includes CAESAR II, the world's most widely used pipe stress analysis software; PVElite for pressure vessel and heat exchanger design and analysis; CADWorx Plant Design Suite for intelligent plant design modeling, process schematics and automatic production of plant design deliverables; and TANK for the design and analysis of oil storage tanks. COADE, CAESAR II, CADWorx, PVElite, CodeCalc and TANK are registered trademarks or trademarks of COADE, Inc. For more information, visit www.coade.com.