AutoPIPE Ideas Portal

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Export DGN, DB and others using DataAPI

This functionality would be very advantageous for post-processing results. I currently have scripts to convert dgn to dwg (and adjust according to my delivery standard) in addition to accessing the .db to generate an organized excel with the relev...
Guest about 2 months ago in Reporting 0 Needs review

Add Snow and Ice load to structural and pipe members

Snow loads should be considered in the GR load case during analysis and design for static seismic loads, to account for the contribution of snow mass to horizontal seismic inertia forces.
Shrey Sharma 2 months ago in Analysis 2 Needs review

Correct scale of supports located on valve actuator

AutoPIPE deals with a valve actuator as a rigid beam. The default size for the rigid beam is set as a 10x10 W shape, and any support connected to the actuator is scaled according to that number (see attached image) Request actuator and any support...
Mike Dattilio 20 days ago in Modelling 1 Needs review

Expansion effects on structural members

Currently, when structural members/beams are connected to high temp piping, AutoPIPE does not consider the axial expansion effect of the structural members in its analysis. Since AutoPIPE, is capable of evaluating temperature effect of piping, it ...
Sujaan Ahamed Fareed 10 days ago in Analysis 0 Needs review

Include ASME B16.5 dimensions in EN1591 Flange Analysis

Currently, the EN1591 flange analysis only includes PN flange dimensions. Theoretically, you could manually input all the dimensions for an ASME flange but that would be extremely tedious to do every time. There is some ambiguity/"looseness" with ...
Sean Pellerin 11 days ago in Analysis 0 Needs review

Request for API Support to Capture Model Snapshots in AutoPIPE

Can AutoPIPE provide a programmatic interface (via Python, VBA, or any other API) to automatically capture graphical snapshots or view-specific images from the model environment? This would greatly enhance reporting and documentation workflows, es...
Saladi Venkata Srirama Chandra Murthy about 2 months ago in AutoPIPE Pipe Stress 0 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 1 year ago in Reporting 4 Future consideration

Piping comparison feature

When systems are revised it would be useful if a user could import new files from designers and see them directly on top of existing systems. This would allow a user to be able to visually see and measure changes. Updated files can be imported but...
Guest about 2 months ago in Modelling 1 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 9 months ago in Reporting 0 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 9 months ago in Reporting 1 Needs review