AutoPIPE's CAE development team is constantly updating the program with new enhancements based in part on already logged enhancements from Service Requests and our belief what users would like added to the program. However, we would like to provide another avenue for people to voice their opinion on what new features they would like in AutoPIPE.
Please add your comments on what enhancements YOU would like to see added to the next version of AutoPIPE:
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Regards,
Mike Dattilio
Bentley Technical Support Analyst
1. Slope presets. It would be nice to be able to just say all piping has an 1/8" slope and then draw the piping and the horizontal pipe is already sloped for you. You would be able to adjust the slope at any time, but the preset slope helps.
2. single sided support modeling. Have seen this in many installations were a single support is used on a stanchion on a vertical line. Imagine a vertical pipe, but with only a support on the North side of it, holding the load of the vertical line.
3. Custom output report tables in excel format. Mainly for support and anchor reactions. Displacement is nice on occasion, but mainly concerned with the supports and anchors and pulling the operating, maximum, and occasional reactions.
1. Comfortable exporting of 3D model to jpg or pdf format with high quality to include it in stress report.
2. Direct importing model from PlantSpace or OpenPlant.
3. Possibility to calculate pipe's total surface area.
Also it would be good to add "description field" to additional weight