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Add ability to insert support breakaway based on Friction load

Some manufacturer components define breakaway behavior based on applied load exceeding a specified friction force, rather than through a stiffness-based definition. After breakaway occurs, the component moves to a new position without any restorin...
16 days ago in AutoPIPE / Modelling 0 Needs review

Wind: input speed instead of pressure

Give the possibility to input the speed, which is the most common data, to supply for the deprecated functionality in the Help that helps us do the translation from speed to pressure.
30 days ago in AutoPIPE Vessel 0 Needs review

Add the units back to column headers for wind profiles

In previous versions of Autopipe, on wind profiles, the units for the various columns were listed with the column headers. In V25, these have been removed. There are other ways to confirm the units being used, but they take a bit of work to dig in...
11 days ago in AutoPIPE / UI 0 Needs review

Tubesheet: weld overlay and flange input

A weld overlay is material that should not be included in strength calculations. It is used for its chemical properties. The total thickness should be used for weight calculations, while thickness - overlay thck be used for strength calculations. ...
25 days ago in AutoPIPE Vessel 0 Needs review

Lifting accesories: check as independent component (Component Design)

Be able to check a lug or trunnion separately form a vessel inside the Component Design Module.
25 days ago in AutoPIPE Vessel 0 Needs review

ASME UPX: include Plate heat exchanger calculation as per UPX

Include component calculation for plate heat exchangers as per UPX.
25 days ago in AutoPIPE Vessel 0 Needs review

Add new support type for wall and roof penetrations

We typically model wall and roof penetrations as guides with clearance gaps of approximately 0.5 to 1.5 inches in all directions. These modeled clearances are then used to verify load transfer and confirm that the gaps are adequate at each penetra...
4 months ago in AutoPIPE / Modelling 2 Reviewed

Improve HX Bundle dialog, move Flow section data

Currently, Tube Bundle Properties → Tubes dialog represent rows and patterns available used to add tubes, coordinates show where the row are, and section are filled when tubes are present. Next open Project Properties dialog and go to in Bundle Ta...
15 days ago in AutoPIPE Vessel 0 Needs review

Convert Global Analysis Results to Local Axis through Batch Generator

Converting the analysis results of a model that is in the global axis to the local axis from the batch generator can be very convenient and ideal for automation. If I wanted to run, say, a Python file that calls the batch generator to run analysis...
15 days ago in AutoPIPE / Reporting 0 Needs review

Model variation: provide a tool to follow/register changes between models

When designing a vessel, several variations of a same vessels are studied. Sometimes keeping track of changes is difficult as we forget what input data was altered. Provide a comparison table of changes or another tool to compare and follow modifi...
30 days ago in AutoPIPE Vessel 0 Needs review