| Applies To | |
| Product(s): | AutoPIPE |
| Version(s): | ALL |
| Area: | Readme |
| Date Logged & Current Version | June 2022 12.08.01.010 |
Note:
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| What is New & Changed in AutoPIPE® |
The following outline identifies new features and enhancements in the AutoPIPE CONNECT Edition version 12.08.01.010.
- Piping Codes
- Added ASME B31.3 2020 - Process Piping. This edition of B31.3 piping code mandates the use of ASME B31J for SIF and Flexibility calculations. A new option is now available in the Result Model Options that allows the use of ASME B31J Table 1.1 General Note (d) for sustained moment indices calculations. For branch connections, the use of effective section modulus (Ze) is now removed.
- Reports
- When importing an Aveva E3D pipe stress file, Tags (from Supports, Valves, and Flanges) and Attachment IDs (from Supports) are now supported.
- Microsoft Word Report templates have been updated to improve overall quality.
- General
- A Model Explorer utility has been implemented to enable easier location of specific models. Search criteria and filter controls are also available.
- The Tee Point dialog has been modified to automatically populate dynamic fields upon data entry.
- Security Release Notes
- Not applicable to this release.
- Notes
- Features related to the DGN file format removed in v12.07.00.346 have been reinstated.
- Security Release Notes
- Not applicable to this release.
| AutoPIPE® Requirements |
More detailed installation information can be found in the AutoPIPE Quick Start Guide.
Product Version
| Product | AutoPIPE |
| Version | v.12.08.01.010 |
| Language |
English, Japanese, Polish, Chinese |
Included Applications Versions
| PCF Translator | v1.2.0.063 |
| STRAIT | v6.0.0.16 |
| ADL Pipe | v1.0.0.22 |
| AutoPIPE Nozzle | v8.11.8.38 |
| OPIM | v10.10.00.71 |
| Connection Client | v11.0.3.25 |
Installation Requirements
CD drive or access to the Internet required for product installation. The minimum system configuration for installation:
| Operating System | Microsoft Windows 8 Professional or higher Microsoft Windows 8.1 Professional or higher (with KB2919355 Update) Microsoft Windows 10 Professional or higher |
| .NET Framework |
4.7.2 |
When installing the product through the installer program, the required components will be installed automatically. The contents of the Desktop Prerequisite Pack include:
- Microsoft® .NET Framework 4.7.2
- Microsoft® VC++ 2015-2019 Redistributable
- Microsoft® VC++ 2015-2019 x64 Redistributable
- Microsoft® Visual C++ 2005 Service Pack 1 Redistributable Package MFC Security Update
- CONNECTION Client - 11.0.3.25
Minimum Profile
The minimum recommended workstation profile for running AutoPIPE is:
| Processor | Intel Pentium IV or higher. |
| Memory | 1 GB recommended. More memory almost always improves performance, particularly when working with larger models. |
| Hard Disk | 1 GB free disk space (not including Restore Point space requirements). |
| Video Graphics Card | Any industry-standard video card which supports OpenGL 3D graphics. |
| ProjectWise |
ProjectWise Server 10.00.03.299 with ProjectWise Explorer 10.00.03.453, |
| OpenPlant Isometrics Manager |
Connect Edition Update 10 - 10.10.00.71 Note: Users can use OpenPlant Isometrics Manager (OPIM) to review Stress Isometrics created by AutoPIPE without an entitlement for OPIM, provided they are opened from within AutoPIPE. Direct use of OPIM without an entitlement will log usage and may lead to charges. Click here for more information. |
| PDF Reader | Adobe® Acrobat Reader 7.0 or greater |
| Download and Installation |
See the AutoPIPE Quick Start Guide (..\Documents\Quickstart_AutoPIPE.pdf) for more information on downloading and installing AutoPIPE.
To complete the licensing process, you must have the appropriate roles assigned by your Site Administrator. If you have not been assigned these roles, you will need to obtain the name of your Site Administrator by submitting a Service Request at http://apps.bentley.com/srmanager/ProductSupport.
If you are experiencing problems logging into your Bentley account, please contact Bentley at 1-800-BENTLEY (1-800-236-8539). Outside the United States +1 610-458-5000.
Network Considerations - Network drives are only supported for data files.
- AutoPIPE software must be installed on a local client workstation.
- AutoPIPE data files (*.DAT) must have full read/write access to be opened and edited.
| Applications Included in the Installation Package |
AutoPIPE Standard, AutoPIPE Advanced, AutoPIPE Nuclear, and add-ons are installed from one executable.
