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Carbon Steel Flange Material

It would be extremely useful to add additional carbon steel flange material to the database drop down list. In my experience, the majority of the pipelines are comprised of the materials shown below and their flanged equivalent. Please add the fol...
7 months ago in AutoPIPE / Analysis 0 Needs review

Total Computing Power

I noticed that Autopipe uses a limited amount of computer power. In a time-history analysis with a modal frequency of 400hz on a relatively small model it took about 30min using only 6 to 9% of the computer's processing power. An improvement in pr...
8 months ago in AutoPIPE / Analysis 3 Needs review

Add label box for flexible joints

It would be helpful if flexible joints could have a label or tag added. This would be similar to how many components in AutoPIPE have the ability to label components, such as supports and anchors.
almost 2 years ago in AutoPIPE / UI 1 Future consideration

Corrosion in saddle bolts activated by "corroded intertias"

Nowadays, for corrosion in the saddle bolts be considered, you have to mark "corroded weight" (see https://communities.bentley.com/products/pipe_stress_analysis/w/pipe_stress_analysis__wiki/69792/26-why-corrosion-allowance-is-not-taking-in-conside...
over 1 year ago in AutoPIPE Vessel 0 Needs review

Angle measurement

It is important to know not only the distance between the two points but also the angle of the pipe with respect to the coordinate axes during creating and modifying a model. I would like you to add another item to the Tools menu called Angle Meas...
almost 4 years ago in AutoPIPE / AutoPIPE Pipe Stress 3 Future consideration

UG-80 and UG-81 Out-of-Roundness Forming - Provide the UG-80 and UG-81 permissible out-of-roundness tolerances needed to conform to these forming requirements according ASME VIII Div. 1

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almost 2 years ago in AutoPIPE Vessel 0 Needs review

Allow user to set the 6 color stress plot ranges as needed

While looking at the Color Stress plot there is a Key in the top left corner with 6 colors and corresponding ranges. These ranges are hard coded into the program. Give the user the options to set these 6 ranges as needed.
almost 2 years ago in AutoPIPE / UI 2 Future consideration

Evaluate General Stress with contour

Requesting the contour style of the general stress. Not only code stress but general stress. We need a visual image with a stress contour to evaluate general stress qualitatively.
8 months ago in AutoPIPE / UI 0 Needs review

Apply joint efficiency factor to ASME B31.1 Expansion allowable

As an example, ASME B31.1 (2020) - section "102.3.2 Limits for Sustained Stresses and Displacement Stress Ranges" - para (b) Displacement Stresses provides the equation 1A for calculation of allowable stress range. Review the definition of Sc and ...
about 2 years ago in AutoPIPE / Analysis 2 Future consideration

Specifying sub-report item under batch run by ntl files

I want to customize the output report items for an automation process. I'm building the system by ntl file. The dat file can customize them but the ntl file cannot.
about 2 years ago in AutoPIPE / Reporting 1 Needs review