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This is the June issue of the Engineered Software Fluid Flow Newsletter.  Our goal is to provide you with tips on how to get the most out of your PIPE-FLO program, and provide information on pump and system interaction.

FEATURED TOPICS
  1. PIPE-FLO VIEWER

  2. NEW PUMP CATALOG

  3. PIPE-FLO 7.1 CONTROL VALVE INTEGRATION

  4. WEB TRAINING CLASSES

  5. NEW NETWORK OPTIONS & FEATURES

1. PIPE-FLO VIEWER
Have you ever wanted to share a PIPE-FLO model with a customer or associate but they didn’t have PIPE-FLO?  With PIPE-FLO 7.1’s upcoming PIPE-FLO Viewer System (PVS) file format feature they can! 

The new PIPE-FLO Viewer System (PVS) file format is a read only file format that can be e-mailed to clients, associates, and vendors; in short anyone who needs to know how the piping system operates. 

Once they have your PVS file they can download the PIPE-FLO Viewer program from the Engineered Software Website.  The viewer program displays the calculated results, prints all PIPE-FLO reports, and view detailed information about each object on the FLO-Sheet.  PIPE-FLO Viewer also supports FLO-Links, providing you with immediate access to design documents.

2. NEW PUMP CATALOGS
Thanks to our PIPE-FLO and PUMP-FLO customers we have been making headway on adding new Electronic Pump Catalogs.  The two newest additions to the Pump Manufacturers List (http://www.eng-software.com/pml) are Peerless Pumps, and Simflo.

Simflo Pumps is located in Wilcox AZ and produces a full line of line shaft and submersible vertical turbine pumps, as well as a complete line of municipal and industrial pumps.  Bowl sizes range from 4” to 28” with capacities ranging from 5 to 18,000 gpm. 

Simflo is making their Electronic Pump Catalogs available from their Website.  A link to their download page can be found on http://www.eng-software.com/pml

If you would like to see additional pump manufacturers please let us know and we’ll forward your request to the pump manufacturer.  Remember when customers talk a company listens.

3. PIPE-FLO 7.1 CONTROL VALVE INTEGRATION
A new feature of PIPE-FLO 7.1 is the ability to select a control valve from an Electronic Valve Catalog then insert it into the piping system model.  PIPE-FLO then displays the valve position needed to achieve the desired set point. 

This new feature has streamlined the control valve selection process.  You perform a control valve selection, and then highlight the desired valve on the selection list and click on the “Return Valve Data to System” button and the valve operating information is automatically saved with the piping system.  The Control Valve Properties are saved so you have complete documentation of the selected control valve.

Using the PIPE-FLO program you can create your own Electronic Control Valve Catalogs by entering the valve coefficients.  You can also contact you control valve suppliers and have them create a catalog for you.  We at Engineered Software will provide them with a copy of the program so they can create their own Electronic Control Valve Catalog, or we will create it for them.  If you would like to see your favorite control valve manufacturer support the PIPE-FLO program please e-mail your request to sales@eng-software.com and we’ll contact the valve manufacturer.

4. WEB TRAINING CLASSES
Many of you have attended one of our online Web sales presentations on the PIPE-FLO program.  This is an excellent way for someone to see how the program operates.  

With the release of our TechNet Plus program upgrade and technical support product we are now offering Web seminars on various PIPE-FLO Professional topics.  Each 1 hour Web seminar includes lesson handouts along with sample files that you can review after the presentation is over. Many companies view these conferences on projection monitors with multiple people reviewing the information.  We also have the ability of having multiple companies and/or sites attend the seminar allowing company wide training.

The first Web seminar is scheduled for July and deals with PIPE-FLO Professional 7.1 Features “Beyond Pressures and Flows”. This seminar is available on multiple dates and times.  TechNet Plus subscribers will be notified in their newsletter as to the time and dates and who to contact to register for a session.

5. NEW NETWORK OPTIONS & FEATURES
With the release of PIPE-FLO 7.1 we are adding a Network Checkout feature along with making a Wide Area Network (WAN) License. 

Using the Check Out feature one of your users can connect their laptop to your Network then check out a license from the PIPE-FLO License Manager Server.  The license can be checked out for as long as needed.   When the user is done with the license they can check it back in.  If the user forgets to check in the license, the license is automatically checked in when the traveling license times out. 

One thing to remember, when the license is checked out from the Network License Manager Server, it will not be available on the LAN or WAN.  

We are also releasing a new Wide Area Network (WAN) license arrangement where a company can share their PIPE-FLO licenses at multiple locations.  Here are two examples of how the to use a WAN license.

Example 1:
An engineering firm has four offices, each with a three user LAN’s, with a total of 12 licenses.  If one office has a large job that requires more than three users at one time, they will need to purchase an additional LAN license for that site.  With a WAN license everyone in the entire company has access to all 12 licenses, allowing sharing of the license across the entire company.  This provides the engineering firm with greater utilization of their licenses.

Example 2:
A company has 15 plant sites, along with a central engineering office.  The piping system models have been developed and are updated by central engineering.  With a WAN license the people at central engineering have access to the program.  The plants are casual users and can access the PIPE-FLO software at the central engineering office using the WAN.  Using WAN licenses a large number of casual plant users can be supported with only one or two licenses. 

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