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- AutoPIPE Standard - The standard configuration of AutoPIPE includes these features:
- Hanger selection, static linear and non-linear, modal, and response spectrum (SRSS combination method only)
- Static Earthquake - ALA, ASCE, Chinese GB50011, Mexican CFE, and User Profile
- Static Wind - ASCE, UBC and User profile
- ASME B31.1, B31.3, B31J, B31.4, B31.8, European EN13480, and General piping code
- Rotating equipment reports
- Beam elements for modeling frames and supports
- Library utilities
- Thermal Bowing
- Snow Loading
- Analysis Sets for multiple static analyses
- STAAD Structural Libraries (17 countries)
- Flange Analysis, ANSI Check
- AutoPIPE Advanced - Incorporates all of the features of the Standard version, as listed above with the following additions:
- Harmonic, Force spectrum, Time history, and SAM
- Buried pipe
- NUREG combinations and code case 411 spectrum
- Static correction - Missing mass correction and ZPA
- Wave loading and buoyancy, fluid transient loads, and relief valve loads
- Nuclear power piping codes: ASME B31.1-1967
- Offshore piping codes: ASME B31.4 Chap. IX, ASME B31.8 Chap. VIII, CSA-Z662 Sect. 11
- International piping codes
- Flange Analysis: ASME Section VIII Div 1, Div 2, Appendix XI
- KHK Level 1
- Buried pipe w/ automatic Soil Calculator
- 50 Response Spectrum load cases
- Canadian piping codes
- Russian SNIP 2.05.06-85 Oil & Gas
- ISO 14692
- KHK Level 2 piping code (note 1)
- AutoPIPE Nuclear - Incorporates all of the features of the Advanced version, as listed above with the following additions:
- ASME Class I/II/III design
- JSME PPC
- ASME Class I Thermal transient analysis (TTA)
- ASME Class I Ovality, Gross discontinuity, Delta T1, T2 loadings
- Fatigue Analysis
- JSME S NC1-PPC
- KHK2 Add-on for AutoPIPE Advanced or Nuclear - allows the use of the Japanese KHK Level 2 piping code in the Advanced or Nuclear version.
- Intergraph PDS, SmartPlant and ADLPipe Translators - This release installs three translators to import models from other applications to AutoPIPE.
- Intergraph PDS, SmartPlant and ADLPipe translators included
- AutoPIPE File > Import menu updated to include 3 new options
- Easy to locate installation directory; all installed under "C:\Bentley\AutoPIPE Translators"
- AutoPIPE Standard - The standard configuration of AutoPIPE includes these features:
| Documentation |
Program Help: Detailed feature information may be accessed directly from the calling application by selecting the Help command, or by pressing the Help button from any of the application dialogs. Be sure to explore the program Help for answers to your questions. A set of supplemental How To, Tutorial, and Reference Information documents in PDF format are provided in the Supplemental Documentation folder (Bentley AutoPIPE > Supplemental Information) of the main Program Help file (autopipe.chm).
Tutorials: Documentation for AutoPIPE applications is provided online in the Adobe.pdf format. These files are accessible from the Help Menu. All documents can be browsed, searched, or printed with the Adobe Acrobat Reader. Information and how to download a FREE copy of the Adobe Acrobat Reader can be obtained from http://www.adobe.com/.
It is highly recommended that you obtain the latest version of the Adobe Acrobat Reader..
| Piping Codes |
This sections contains the list of piping codes, code editions supported and AutoPIPE license edition (Standard, Advanced or Nuclear) for which these items are supported.
Standard Edition Piping Codes
| Piping Code | Description |
| B31.1 Power | Power Piping |
| B31.3 Process Piping | Process Piping |
| B31.4 Liquid Trans. | Liquid Transportation Systems for Hydrocarbons, Liquid Petroleum Gas, Anhydrous Ammonia and Alcohols |
| B31.8 Gas Trans. & Dist. | Gas Transmission and Distribution Piping Systems |
| EN 13480 | European Piping Code for Metallic Industrial Piping |
| General | General Piping Code |
| ASME B31J |
Stress intensification factors, flexibility factors, and sustained stress factors used in B31 piping analysis |
Extra Codes Available in AutoPIPE Advanced Edition
AutoPIPE Advanced includes all codes available in AutoPIPE Standard, as well as the following codes.
