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Always enable "Use weight factor for bolt/nut weight" when importing a flange

When importing a PCF file please allow for the option to enabler "Use weight factor for bolt/nut weight" for flanges
Guest about 3 years ago in AutoPIPE Pipe Stress 0 Future consideration

User to select spring from list of springs returned by Spring hanger analysis command

After running a hanger selection analysis with the currently defined hanger analysis parameters, 1 or more possible spring hangers that meet the criteria are reported, starting with the longest range and highest spring rate and finishing with the ...
Mike Dattilio over 1 year ago in Analysis 1 Needs review

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 10 months ago in Analysis 0 Planned

Improve reference loads dialog

Add a toggle between X/Y/Z and axial/shear/bending/torsion for forces and moments in the reference loads dialog. Many allowables for connections are given in terms of total shear load or bending moment. It is not possible to use the current refere...
Michael Wood almost 2 years ago in AutoPIPE Pipe Stress / UI 0 Future consideration

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 11 months ago in Reporting 0 Needs review

Add TOTAL RUN TIME FEATURE/LOG to AutoPIPE Analyses

For large AutoPIPE analyses especially, it would be VERY helpful to know how long an AutoPIPE analysis took to run! I think the a log file with the time stamp, what analyses were run, and the total run time would probably be the best option. A pop...
Guest over 3 years ago in AutoPIPE Pipe Stress 0 Future consideration

Add EN13941 functionality

New Oil and Gas projects may dry up as more countries set their sights on net zero. Along with this there is currently a massive increase in the number of large scale district heating systems in both Europe and North America. Adding EN13941 functi...
Guest over 3 years ago in AutoPIPE Pipe Stress 0 Future consideration

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 almost 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 almost 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 almost 2 years ago in AutoPIPE Pipe Stress 1 Future consideration