AutoPIPE Ideas Portal

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AccuDraw functionality to be able to select, place and move components

This will be a huge improvement with the ability to interact with Autopipe. Currently, users have to use a coordinate system, and map out changes to the Autopipe Mode. A feature similar to Accudraw in Microstation would significantly improve the a...
Sujaan Ahamed Fareed over 2 years ago in AutoPIPE Pipe Stress 1 Future consideration

On screen Code Stress Pass/Fail Indicator

During the development of pipe design, one may need to iteratively. make small changes, and check the impact on stress, Forces, Restraint forces, etc. It would save a lot of time if there was an indicator on the default main UI that states the hig...
Sujaan Ahamed Fareed over 2 years ago in AutoPIPE Pipe Stress 4 Future consideration

Redesign Input Grid

The current input grid is difficult to read and navigate between all the tabs. The UI elements shall be redesigned to facilitate improved navigation and data input.
Sujaan Ahamed Fareed over 2 years ago in AutoPIPE Pipe Stress 1 Future consideration

add user define on spring "hot load input" and let the program design spring rate, Cold load and variation checking

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Guest about 1 year ago in Analysis 0 Future consideration

Output Modal Solution/mass participation

AutoPIPE error 1304731 indicates that there are improper combinations of the modal solutions for seismic anchor motions and seismic response spectra. The "fix" to the error report is a warning to the end-user; however, there is no work around. Oth...
Guest about 1 year ago in Reporting 3 Already exists

Hydrotest Pressure Extension

Users can decide whether pressure extension should be considered in static analysis sets, but this is not an option for hydrotest cases. The user is required to consider it with no option to unselect "Pressure Extension" in the "Analysis Sets" int...
Guest about 1 year ago in Analysis 2 Future consideration

Defining Concentrated force to the local axis of element

The inability to specify the concentrated force for the local element in Autopipe leads to numerous challenges when defining the slug force on a pipeline that is misaligned with the axis. In contrast to CAESAR, Autopipe lacks the capability to rot...
Guest over 1 year ago in Analysis 0 Planned

Include UID number in "Result" mdb output.

In our work process we create PCF file using S3D. After analyzing data inside Autopipe we would like to export some of the analyzed data from Autopipe and import back to S3D. Easiest way to achieve that would be by using UID number of the analyzed...
Guest over 1 year ago in Reporting 0 Needs review

Modeling soils in AutoPIPE should be simplified

In my opinion modeling of soils in AutoPIPE takes to much time and could/should be simplified. For selected part of the model, including simultanously vertical, horizontal or inclined segments, there are four geometrical methods to define a terrai...
Guest almost 3 years ago in AutoPIPE Pipe Stress 2 Future consideration

Flexible elements displacement results in element local axes

having flexible elements displacements results reported in local element axes, provides a better way to quantify relative end displacements and avoids doing global to local axes transformation out of the software. Amount of end and intermediate di...
Guest over 1 year ago in AutoPIPE Pipe Stress 1 Already exists