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Cone + Nozzle at apex + Bend

Be able to model a bend at the bottom of a cone, to drain the vessel and model it up to the skirt.
12 days ago in AutoPIPE Vessel Needs review

Add IS 1893 (Part 4): 2024 Earthquake Code for Industrial Structures and Stack-Like Structures

Currently, AutoPIPE Vessel supports IS 1893 (Part 4) editions 2005 and 2015 for earthquake load calculations. However, the latest IS 1893 (Part 4): 2024 – Criteria for Earthquake Resistant Design of Structures, Part 4: Industrial Structures Includ...
9 days ago in AutoPIPE Vessel Needs review

Results Grids: add support Attachment ID and Directional cosign information

While the Attachment ID and Directional cosign information can be found in other results reports / dialogs, it would be very convenient to include both of these details on the results grids, support tab.
23 days ago in AutoPIPE / UI Needs review

Correction of Gasket Seating Width Calculation in Flange Check (ASME VIII)

Currently, AutoPIPE calculates the gasket seating width (N) using the gasket outside diameter (OD) and inside diameter (ID), N=(Gasket OD-Gasket ID)/2. As per ASME Section VIII (Sketch 1a), the gasket seating width should be calculated based on th...
about 2 months ago in AutoPIPE / Analysis 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...
7 months ago in AutoPIPE / Modelling Reviewed

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 ...
about 2 years ago in AutoPIPE / Reporting Future consideration

Rotate command should update Anchor translational and rotational stiffness components

When an Anchor support is rotated using the Rotate command in AutoPIPE, the translational and rotational stiffness components do not update to reflect the new orientation. This leads to stiffness being applied in the wrong directions relative to t...
6 months ago in AutoPIPE / Modelling Reviewed

external corrosion

Add the possibility to consider an external corrosion (acting on external diameters)
9 months ago in AutoPIPE Vessel Reviewed

PCC-1 Appendix O

Implementation of PCC-1 Appendix O for bolt stress determination
10 months ago in AutoPIPE Vessel Future consideration

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.
4 months ago in AutoPIPE Vessel Needs review