| Piping Code | Description |
| CSA-Z662 | Canadian Standards Association, Oil and Gas Pipeline System |
| CSA-Z662 Offshore | Canadian Standards Association, Offshore Steel Pipelines |
| BS 806 | Design and Construction of Ferrous Piping Installations for and in Connection with Land Boilers |
| BS 7159 | Design and Construction of Glass Reinforced Plastics (GRP) Piping Systems for Individual Plants or Sites |
| SPC-2 | Swedish Piping Code, Method 2 |
| TBK5-6 | General Rules for Piping, The Norwegian Pressure Vessel Committee |
| STOOMWEZEN | Dutch Piping Rule D1101 of the Rules for Pressure Vessels |
| DNV Offshore | Det Norske Veritas, Rules for Submarine Pipelines |
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MITI 501 | MITI 501 Class III Piping Code |
| KHK | KHK E 012 Piping Code, Seismic Level 1 or 2 (Seismic Level 2 requires a KHK 2 Add-On license) |
| RCC-M | French Piping Code for Power Industry |
| SNCT | French Piping Code for Process Industry |
| SNIP Russian 2.05.06-85 Oil & Gas | Russian SNIP piping code for oil and gas |
| ISO 14692 | Petroleum and Natural Gas Industries - Glass Reinforced Plastics (GRP) Piping |
| B31.4 Offshore | Offshore Liquid Piping Systems |
| B31.8 Offshore | Offshore Gas Transmission |
| B31.12 Hydrogen Industrial Piping | ASME B31.12 Hydrogen Pipelines (Section IP) |
| B31.12 Hydrogen Pipelines | ASME B31.12 Hydrogen Pipelines (Section PL) |
Extra Codes Available in AutoPIPE Nuclear Edition
AutoPIPE Nuclear includes all codes available in AutoPIPE Standard and AutoPIPE Advanced, as well as the following codes.
| Piping Code | Description |
| ASME NB Nuclear | Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code, Rules for Construction of Nuclear Power Plant Components; Division 1, Subsection NC, Class 1 Components |
| ASME NC Nuclear | Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code, Rules for Construction of Nuclear Power Plant Components; Division 1, Subsection NC, Class 2 Components |
| ASME ND Nuclear | Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code, Rules for Construction of Nuclear Power Plant Components; Division 1, Subsection ND, Class 3 Components |
| JSME PPC Nuclear | JSME S NC1: Rules on Design and Construction for Nuclear Power Plants, Class 2 Piping |
| How to Activate AutoPIPE® |
Subscription Entitlement Service is Bentley's new licensing model, providing enhanced security and optimized value for your Bentley Subscriptions. It is integrated with Bentley's Identity Management System (IMS) and the Bentley CONNECT technology platform to allow near real-time reporting of usage, improved alert messaging to users and increased administrative capabilities to license administrators in your organization. It will not only give you more options to monitor and manage usage but also provide new, advanced licensing features that will enhance digital workflows.
Activation
With Subscription Entitlement Service, all users must be registered with Bentley's Identity Management System (IMS) and sign in to the CONNECTION Client to access Bentley applications. Product activation will now occur through user sign-in to the CONNECTION Client with a valid IMS ID associated with their account. User sign-in will replace traditional activation keys, offering enhanced security as administrators will be able to control which users have access to Bentley software. License entitlements are granted and maintained through Subscription Entitlement Service's Entitlement Management Service. By signing into the CONNECTION Client users can also find their organization's projects, download software updates, receive relevant notifications, and track their usage.
For extended offline scenarios beyond the offline period of products (i.e. usually seven days), Subscription Entitlement Service provides the capability to reserve or check out licenses - click here for further details.
Alerts
Subscription Entitlement Service features the new license alerts notifications that can be set by an organization's license administrators to let the users know when they reach a set usage threshold. These notifications will alert the users that if they continue to use the product, a term license may be issued. The user in such a situation has the choice to quit the application before a license is used or acknowledge that a term license may be generated and proceed with starting the application, based on what settings the administrator chooses.
Evaluation Only - No license information
The product will run in evaluation mode.
Go to www.bentley.com to request activation information.
Silent Installation
For SES Licensing:.
AutopipeSetup.exe -s -LicenseType=Connect
| Error History |
The following outline identifies all major errors fixed in Release of AutoPIPE v12.8.1.
- Defect 891921: Modifying Pressure/Temperature data of one point, modifies Pressure/Temperature data of other point(s)
When pressure temperature data is modified for one point, the program randomly modifies the data for other point(s) as well. The issue is that multiple points share the same record of pressure temperature data; therefore, modifying data for one point results in the modification of all points that share that record.
The following outline identifies all major errors fixed in Release of AutoPIPE v12.8.
- Defect 643934: Seismic ASCE 2010: Ss value is not fetched correctly through DB
For ASCE 2010 seismic code, the program is incorrectly fetching the values of Mapped Spectral Response (Ss) from the database file USMapSsS1.mdb against the provided latitude/longitude values.
