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Stresses during lifting when vessel is inerted

It would be useful to add the verification of the stresses during lifting when the equipment is inerted with nitrogen at 0.5 barg (or with another gas at another pressure). The temperature could be also selected (room or higher temperature). The e...
4 months ago in AutoPIPE Vessel 0 Needs review

Bring back the Bentley AutoPIPE User Accreditation Program

As per the note in read on the top of this page, please bring back the user accreditation program
about 1 year ago in AutoPIPE / AutoPIPE Pipe Stress 1 Needs review

API 620 design for storage tanks

API 620 design for storage tanks
9 months ago in AutoPIPE Vessel 0 Needs review

Floating roof modeling and design for storage tanks

Floating roof modeling and design for storage tanks
9 months ago in AutoPIPE Vessel 0 Needs review

Ring Tool - Ability to define Branch Type for each projection angle

Currently, the Ring Tool is limited to apply all Run Branch types or all Tee Branch Types. Why doesn't the tool allow the user to independently define which nodes need to be tees or runs? See attached screenshot for details.
over 1 year ago in AutoPIPE / Modelling 0 Needs review

Wind load acc. to EN 1991-1-4 (Wind)

In the European Union we design wind loads acc. to EN 1991-1-4 (Wind), hence it would be nice if wind loads are implemented as in other pipe stress analysis programs.
almost 2 years ago in AutoPIPE / AutoPIPE Pipe Stress 0 Needs review

Vessels during transport

In the case of horizontal vessels, it must be possible to lock both sadles in order to carry out a correct calculation under transport conditions (taking into account longitudinal acceleration on both sadles).
about 1 year ago in AutoPIPE Vessel 0 Needs review

Weld dimension on brackets and lifting accessories

It should be possible to impose a weld bead dimension in the "brackets and lifting accessories" masks. This value is set at 0.7 x the minimum thickness of the shell or wear plate. In the case of large thicknesses, this results in an unfeasible wel...
about 1 year ago in AutoPIPE Vessel 0 Needs review

Design of butt-welded nozzle

Please add the possibility to design the attached nozzle. I regularly have this kind of model and the fatigue analysis is not possible in APV.
9 months ago in AutoPIPE Vessel 0 Needs review

Fatigue in ASME VIII Div.1

Please add the possibility to perform a fatigue analysis directly in ASME VII Div.1 without choosing Div.2. When I choose Div.2, all the calculations and the allowable stresses are of course different.
9 months ago in AutoPIPE Vessel 0 Needs review