William
W. Smith is president of Elite Software Development, Inc. Elite offers more
than 30 computer software programs for mechanical, electrical and plumbing
designers. You may communicate with him at Elite Software Development, Inc.,
2700 Arrington Rd., College Station, TX 77845; 800-648-9523; or
bsmith@elitesoft.com. The company Web site is
www.elitesoft.com.
Plumbing, fire protection and hydronic system design all involve pipe networks that have to be carefully analyzed. And yet, fire protection designers have long had software available, while plumbing and hydronic system designers have had little software to select from in the past. Fortunately, that situation has improved recently...