Required Plug-Ins and Software - North Penn Engineering Academy
As our website grows, we take advantage of new technologies to provide our visitors with the most enriching experience possible. In order to use certain parts of our website, you may need to download and install the plug-ins and software listed on this page. The detailed instructions for downloading and installing each of these items will be available on their individual websites.
 

Acrobat

Adobe Acrobat Reader
The Acrobat reader allows you to view and print PDF files. Most of our forms, bulletins and other handouts are presented in the PDF format. The PDF reader is free, and available at the following address:

http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep.html


Windows Media
Microsoft Windows Media Player
The Windows Media Player is a movie and sound player. We are starting to use Windows Media for many of our movies and multimedia files. The Windows Media Player is free, and available at the following address:

http://www.windowsmedia.com/download


 
WinZip
Winzip is the most popular compression utility for Windows, with more than 135 million downloads.  Click below to download the evaluation version.

http://download.winzip.com/winzip90.exe
HomePage: http://www.winzip.com/winzip.htm



(.zip Format)
Minim
Boolean Expression Minimization Utility
This is an invaluable piece of shareware.  It provides students the opportunity to check their work when minimizing/simplifying the Boolean expressions.

engineering.npteched.org/downloads/software/packages/minim.zip

 



(.zip Format)
Student Version - CircuitMaker
CircuitMaker Student Edition is a free download, although it is no longer supported by the original developer.  It still works fine under Windows XP.

Click here to download the Zip file (5.67MB)
Click Here to Download the User Manual (1.49MB)

 


West Point Bridge Designer
The West Point Bridge Designer 2005 will introduce you to engineering through an authentic, hands-on design experience. This software provides you with the tools to model, test, and optimize a steel highway bridge, based on realistic specifications, constraints, and performance criteria.

http://bridgecontest.usma.edu/
 
 










 

 

 

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