Adding an option to export the Maximum Code Stresses Color Graphics in .DGN format. The user can utilize this feature to present the code stresses in a more visual way in Navisworks.
Support Report: Remove all global results from Local columns
For V-stops and Hanger support types, the Support report prints global values as local values. Example, see attached image. Notice the Global axis direction is different from the indicated pipe's local axis direction. Next notice the support's Loc...
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 ...
User Having to Re-import .CMB File After Saving .APC File
When saving APC files, the code/non-code combinations get reset to default by AutoPIPE. User has to go though an extra step of re-importing the relevant .CMB file after saving the APC file. If there is a way to have AutoPIPE maintain the already s...
It would help users trying to extract maximum loads from the floating loads window if it included a copy to clipboard button which copied the loads, directions and load case to the clipboard. Currently, users have to manually type this and this ca...
Add Feature to Allow Specific Gravity to be Changed for Different P/T Cases
At the moment, specific gravity is entered under Pipe Properties and cannot be changed for different pressure/temperature load cases. If there are different load cases, where a section of the model may be filled with water in Case 1 but filled wit...
AutoPipe Nozzle has been discontinued for some time now. Many users and prospects are looking for this feature in the latest version of AutoPipe which is missing. It is good to have this feature back in AutoPipe future versions
ASME released ASME NM.1 for thermoplastic piping systems. It is handy for stress analysis of plastic pipes (PVC, CPVC, HDPE. PE, ...) compared to ASME B31.3. It will be beneficial if Autopipe includes this code as an option for analysis.
I would like to import a Caesar II model. However, I was not able to. I asked for Bentley's tech support help, but I was directed to look at 'Import a Caesar II Neutral (CII) File' from AutoPIPE's help. It is just a general guide. There were a few...