AutoPIPE Ideas Portal

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Add Duplex steels 2205 & 2705 to the B31.1 materials options

These materials in the B3.1 code but not in the Autopipe pull down options for pipe material
Kevin Koorey 3 months ago in  0 Needs review

Flexible Joint Step Function Stiffness

Looking for an update to flex coupling input box to better model flexible coupling behavior. Flexible joint additional inputs (see attached) 1) Max angle of deflection for flex joint 2) Two stiffness inputs for bending stiffness. Stiffness changes...
Guest about 2 years ago in Modelling 0 Future consideration

Add License management to only allow use of perpetual licenses

Add License management to only allow use of perpetual licenses to prevent accidental overuse. Users should not have permission to hire licenses without admin approval.
Paul Nielsen about 1 month ago in AutoPIPE Pipe Stress 3 Will not implement

Get rid of annoying windows beep sound

This is a really annoying sound. The UI shall provide a feature to disable the annoying beep sound. The attached wiki link proposes to disable Windows Sounds, but this disables all other Windows Sounds that serve a purpose outside of Autopipe. A s...
Sujaan Ahamed Fareed over 2 years ago in AutoPIPE Pipe Stress 0 Future consideration

Reference point - nonsymmetric allowable

Reference point is great tool to verify connector capacity. Currently only symmetric allowable values could be used. Many times connectors allowable loads are nonsymmetric ex. range of values -80 to 0kN or -150 to 350kNm. See attached image. It wo...
Guest about 2 years ago in Analysis / AutoPIPE Pipe Stress 0 Future consideration

Add API 661 allowables to rotating equipment

Provide user ability to insert cooler nozzle allowables per API 661. This would help with cooler orientation and no longer require user to look up allowable values each time. Provide a multiplier allowable (i.e. 2x 3x API limits)
Guest over 1 year ago in Analysis 0 Future consideration

Add Node/Support point text leader lines

When using AutoPIPE or relating an output report to a model, users need to be able to clearly read the indicated text on screen / screen shot added into an report. This is not easy in congested areas with how AutoPIPE currently displays informatio...
Mike Dattilio 9 months ago in UI 0 Needs review

Add a feature to apply impose displacement at any node point regardless of support settings.

This is to apply at nodes where support is not applied so the user can apply imposed discplacement regardless of support setting.
Guest 4 months ago in AutoPIPE Pipe Stress 0 Future consideration

Consider the external pressure for ASME B31.8 / B31.4 offshore

As a subsea engineer using AutoPipe for modelling spools and jumpers, it is frustrating and misleading that AutoPipe does not account automatically for external pressure in all codes.
Guest 10 months ago in Analysis 2 Needs review

Add the plastic moment reduction factor criteria for the LCC calculation

As per section 5.4.6.8 of the DNV ST F101_2021 Version, the LCC calculation is modified by including the plastic moment reduction factor due to the maximum vertical point load. This would be a good approach to have more realistic and reliable LCC ...
Guest 2 months ago in Code 0 Needs review