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Reporting

Print all Time history results in local Axis

Currently all time history results are printed in global axis. Suggest adding an option to print all Time History results (ex. Acceleration) using local pipe axis.
Mike Dattilio 5 days ago in Reporting Needs review

Add design margins to piping loads being sent to structural

When it comes to exporting pipe support loads from AutoPIPE to STAAD, PipeLINK is an effective tool. While PipeLINK has most of the necessary functionality, there is a lack in the ability to add a Design Margin to the pipe support loads sent from ...
Guest over 2 years ago in Reporting Future consideration

Add node point where E801-5 message occurs

When analyzing a model the following error appears: E801-5: Zero element stiffness The message does not indicate where in the model a zero element stiffness is located. Update consistency check to indicate all locations where Zero Element Stiffnes...
Mike Dattilio 26 days ago in Reporting Needs review

Exporting .DGN of Code Stresses Color Graphics

Adding an option to export the Maximum Code Stresses Color Graphics in .DGN format. The user can utilize this feature to present the code stresses in a more visual way in Navisworks.
Fouad Tabbaq over 1 year ago in Reporting Future consideration

Support Report: Remove all global results from Local columns

For V-stops and Hanger support types, the Support report prints global values as local values. Example, see attached image. Notice the Global axis direction is different from the indicated pipe's local axis direction. Next notice the support's Loc...
Mike Dattilio over 1 year ago in Reporting Needs review

Preserve "Type" and "Symbol" columns across Input and Results grids

Currently, the Results Grid combines data from the Type and Symbol columns in the input grid into a single column. This makes related post-processing more difficult because the column structure differs between the input and results grids. In addit...
Mike Dattilio about 1 month ago in Reporting Planned

User Having to Re-import .CMB File After Saving .APC File

When saving APC files, the code/non-code combinations get reset to default by AutoPIPE. User has to go though an extra step of re-importing the relevant .CMB file after saving the APC file. If there is a way to have AutoPIPE maintain the already s...
Fouad Tabbaq over 1 year ago in Reporting Will not implement

Support Results grids local direction should be user friendly and consistent

Open the results grids, select the support tab, and locate the columns for LocalDir1 - Gap3. Quick what does this refer to: pipe local axis, support local axis? Is this direction consistent across all of the support types (see attached image of Su...
Mike Dattilio over 3 years ago in Reporting Needs review

Please modify the latest version of Autopipe so that it exports a PST file.

The pst file is used to automate the preparation of the thermal stress calculation sheet and the support design condition sheet. However, it cannot be used if the version of autopipe is upgraded. Your company's policy is to invalidate assets that ...
Guest 7 months ago in Reporting Needs review

Export unit vectors for local axis of a node.

For a point (say A00) , I would like to obtain the local coordinate system as unit vectors, such as: Local X direction = [Xx, Xy, Xz]Local Y direction = [Yx, Yy, Yz]Local Z direction = [Zx, Zy, Zz] I am also interested in exporting this informatio...
Guest 4 months ago in Reporting Needs review