This also means that the technical support provided to users by the engineering staff is almost instantaneous. Users talk straight to the developers, ensuring an accurate and timely answer. Program revisions incorporate additional capabilities addressing both technical and operational items. Users are encouraged to suggest improvements that would help their day to day usage of the software. The menus are set up to present the available program options in a logical order, when they are needed.
Menus govern the overall flow of control throughout the program.
The input spreadsheets provide concise prompts for input data. When appropriate, databases can be accessed to obtain values for valves, flanges, and expansion joints. Models can be started anywhere and can continue in any direction from tees or anchors. The unique List Processor provides a concise method to review specific data sets, for example all the bends in the model. The fields in the List Processor tables are active, allowing user modification of the data.