Design-Expert 8®
Introduction | Features | Requirements | Downloads | Pricing
Introduction
Whether you are designing a new product or process, or improving your current one, use Design-Expert® software to save money, save time, and increase quality. Design-Expert® allows for in-depth exploration and makes use of response surface methods to optimize your process or mixture. Display optimum performance with colorful 3D plots.
Combine mixture and process variables in your designs. Design-Expert® offers rotatable 3D plots to help you visualize your response surface. Explore the 2D contours with your mouse, setting flags along the way to identify coordinates and predict responses. The sweet spot where all your requirements are met can be found via the program's numerical optimization function, which finds the most desirable factor settings for multiple responses simultaneously!
Features
Design-Expert® provides many powerful statistical tools, such as:
- Two-level factorial screening designs: Identify the vital factors that affect your process or product so you can make breakthrough improvements
- General factorial studies: Discover the best combination of categorical factors, such as source versus type of raw material supply
- Response surface methods (RSM): Find the optimal process settings to achieve peak performance
- Mixture design techniques: Discover the ideal recipe for your product formulation
- Combinations of process factors, mixture components, and categorical factors: Mix your cake (with different ingredients) and bake it too!
Those of you who’ve used previous versions of Design-Expert® software will be impressed with the many improvements in Version 8:
- New graphics and improved interface
- Better mixture design and modeling tools
- More choices when custom-designing your experiment
- Additional statistics and more concise reporting of vital results
- Increased visibility and versatility of tools and features
- Enhanced design evaluation
- Many things made nicer, easier faster throughout the program
- Other great features
Requirements
Supported Operating Systems:
- Windows XP
- Windows Vista
- Windows 7
System requirements
| Attribute | Minimum | Recommended |
|---|---|---|
| Display resolution | 800 x 600 | 1024 x 768 or greater |
| Memory | 256 MB Windows XP |
≥ 1 GB Windows XP ≥ 2 GB Windows Vista or Windows 7 |
| Processor | Pentium III 800 MHz | Pentium IV 1 GHz or greater |
| Hard Drive | 50 MB | 50 MB or greater |
Downloads
Give Design-Expert a try yourself and download a free 45-day trial !
Pricing
Special offer: People who attend one of StatSquare's courses get a 20% discount on a new purchase of a perpetual license Design-Expert 8 (within 6 months after the course). This discount holds for 1 participant per new license purchased, does not hold for academic licenses and is not cumulative with other discounts.
Single-User licenses:
| Quantity | Design-Ease (DE) | Design-Expert (DX) |
|---|---|---|
| 1-2 | € 380 | € 770 |
| 3-4 | € 690 | |
| 5-9 | € 655 | |
| 10 or more | € 615 |
| Upgrade from | To Design-Ease 7 | To Design-Expert 8 |
|---|---|---|
| DX 7.1 | N/A | € 230 |
| DX 7.0 | N/A | € 300 |
| DX 6 or older | N/A | € 460 |
| Any Design-Ease | € 230 | € 460 |
Network licenses:
Network licenses are sold on an annual basis, renewable each year. The yearly fee includes free updates and upgrades to the next version, as well as free technical support. Annual licenses are available in 3, 5, 10 (and up in multiples of 5) seat configurations. Contact us to quote higher quantities.
| Quantity | Design-Expert 8 |
|---|---|
| 3-seat | € 810 |
| 5-seat | € 1260 |
| 10-seat | € 2320 |
Academic licenses:
| Design-Expert 8 | |
|---|---|
| Single-user Class | € 190 |
| Single-user Research | € 610 |
| Network Research 3-seat | € 650 |
| Network Class 10-seat | € 580 |
| Network Class 20-seat | € 1160 |