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Bentley AutoPIPE CONNECT Edition v11 (v11.04.00.10) - English

Bentley AutoPIPE CONNECT Edition is a stand-alone, engineering application for the calculation of piping stresses, fatigue stresses, fluid transient, bowing or thermal transient analysis, flange or pipe support design, and equipment nozzle loading analysis under static and dynamic loading conditions. In addition to 30+ piping codes, AutoPIPE incorporates ASME, JSME, British Standard, European, API, NEMA, ANSI, ASCE, AISC, UBC, GOST and WRC guidelines and design limits to provide a comprehensive analysis of the entire system.

This new release provides new features, critical code updates, and enhanced product interoperability. This is a product generation update for AutoPIPE CONNECT (v11.03.00.08) which includes several bug fixes plus the following new features:

What is New & Changed in AutoPIPE

The following outline identifies new features and enhancements in the AutoPIPE CONNECT Edition version 11.4.. 

Analysis

• Flange Analysis
  • The allowable value for flange allowable stresses is now determined by the attached piping materials / piping code.
  • A warning is now issued when the calculated Bsc exceeds 1 and is not included in calculations.
  • An option has been added to substitute "B1" for the inside diameter of flange "B".
  • The flange analysis workflow has been updated to perform automatic ANSI checks for all flanges in the model.
  • External flange loads are now included in determining bolt stresses.

Library

• The Vendor Valve catalogs are now certified for commercial consumption.

General

• CONNECT Advisor is now fully integrated, including Contextual assistance, Expert Advisor, and the Ribbon command search utility. 

Reports

• • A new check has been implemented to verify the selection of points before running a report that limits results to selected node points.
  • Export SQLite DB Input and Output Reports  [Technology Preview ] 
    • Users now have more power to create data reports with the information that is important to their teams with the new SQLite DB export capability and a custom report manager.
  • AutoPIPE Report Manager  [Technology Preview ] 
    • The query designer can be used to export custom reports to Excel with charts and pivot tables.

Interoperability

• • Stress Isometrics with Open Plant Isometrics Manager (OPIM)
    • Separate support and anchor tags are now available to control the information to print on isometrics.
    • The default acronym for non-standard Pipe has been changed to avoid confusion with Nominal Pipe Size.
  • Read/write controls have been added to Integrated Structural Model (ISM) for better integration with Structural Analysis and Plant Design products.  [Technology Preview ] 
  • All Piping Codes and Material Libraries have been added to the PCF Translator.

Security Release Notes

• Not applicable to this release.

Technology Previews - Provide users preliminary access to features currently in development but not yet ready for production. These features are provided at no additional charge to promote awareness of a feature or technology to be deployed in a future release. Users are encouraged to provide feedback and suggestions. Now all Technology previews are available in the application. These commands have '[Technology Preview]' displayed in the tool tip. 

Detailed Readme: 

• English

Note: 

1. Readme file contains limited amount of information about errors / enhancements, only QA&R members have access to detailed Error Reports

Download, Install, and License Procedure:

See procedure here

Installed with AutoPIPE:

Validation Certificate:

Program Name: AutoPIPE CONNECT Edition v.11.04
Revision or Version Number: v11.04.00.10

The above computer program has been validated by both manual and automated testing procedures as part of a comprehensive product test plan consisting of more than 700 verification and validation test cases. Software quality metrics are defined against a quality standard established by existing and historical commercial versions of the program. Bentley Systems, Inc. maintains a quality assurance program t hat controls the life cycle activities of this computer program for the design of nuclear safety related piping in compliance with ASME NQA-1-2008/ 2009a, 10 CFR Part 50 Appendix B, and 10 CFR Part 21 quality standards. Test plans and validation data are on file at Bentley's Walnut Creek, California, USA office. 

Support for this computer program is described in Bentley SELECT Program Agreement and includes 24/7 telephone, email, and web based support along with free upgrades and updates as they become available.

See copy of Software Validation Certificate by starting AutoPIPE, select Help Ribbon, Software Validation certificate icon. 

See Also

AutoPIPE CONNECT Release Notes (10.00.xx.xx - higher)

How do I download, install, and license AutoPIPE?

Bentley AutoPIPE