CADEC - Computer Aided Design Environment for Composites

CADEC is a Windows 95/98/NT/me/2000*/XP* application that performs composite materials analysis as described in the textbook Introduction to Composite Materials Design, Taylor & Francis, 1999. It has not being tested in MS Vista.

Download: Before downloading CADEC, check the license to see if you qualify as a licensee. If you do, download the file below in a temporary directory (such as c:\temp\).

To download the new version (2007.12.19) click this file name: cadec20071219.zip

The zipped file can be unzipped by a number of programs including Stuffit, WINZIP, and PKZIP among others. Just click the program names to download them.

Install: To install the program, first unzip the file, then run "setup.exe" from the Start menu. Once installed, check that you have the latest version (2007.12.19) using Help About from the top menu. You need a Display area 800x600 to see the CADEC windows without scrollbars. To change the Display area, click Start, Settings, Control Panel; double-click Display; select the Settings tab, adjust the Display Area dial to 800x600 pixels; then OK.

Troubleshooting: If you get a message such as “XP cannot recognize the application needed to run the program” you need to install this patch: tb80path. It is benign. It will just insert a PATH statement in the AUTOEXEC.BAT file so that XP can execute CADEC.

Mailing List: To receive announcements of new releases of CADEC, post questions about program usage, report bugs, etc., you may subscribe to CADEC's mailing list. This is a closed, by invitation-only list. To join, follow this link http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/cadec2000/ After we verify your identity, you will receive an invitation to join. The list is moderated; that is, when you post a message, the moderator reads it and has to approve it before it is distributed. All these precautions are necessary to keep inappropriate material out of circulation.

(*) On Windows 2000/XP networked installations you may experience some trouble setting the proper permissions. Standard/Restricted users may receive an error message when running CADEC: "Program initialization failed" ... "file may be corrupt". However, "Power Users" can run this program fine. This is because on Win2k/XP, CADEC needs to have write access allowed for the standard user account for the CADEC install directory and the Windows TEMP directory.

License Agreement

The software titled "computer aided design environment for composites (CADEC)" in the following designated as "the software", is owned by Ever J. Barbero, in the following "the licenser", and it is protected by U.S. and international copyright laws. Taylor and Francis is allowed to distribute, free of charge, the software with each copy of "Introduction to Composite Materials Design (copyright 1999 by Taylor and Francis)" in the following designated as "the textbook". You are allowed to use the software if you meet at least one of the following conditions: (a) you own a copy of the textbook, or (b) you are an instructor teaching a formal course on composites materials, or (c) you are a student enrolled in such a course. The licenser hereby grants to you, the licensee, and you accept, a nonexclusive and nontransferable license, to use the software for your own personal use only. You may not copy, disclose, modify, transfer, de-compile, read, or otherwise re-create any portion of the software in whole or in part except as expressly permitted by this agreement. You may make backup copies of the software, as distributed. You may distribute a copy of the software free of charge, to another licensee as defined above, provided you also provide said licensee with a copy of this software license agreement and the licensee accepts the terms and conditions of this agreement. Your license is automatically terminated whenever you transfer any unauthorized copy or modification of the software to any third party. The termination of the license shall be in addition to and not in lieu of any legal remedy available to the licenser. You acknowledge that all rights, including without limitation copyrights, patents, and trade secrets in the software, including without limitations the structure, sequence, organization, flow, logic, source code, object code and all means and forms of operation of the software, are the sole and exclusive property of the licenser. This license agreement is effective until terminated by the licenser or as a result of any of the conditions stated in this agreement. Upon such termination, you agree to destroy all copies of the software.

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