• Extracting (or separating) steel model out of AutoPIPE V8i Select back to STAAD

    Hello all, I have a unique situation and wonder if the software has a solution. We have a linked AutoPIPE V8i Select / STAAD PRO file. Sometime after the STAAD steel model was integrated in to the AutoPIPE model, the original STAAD model was lost. Is…
  • Bend forces in Autopipe

    Dear All, I am a University student, working with Autopipe for one of our project. I was asked one question during the project review that how does Autopipe calculates the bend forces (as we do not define the velocity or flow in the pipeline) ?? …
  • Response Specturm

    Dear, I have recently started working with AutoPipe Nuclear and I have been asked to do the response spectrum analysis. I have referred the help files and the community posts but I am got getting the basic idea of defining the basics of response…
  • Warning message (W726-10: User SIF required at junction at point )

    Dear All, I am facing the problem with branch connection, as the main run is of dia. 400mm and two branch connections are of 150mm placed in opposite direction. I tried to specify the SIF's but still m not getting rid of this warning and doesnt autopipe…
  • New user

    Hi, I am a new user to Autopipe and just tried finding few features, as mentioned below 1> How to activate liberal allowables stresses? 2> Can I modify modulus of elasticity to get the loads at max temperature. (I need to know both load with cold…
  • Autopipe V8i (series 4): LOC and general stress report

    Hi all, I am new for Autopipe. Got a question here: If I am not mistaken, the general stress is calculated every 15 deg. It seems that Autopipe only report stress at LOC: Location around pipe section of maximum combined stress. My question is…
  • Minimum Principal Stress

    Hi Guys I am almost beginer within Autopipe and just have a question about the min principal stress in the reported results. One formula has been mentioned in the help file that is for calculating Sigma1 and Sigma2. But the value for the sigma2 is…
  • Thrust/Anchor Block

    Dear, Can anyone suggest how a Thrust block is modeled in Autopipe?? I have approached for the same like as in CAESAR II i.e. changing property of the soil near anchor/thrust blocks but what is the correct method to model a thrust block in AutoPipe…