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Updating PD 5500

Please could we add the latest additions of PD 5500 to the design standards. In South Africa, the competing design codes are ASME and PD due to the selection of materials that our legislation permits. As a result, ensuring that Bentley AutoPIPE Ve...
12 months ago in AutoPIPE Vessel 0 Needs review

Please update piping codes EN 13480 to latest revisions

Last specified update of AutoPipe got only EN 13480 +A4:2021 Our clients asks to use latests revisions (as of now - 2024.08.09) in our projects. According to EN list there should be EN 13480 +A5:2022 (edited data, originally got wrong list of code...
7 months ago in AutoPIPE / Code 4 Future consideration

Release limitation of PIPE ID character length

Users of a company in Japan name PIPE ID under specific rule in P&ID and 3D-CAD while AutoPIPE has a limitation for PIPE ID's character length as 8 words. So they convert the PIPE ID for AutoPIPE limitation, but there is a possibility that it ...
over 3 years ago in AutoPIPE / AutoPIPE Pipe Stress 2 Will not implement

Parameters for skirt design in EN13445 (and CODAP)

Please add the possibility to enter the values lt, ht and eat according to EN13445 16.12.4 for the design of skirt. In my attached file, when changing lt to 179.7 mm and eat to 7.7 mm, the formula (16.12-70) is now verified without changing the sk...
7 months ago in AutoPIPE Vessel 0 Needs review

Longitudinal loads: add longitudinal wind and longitudinal bending moments

Today only transversal wind is considered, but longitudinal wind may be significant for big vessel. In addition, those moments and loads whould be found in the foundation loads. Also, if a External load is applied, the only moment availalbe ("bend...
over 1 year ago in AutoPIPE Vessel 0 Planned

Expansion Bellows - Option to input the number of half-convolutions (e.g. 2.5)

It is not possible to set 2.5 Convolutions (N). In some cases, I have to consider bellow with 2.5 convolution, but I cannot design as there is no option to enter this value.
10 months ago in AutoPIPE Vessel 0 Needs review

Add Victaulic fitting

AutoPIPE can model a Victaulic fitting using a number of approach mentioned here . However this is a very difficult and demanding process. Not to mention, that in some case there are converging issues related to multiple Flexible joints on connect...
over 1 year ago in AutoPIPE / Modelling 2 Future consideration

Girth flange calculation - Override bolt area

Add an option to override the selected bolt area. This can be helpful when non standard neck-down bolt is used.
over 1 year ago in AutoPIPE Vessel 1 Needs review

Stress Isometric: populate isometric title block

Add options to export data from AutoPIPE that will to fill in attribute data for a Stress Isometric title block.
almost 2 years ago in AutoPIPE / UI 1 Needs review

Create custom flange for a nozzle

Sometimes designers want to create a custom flange specially for large diameter nozzle which can then be checked as a body flange (Appendix 2 etc.). Currently this can be done as a separate model but an option to include custom flange to a nozzle ...
11 months ago in AutoPIPE Vessel 0 Needs review