PVX - 2008 Overview:
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Pressure Vessel & Heat Exchanger Mechanical Design Software
User Interface Basics:
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PVX in Model View Mode  

PVX has a very advanced user-interface that is simple to to use. Parts like flanges, nozzles etc. can be dragged and dropped into place to speed up the construction of a vessel or exchanger. A user can attach several parts together (eg. a nozzle with a flange and couplings) that can be reused later.

PVX in 2D Drawing Mode		  

PVX can create fully customizable drawings and you can easily switch between editing the 3D model and 2D drawing. Both the 3D and 2D views are fully interactive and any changes that are made to the model are updated in real-time. Measurements can easily be added between surface or edges of different parts by simply clicking with the mouse. All measurements are also live and are updated whenever a change is made to the model.

Project Browser		  

PVX Project Browser makes it fast and easy to go between different parts, pages, viewports, calculation reports. It also controls what parts and measurements are visible in a viewport and allows you to attach external files to a project.

Properties Window		  

The Properties window contains all the properties that can be changed for a part, vessel or exchanger. All properties are logically grouped and any changes that are made are included the next time a calculation is made. If a change to a part would affect an attached part then that part is also updated and will be recalculated based on the latest design conditions or dimensions of an attached part.


Exchanger-Initial Setup		  

Creating a new shell and tube heat exchanger is done from the Initial Setup window. This window makes it fast and easy to setup the basic properties for and exchanger without having to go into great detail for each   exchanger part. This window is also used for reviewing data when importing a data from thermal design like HTRI, HTFS or STX.

Customizable Calculation Reports		  

PVX has fully customizable reports. Each vessel, exchanger and part can have multiple reports that are easily accessible from the Project Browser.

Report Editor		  

The reports can be created and customized by the XRD Report Editor. Using this you can edit the reports in a familiar spreadsheet type way. Properties from a part or vessel are dragged and dropped from a organized "tree-like" structure. HTC can also assist with creating and modifying reports.

Radial Schedule Editor		  

The Radial Schedule Editor provides a fast and efficient way to locate and modify radial parts like nozzles, clips, rings, rectangular and circular plates. The input is done in a spreadsheet like fashion and makes it very fast and simple to place the parts where you want them.

Material Group Editor		  

PVX lets you select materials for all the parts in a vessel or exchanger from material groups. When creating a vessel or exchanger that is primarily made from 304 SS then select that group and make modifications to it after. Use one of the many groups that comes with PVX (Carbon Steel, 304 SS etc) or modify an existing group or create your own. PVX lets you base your new groups on existing ones thus speeding up the creation process.
 

Material Editor		  


PVX uses the same material as the ASME material database and lets you select between all the existing stress tables including both Customary and Metric.

2D Drawing Templates		  

PVX lets you use and create fully customizable drawing templates. You can use any number of drawings and drawing templates in a project.

All parts of the drawing are customizable.

  • Add and size model viewports.
  • Add DXF, Metafile and JPEG graphics and symbols.
  • Add shapes like lines, circles, ellipses, rectangles, poly-lines, etc.
  • Add and edit text, calculated data and macros (see below).
  • Change colors, patterns and thicknesses.
  • Add 2D and 3D measurements.
  • Add spreadsheet based tables containing text and calculated data.

HTC can help you with creating and modifying drawings and drawing templates.
 
Macros  

Macros are text commands that can be dragged and dropped onto the drawings. The macros contain instructions and calculated data that are automatically updated when the calculations for the part of vessel that they are linked to are updated.

You can either use existing macros, modify the existing one or create your own.
 
3D Solid Model Export

PVX can create 3D solid models with a few clicks. The solid models can be used for generating drawings in CAD programs like AutoCAD, Solid Works, Solid Edge and others. The solid models can also be used for finite analysis.

 Download sample 3D solid models!

 
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