- What file formats can AutoPIPE Import/Export?
1. AutoPIPE Files:
a. AutoPIPE model (DAT)
b. AutoPIPE Backup (BAK)
c. AutoPIPE Batch (NTL)
d. Archive (APC)
2. AutoPIPE Translators:
Note: before importing a file int AutoPIPE, be sure to perform the following commands in the original application creating these files
- audit
- purge
- database clean
a. ADL PIPE Translator (*.ADI)
Import ADLPIPE file into AutoPIPE
b. PCF Translator (*.PCF)
Import application generated PCF files from:
i. Autodesk Inventor v. Solidworks
ii. Autodesk Plant 3D vi. Catia
iii. CADWorx vii. Medusa
iv. SmartPlant 3D viii. AutoDesk Revit
c. Strait Translator (*.n)
Import PDS files into AutoPIPE
d. ISM (*.ism)
Update from Repository
3. Other Formats
a. After import, how to fix piping that are not all connected?
b. AutoCAD DWG / DXFMS (XLS, XLSX, TXT)
c. AutoDesk REVIT (PCF, ISM)
d. Aveva E3D PSI (XML)
e. Bechtel (NTL/INP)
f. Bentley AutoPlant / OpenPLANT (PXF)
->PXF Import : CADAP.MAP Options
h. Bentley Microstation (XLS, XLSX, TXT)
i. Bentley PlantSPACE (PSDS)
k. Bentley Sacs (PIPELINK or ISM)
l. Bentley STAAD Using PipeLink or Sqlite Pipelink
(PIPELINK or PIPELINK.DB)
m. CAD (general) To Stress Integration
n. CIMSteel Integration Standards (CIS/2) (STP)
o. caesar (CII)
q. MS Excel (XLS, XLSX, TXT)
r. Intergraph PDS (N)
s. OpenBIM data exchange (IFC)
t. PipeNet
u. PDMS (Plant Design Management System) using I-Sketch, I-Run or Spoolgen (CII)
-> PDMS using I-Sketch, I-Run or Spoolgen
v. PTC Creo
4. General Questions
1. Maintain node numbers on imported geometry