- Defect 732630: Max Ratio for flange with ANSI check is displayed incorrectly in the Flange Summary report
The Flange Summary report when produced using Quick Reports output (Result > Quick Reports > Output Report) displays the stress ratio for flanges with ANSI check enabled as zero. This only occurs when the second flange at a node has ANSI check enabled. If both the flanges on a node, or the first flange on the node has ANSI check enabled, the result summary is displayed correctly. Moreover, this issue cannot be reproduced when the Flange method is set to other than ANSI check.
- Defect 748539: Copy/Paste: Pasting piping points with soil applied modifies existing model data
Using copy/paste operation for a selection set having piping points with soil applied may result in unintended changes in the model where the selection set is pasted. This issue extends to the Insert Model option. The copy paste operation may be performed in the same model or in another model. The unintended changes in the model input data may lead to unintended results, which may be unconservative.
- Defect 761529: B31.3 and B31.12 IP: Override SIF checkbox for SIFs in the 'Joint Type and User SIFs' dialog does not use 0.75i condition
The in-plane and out-of-plane SIFs defined in the 'Joint Type and User SIFs' dialog with the 'Override SIF' checkbox checked are not multiplied by 0.75 as required by the ASME B31.3 and B31.12 codes. This may lead to higher stresses being reported for sustained and/or occasional load combinations. This issue does not affect models with 'Use B31J' checkbox checked in General Model Options.
- Defect 781999: Time history Location dialog does not accept beam nodes
Time history location dialog was not accepting beam points. Fixed now so that the dialog accepts beam points too.
- Defect 794182: Flange Check: Auto Flange/Bolt Dimensions box incorrectly resets gasket material and configuration
A user interface inconsistency may lead to gasket material and gasket configuration of a flange to be reset when the Flange Check dialog is closed and reopened. Also, checking the Auto Flange/Bolt/Gasket dimensions box.
- Defect 801331: Soil ID input grid: PGV value cannot be modified, instead of PGV the PGA value is updated
This issue is only in input grid. When "Peak Ground Velocity" value is updated from "Soil ID" grid, program updates "Peak Ground Acceleration" value instead of "Peak Ground Velocity". The value of "Peak Ground Velocity" remains the same.
- Defect 804005: Incorrect W factor by changing pipe material and piping code edition
A bug in the input grid and when switching model code to B31.3 was preferring critical temperature equation over the weld factor table when automatically calculating the longitudinal weld factor in Pipe Properties.
- Defect 812329: Some flanges are not being reported in the Flange Analysis Summary report
An error in AutoPIPE's Flange Analysis Summary output report (SQO) omits certain flanges. This is caused by flanges that were introduced on a node after one or more non-flange extra data components are added to that node.
- Defect 817745: ASME B31 codes: Bends are using SIF < 1 when Pressure Correction and 'Override all other In-plane and Out-plane SIFs at this point' checkbox is checked for user SIF
The "Pressure Correction for User SIF" checkbox in result model options is used to apply the pressure correction factor as defined by ASME B31 codes to user-defined stress intensification factors. This option is disabled by default. Pressure Correction for User SIF is only available for ASME B31 codes for all available editions. User-defined stress intensification factors are inserted in the model using "Insert > Xtra Data > Joint Type & User SIF". If user-defined stress intensification factors are inserted on a bend with "Override all other In-plane and Out-plane SIFs at this point" checked and "Pressure Correction for User SIF" result model option checked, depending on the pressure value and dimension of the bend, pressure correction factor can significantly decrease the stress intensification factor (i) for the bend to less than 1.0 (SIF values should not be less than 1) which may lead to unconservative bend stress values.
- Defect 869451: Flange Check: Effective Diameter of Bolts maybe incorrectly used based on Auto Flange/Bolt Dimensions box state
Effective Diameter of Bolts maybe incorrectly used based on Auto Flange/Bolt Dimensions box state in flange check. This bug is valid for all piping codes with definition of new flanges. All analysis methods for flange in program maybe impacted except ANSI check (as Effective bolt diameter not used).
- Defect 873664: B313: 0.75i condition is not applied on bend points when 'Use B31J' and 'Set Occasional SIF=0.75i' result model option is checked
This issue is limited to bend points in B31.3 piping code models. The Result Model Options 'Set Occasional SIF = 0.75i' is not applied on bend points when the 'Use B31J' option is checked. The full SIF value is used instead of reducing the SIF by 0.75.
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See Also
AutoPIPE CONNECT Release Notes (10.00.xx.xx - higher)
How do I download, install, and license AutoPIPE?