AutoPIPE Guide is a real-world Guide behavior under applied structural movement where the pipe is both guided and supported on the steel structure. Caesar shows a nonconservative friction load on the guided support. This creates wrong behavior and results of a ‘real-world’ guide.
Download the attached document, "Non-Linear: AutoPIPE vs Caesar Guide Explained", for complete details on the subject.
See Also:
Non-linear Load Sequencing Explained
Loads and Load Sets - AutoPIPE