♦For Immediate Release
PADT Contact Eric Miller 480.813.4884 eric.miller@padtinc.com

PADT Releases PeDAL: Editing Tool for Writing ANSYS Parametric Design Language (APDL) Scripts

PHOENIX, AZ – October 26, 2009 – Phoenix Analysis & Design Technologies, Inc. (PADT, Inc.) the Southwest’s largest provider of mechanical engineering services, rapid manufacturing and related products, is pleased to announce the release of a new software tool aimed at expert users of the ANSYS Mechanical APDL product from ANSYS, Inc. PeDAL is a text editor that auto-completes APDL commands, does syntax highlighting, and displays ANSYS, Inc.’s help system within the same window as the editor.
The program was written by Matt Sutton at PADT simply because he got tired of looking up commands in a separate application. So he took a text editor, modified it to understand APDL syntax, merged it with a web browser, and finally built a tool that parsed the ANSYS help and created an index that could link what the user is typing in the text window with what is displayed in the help window. The end result was PeDAL (the name is a rearranging of APDL Editor), which is now used by pretty much everyone at PADT to create their macros. Key members of the ANSYS user community have also tried the tool during beta testing and the feedback has been very positive.
After being one of the beta testers, Joe Metrisin of Florida Turbine Technologies says: “PEDAL is going to be a ‘must have’ tool for any ANSYS macro writer. The auto-complete, syntax highlighting, and integration of ANSYS help system are hard to do without once you’ve tried them”
The price for PeDAL is $49, a cost that should pay for itself within a few weeks through increased productivity. To make it easier for users to decide if PeDAL will help them, anyone can download a 30 day trial version. If they like it, they can purchase the tool online with a credit card or PayPal.
Users can download the trial version, see screen shots, or get more information at http://www.padtinc.com/pedal.

Since its inception in 1994, PADT has focused on providing world class engineering consulting as well as sales and support of leading mechanical engineering hardware and software tools from ANSYS, Inc. and Stratasys. PADT is the host of the largest on-line user forum for ANSYS users, XANSYS.org as well as the publisher of the widely ANSYS User newsletter, The Focus.

More information on PADT can be found at www.PADTINC.com.