Is it just me, or is it very amusing to see a software tester offer to help out Steve with engineering?
Paul
> Hi Sadfar
>
> No I have not checked A'pipe, but I know a few users and will ask them. I
> used to do a bit of factory acceptance testing of PLC programs. It was far
> quicker to make things crash if I could see the ladder logic first. The
> logic gave me some idea of the program structure; making it easier to
locate
> potential weak points. With hidden or unintelligible source code, this is
> not an option.
> For my personal "acceptance" tests on proprietary software, I normally
start
> with a few impossible boundary conditions (e.g. negative pipe wall
> roughness, excessive suction lifts) to check gross error trapping. Next I
> try some "almost out of range" conditions (e.g. pipe diameter of
0.00001mm,
> density of 0.00001 kg/m^3) with a view to spotting any distortion around
> singularities/ end conditions. Finally I do a back to back test on a
problem
> for which I already have an independent checked solution. Sometimes I find
> my checked solution is wrong. The OI interface problems normally appear
all
> by themselves, so I normally confine my checks to the maths engine.
>
> Cheers
>
> Steve McKenzie
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Safdar Abbas [mailto:safdar.abbas@trivor.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 2003 1:13 AM
> To: PipingDesign@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: RE: [PipingDesign] Re: Stress calculation
>
> Hi Steve,
>
> Have you checked AutoPIPE? I can help you because I'm working on plant
> design software testing. I would also like to see some industry specific
> test cases to test the software and see what 'absolutely erroneous crap'
> my software produces because its my job to find errors in piping design
> software.
Received on Mon Dec 15 17:39:00 2003
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