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Guest fisherridge

Guest fisherridge

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The author of T%Welded-Flange.LSP, John L. Merrick III of Covington, Louisiana USA, might share the code for his flange program with you if you ask him nicely.

There is a lot to be learned from it.

He shared it with me, but I am honor bound not to pass it on.

His email address is CadTools@BellSouth.net

I can't remember now what size it was, but I only found one typo in all of the data lisp.

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digger Contributor

digger

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thanks, fisherridge.

the flange program is awesome.

there is another flange program at this forum that pales in comparison.

the site also has a lot of other good programs.

a pipe reducer program to go along with the flange program and a shackle program of all things.

do you know of any other sites for good piping programs?

 

thanks again

digger

ReMark Grand Master

ReMark

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And I need to beg the author of this code to share it with me because....? Is it the greatest thing since white bread? Stop being so obtuse.

Guest fisherridge

Guest fisherridge

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digger,

FYI, I did not start this thread. The forum police did.

But to answer your question, yes I have a library full of piping stuff I would be glad to share with you.

Send me an email to superpiper@aol.com.

 

Oh, ReMark, yes you did 16,741 times. Ranking means a lot to you, huh?

The Buzzard Veteran

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Just post the flange code you keep bragging on, if it exists at all, and that will be good enough for me.

 

I'm not sure what your reference to ranking is supposed to be about so excuse me if I just ignore it.

 

Remark,

 

The code can be downloaded from the first post. I took the liberty of checking it out and its OK, But it errors upon start up, Not a very good way to start. Also there is no distinction between ANSI flanges groups as 16.1, 16.5, 16.47 seem to be mixed together. The dialog has quite a bit on it although some options are not clear and it would be helpful if it had instructions. The 3D feature is nice, But I do not feel it is that much needed unless your make use of 3D which most OEMs have more sophisticated programs to accomplished this much easier. I noticed there is no conversion to SI units which I feel is more important to have than the 3D. I can tell that from the size of the program, It is a command call type program wall to wall and far less advanced and very slow compared to the programming on this site. So there is not much to be learned from a program of this type unless you are just starting to learn lisp. If this had been done with entmake Id say it would be something to bragg about. If a typical user can deal with it, I would say its not bad. As far as a programming example is concerned, Others here might have a field day on it. There were other quirks with it although at this stage I would rather let others be their own judge. I feel my own program is on the OK side as well and nothing to do cart wheels over, But if you are going to find anything better, Then you need to purchase from a reliable software company with a great reputation. Hey, what do you expect for nothing.

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digger

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fisherridge,

what do you mean you did not start this thread?

and who is the forum police?

i sent you a email at the address you posted but it was returned.

can you just post the web sites here?

 

thanks

ReMark Grand Master

ReMark

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Thanks for the in-depth review Buzzard. I've yet to try it (Welded Flange.lsp) out myself.

 

Maybe fisherridge got the new and improved version for free and everyone must pay for it? If he got the code for free what's the big deal with sharing it? Perhaps he is the "Gatekeeper".

The Buzzard Veteran

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The one thing that bugs me about this program is the mixing of the flanges. Class 125 is a 16.1 ANSI flange. ANSI 150 to 2500 are 16.5 class flanges which go upto 24". From 26" to 60" are ANSI 16.47 flanges which only range from Type A class 150-900 & Type B class 75-900. No reference is made to the type of ANSI flange. Also it did not indicate type A or B for 16.47 flanges. I found that ANSI 16.5 Class 400# SW is missing all the flanges. Class 600# SW should only go up to 3" and this program shows 3-1/2". Class 250 is also part of ANSI 16.1, But is missing from the program. I would be a bit leary in trusting the data in this program with all these faults. The program should be completely checked against manufacturers data sheets as I have done. Please confirm this for yourselves before using the program.

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The Buzzard

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Ok,

 

I messed with it some more to see how the selection is suppose to work. It seems when Weldneck flanges are selected and you have a ratiing of 150#, You will have sizes 26 to 36 available for ANSI 16.47 and change the rating to 300# sizes 26 to 42 are available. Any rating higher than that will not show an ANSI 16.47 Weldneck flange. The rating 75# for a series B which was left out, But there is no way to select the series A or B for 16.47. The size range should have also gone up to 60". Its is just that the program seems to be incomplete with regard to ANSI 16.47. I think this would have been better off if it stuck with one standard or another, But it seems to be Ok. A user with less experience in selecting a flange of a particular standard would be somewhat confused by this combination. It could be added, But that would have to be up to the Author. This program I would think can accomodate most general use for many flanges, But when looking for larger flanges for all the ratings it seems to fall short. The 125# rating seems to have left out LW type flanges and short changes you on available sizes for SO & WN. The whole reason I think it is set up this way is the fact that too many standards were combined to accomodate the size changing although with some clever programming this might have been possible. I still do not like the fact it does not show the standard in any case, But a decent program if you are not fussy over the speed and missing sizes and lack of showing the ANSI standard. The missing and mixed up data I mentioned sure does not help. If more time was spent on checking the data accuracy and including the flanges missing it would be a very nice program.

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Tiger Grand Master

Tiger

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I moved Fisherridges posts to its own thread to keep things seperated and so that discussions could be kept on topic.

Guest fisherridge

Guest fisherridge

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fisherridge,

what do you mean you did not start this thread?

and who is the forum police?

i sent you a email at the address you posted but it was returned.

can you just post the web sites here?

 

thanks

 

digger,

Sorry about the time delay in responding.

The email account I posted has been deleted.

I can't post URL's because most of my library is "borrowed".

I don't see how to send you a personal message through this site like over at the swamp.

If you could post an email address I'll contact you and make arrangements to send you a CD or DVD.

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The member fisherridge demanded that his account be deleted from the forum. It has now been deleted.

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