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Reporting

Export unit vectors for local axis of a node.

For a point (say A00) , I would like to obtain the local coordinate system as unit vectors, such as: Local X direction = [Xx, Xy, Xz]Local Y direction = [Yx, Yy, Yz]Local Z direction = [Zx, Zy, Zz] I am also interested in exporting this informatio...
Guest 14 days ago in Reporting Needs review

Support Load - Resultant Vector

Result Grid provide a resultant value for the loads in the X, Y, and Z directions. Would it be possible to calculate the angle of the resultant vector in the X, Y, and Z directions?
Guest 14 days ago in Reporting Needs review

Save Displacement Animation to a MPG file to send to client

Need the ability to save the displacement animation to a MPEG file. Add an option on the dialog box to send output to either Screen or File (avi, mpeg, mpg, etc.) when Animate load case is checked.
Guest 17 days ago in Reporting 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 about 2 years ago in Reporting Future consideration

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 over 1 year ago in Reporting 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 over 1 year ago in Reporting Needs review

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 9 months ago in Reporting Planned

User Having to Re-import .CMB File After Saving .APC File

When saving APC files, the code/non-code combinations get reset to default by AutoPIPE. User has to go though an extra step of re-importing the relevant .CMB file after saving the APC file. If there is a way to have AutoPIPE maintain the already s...
Fouad Tabbaq about 1 year ago in Reporting Will not implement

Please modify the latest version of Autopipe so that it exports a PST file.

The pst file is used to automate the preparation of the thermal stress calculation sheet and the support design condition sheet. However, it cannot be used if the version of autopipe is upgraded. Your company's policy is to invalidate assets that ...
Guest 4 months ago in Reporting Needs review

Support Results grids local direction should be user friendly and consistent

Open the results grids, select the support tab, and locate the columns for LocalDir1 - Gap3. Quick what does this refer to: pipe local axis, support local axis? Is this direction consistent across all of the support types (see attached image of Su...
Mike Dattilio about 3 years ago in Reporting Needs review