AutoPIPE Ideas Portal

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    Report Sign-Max for Support and Restraint in Results

    It would be very handy for AutoPIPE to report the maximum loading for all load cases for reporting to the structural engineer or equipment manufacturers.
    Sean Pellerin almost 3 years ago in Reporting 3 Already exists

    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 over 1 year ago in Code 0 Needs review

    Include ability to override in plane and out of plane Sustain Stress Indices (SSI) in User SIF dialog

    The code allows you to reduce the SSIs based on more applicable data. Currently, AutoPIPE only lets you use SSI = 0.75SIF or SSI=1. ASME B31J allows you to reduce the SSI based on the following: Where sustained stress or moment factors are require...
    Sean Pellerin over 1 year ago in Code 3 Already exists

    Add China Electric Power industry standard DL/T 5366

    At present, the pipeline stress calculation specification is selected as the American standard, whether it is considered to refer to the Chinese standard DL/T 5366-2014. If there is no reference to this standard, then please ask whether this stand...
    Mike Dattilio about 3 years ago in Code 0 Needs review

    Copy & pasting pipe components with existing soil Id's are not updated with new Soil Id names

    Open PipeSoil.apc Notice the Soil id currently in the model. Select all of the model. Paste to any location after pasting, notice the number of Soil Id's has doubled. Recommend when coping / pasting pipe node points with existing Soil Id's that th...
    Mike Dattilio about 3 years ago in Modelling 0 Needs review

    Autosave the file after 1 minute

    Kindly refer to the discussion in regard to the case no. CS0345238, regarding introducing autosave option after every 1 min or less. Similar feature is available in other stress analysis software can't same be availed in Auto PIPE as well, because...
    Guest over 1 year ago in AutoPIPE Pipe Stress 1 Needs review

    Display response spectrum acceleration results using the 'interactive' results viewer (showing deformed model and acceleration values)

    The AutoPIPE 'interactive" menu has a way to display displacement results and filter results. Presently, the acceleration results in a response spectrum analysis are only viewable from the text result files or excel reports. Having a GUI accelera...
    Guest about 3 years ago in UI 0 Needs review

    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 3 years ago in Analysis 1 Needs review

    支架选择中增加固定支架选项

    管系应力分析计算时，经常需要设置固定支架，该支架承受垂直、水平、径向三个方向（即轴系中 xyz三向）的 力，且此处三向位移均约束 0。现有支架选项只能通过滑动支架+限位支架组合实现该功能。但是计算结果输出到路草支吊架软件时，会自动视别 为两个支架。 When calculating the stress analysis of the piping system, it is often necessary to set a fixed bracket, which bears the f...
    Guest over 1 year ago in AutoPIPE Pipe Stress 1 Planned

    Wind Load calculator for AS1170.2 for Australia

    This would save time with setting up wind loads, anyone designing in australia would benefit. Competitors software already has this
    Paul Nielsen over 1 year ago in Code 0 Needs review