Users Engineers and Designers of Fibre Reinforced Composites
►Use Compas to design and analyse fibre reinforced laminate layups with a simple drag and drop graphical user interface, generate requests for quotes from suppliers.
Free for simple designs of up to five laminate layers.
►Materials database - weights, costs and engineering properties
►Checkout the laminate library of proven laminate lay ups
►Join in the forums, use the wiki.
Compas - Composite Material Laminate Lay up Design and Analysis Software
On-line software with a simple drag and drop graphical user interface to rapidly design and evaluate lay ups using a database of over 150 laminate base materials. Design and compare laminates to optimise for weight, cost, strength and stiffness. Nothing to install always avaialble wherever you have an internet connection.
To learn more about Compas click - MoreaboutCompas
Materials Database
The materials database includes a full range of fibre reinforcements including chopped strand mat, woven and mat fiberglass, carbon fiber, kevlar and aramid.
- Cores include pvc and nomex foam, metal and wood.
- Resins include epoxy, vinylester, iso polyester and ortho polyester.
- Lay up processes include non-molded, contact molded, vacuum bagged and autoclave.
- Prices, weights and physical properties stored for generic materials from values averaged by a number of suppliers or can be proprietory materials from individual
- suppliers.
Laminate Library
A library of predesigned laminates classified by type of use to quick start laminate design projects.
Complete Composites Forum
The forum is intended not only for posting comments about Compas but as a general discussion area about composite materials. The forum is monitored by experienced Composite Materials engineers who can help you with problems.
Complete Composites Wiki
Articles and information about composite materials.
To trial Compas :-
1.Register as a member of Complete Composites
2.Read the help documentation.
3.Click on Compas on the menu and try it.
4.Visit the forums for advice relevant to your needs.
Free Version of Compas
The free version of Compas allows full access to the materials database, forums and all other resources and allows you to design laminate layups with up to five layers.
Compas Subscription
A professional Compas subscription is $90.00 for three months and allows unlimited materials in a laminate layup and in addition allows the user to enter their own private materials and plies.
To subcribe click Register and select 'Manage Services'.