AutoPIPE - AutoPIPE at-a-glance

Modeling

Single line, wire-frame and solid render drawing modes
CAD style single, double, or quad view ports
Vertical axis (Y or Z) can be switched on the fly
On-screen distance calculator for accurate coordinate checks
Built-in valve actuator for more accurate valve modeling
Segment management: reverse, split, join, and re-order segments
CAD line class and line numbers
Connectivity checker to avoid model disconnects
English, metric, SI, and user-defined units
Extensive ANSI/ASME, DIN, EN, JIS, GD, GB, GOST, and GRP/FRP standard piping component and material libraries
Structural steel modeling using structural databases for 17 countries
Expansion joint modeling with tie rod assemblies
Model import from AutoPLANT®, PlantSpace®, OpenPlant®, MicroStation®, Excel®, AutoCAD®,Intergraph PDS®, SmartPlant®, Aveva PDMS®, CADWORX®, SolidWorks®, Inventor®, Plant 3D, CATIA®, and PlantFLOW®
PIPELINK bi-directional integration with STAAD.Pro
Automatic stress isometric generation in DXF, DWG or DGN formats with engineers mark-ups
Model geometry data export into AutoPLANT®, MicroStation®, and AutoCAD®
Automated ring main wizard
Automatic ASCE soil calculator

ASME B31.1 (multiple years), B31.3, B31.4, and B31.8
ASME Sec. 3, Class I, II, and III (multiple years from 1972)
European Standard Metallic Industrial Piping EN13480
B31.4, B31.8, B31.4 Offshore, B31.8 Offshore and CSA_Z662 Offshore codes, DNV OS F101 offshore code
Canadian CAN/CSA–Z662
British Standard BS 806, BS 7159 (GRP piping code)
FRP ISO 14692
ASME N755 HDPE Code Case
Russian SNIP 2.05.06-85 Oil and Gas
Swedish Piping Code (SPC) Method 2
Norwegian Det Norske Veritas (DNV) and TBK 5-6
Dutch Stoomwezen D1101
Japanese KHK, MITI class 3, JSME NC1-PPC and General Fire Protection code
French RCC-M and SNCT

Unlimited static analysis to examine different loading scenarios including hot modulus for any combination of 100 thermal, 10 seismic, 10 wind, and 50 dynamic load cases.
Automatic generation of wind profiles per ASCE and UBC guidelines
Wave loading and buoyancy for offshore applications
Hydrotest analysis with locking spring hangers
Fluid transient utilities for water and steam hammer plus relief valve load analysis
Automatic spring hanger sizing from 27 manufacturers
State-of-the-art nonlinear support gap, friction, yielding, and soil interaction with advanced features of seismic wave propagation, overburden and settlement loads, and stresses to ASCE, AWWA, and ASME
Thermal stratification bowing analysis
Thermal transient analysis (TTA), fatigue and high energy/leakage design for ASME Class 1
Seismic static and response spectra load generator to IBC, Euro, ASCE, Indian, Spanish, Mexican, and Chinese, standards
Ec/Eh ratio applied to expansion stresses for any piping code
Integrated flange loading analysis per ASME VIII Div 1 and 2, ASME III App XI, and ANSI B16.5
Nozzle flexibility analysis per API 650 App. P, ASME Class 1, WRC 297 and Biljaard methods

Results saved to Microsoft Access MDB file for post-processing
Automatic or user-defined load combinations grid
Automated batch processing
Maximum intermediate stresses
Reference point for manufacturer equipment loading reports
Rotating equipment calculations to API 610, NEMA and API 617, and user-defined standards
Results can be filtered and sorted by stress, deflection, or load criteria

Design and model piping

Analyze and visualize pipe stress

Check pipe stress displacements and clashes

Comply with industry codes and standards

Reference structural model for pipe stress analysis