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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="https://communities.bentley.com/cfs-file/__key/system/syndication/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"><channel><title>PCF Translator Issues for AutoPIPE</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/products/pipe_stress_analysis/w/pipe_stress_analysis__wiki/7358/pcf-translator-issues-for-autopipe</link><description /><dc:language>en-US</dc:language><generator>Telligent Community 12</generator><item><title>PCF Translator Issues for AutoPIPE</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/products/pipe_stress_analysis/w/pipe_stress_analysis__wiki/7358/pcf-translator-issues-for-autopipe</link><pubDate>Mon, 28 Aug 2023 19:11:23 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:820dc14a-e4c3-465f-aaa2-60a1d9c29692</guid><dc:creator>Mike Dattilio</dc:creator><comments>https://communities.bentley.com/products/pipe_stress_analysis/w/pipe_stress_analysis__wiki/7358/pcf-translator-issues-for-autopipe#comments</comments><description>Current Revision posted to AutoPIPE Wiki by Mike Dattilio on 8/28/2023 7:11:23 PM&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;h1&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;Notes:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#339966;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h1&gt;
&lt;p style="padding-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;A. For manual and details on the PCF translator file structure and mappings, &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="/products/pipe_stress_analysis/w/pipe_stress_analysis__wiki/45803/q-documentation-on-autopipe-s-pcf-translator" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;see wiki here&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin-left:60px;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration:underline;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="padding-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#339966;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;B. The PCF translator can import almost any type of PCF file created by other 3D cad applications (i.e. SmartPLANT, CADworx,&amp;nbsp;SoildWorks, AutoDesk Inventor Professional&lt;/span&gt; (&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://knowledge.autodesk.com/support/inventor-products/learn-explore/caas/CloudHelp/cloudhelp/2014/ENU/Inventor/files/GUID-3A8CF4A4-6603-4093-81EC-FB9FB64BC939-htm.html"&gt;using the Tubing and Piping module&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://help.autodesk.com/view/INVNTOR/2015/ENU/?guid=GUID-3A8CF4A4-6603-4093-81EC-FB9FB64BC939"&gt;Autodesk 2015 help&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;), Catia, Autodesk Plant3D, &amp;nbsp;etc..). Start the PCF translator by using one of the following:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="padding-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; 1. From with in AutoPIPE, select File&amp;gt; Import&amp;gt; choose any one that has (PCF) at the end of the name.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="padding-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; 2. Select Start&amp;gt; Bentley Engineering&amp;gt; AutoPIPE Translator&amp;gt; PCF translator&amp;gt; PCF translator program&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="padding-left:60px;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;After the PCF translator application opens, see online help for details about the dialog.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="padding-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;C. &amp;nbsp;PCF file does not store multiple Pressure or Temperature settings, to be sure library data is retrieved for pipe properties, thermal expansion, hot modulus, hot allowable, etc, after importing a model&amp;nbsp;suggest the following steps: select Tools&amp;gt; Model Options&amp;gt; General change Ambient temperature to a different setting, press OK button, after the model data has been refreshed, reset Ambient temperature back to the original setting.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="padding-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;D.&amp;nbsp;Per&amp;nbsp;&amp;quot;SmartPlantToAutoPIPETranslator_UserReference.pdf&amp;quot; Rev.05, Section 6, the PCF translator can be run from the command line. However, the information was added to the PDF file before the actual functionality was added to&amp;nbsp;the program. As an official statement, the PCF translator cannot be run from the command&amp;nbsp; or be apart of&amp;nbsp;the Automated System Processing feature in AutoPIPE. See&amp;nbsp;AutoPIPE on-line help&amp;nbsp;&amp;quot;Automated System Processing&amp;quot; for&amp;nbsp;parameter switches&amp;nbsp;supported by the program. Also, see AutoPIPE V8i 9.6 and higher Analysis Batch File Generator.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="padding-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;E.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;In PCF file we cannot say from where segments starts and ends. PCF Translator automatically connects components on coordinates bases and create segments of those components which are connected to each other. Another words,&amp;nbsp;PCF Translator connects components on coordinates base not on sequential order specified in PCF file.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="padding-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;F. IF PCF translator was &lt;span style="background-color:#ffffff;"&gt;installed&lt;/span&gt; manually, delete the following folder if available:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="padding-left:90px;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color:#ffffff;color:#000000;"&gt;C:\Users\profilename\AppData\Roaming\Bentley\PCF Translator&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="padding-left:60px;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;Then restart the application, this folder will automatically be refreshed with the new files per the version just installed.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="padding-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;G. PCF file coordinate format:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin-left:60px;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;a href="/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-41/63571.1.png"&gt;&lt;img alt=" " src="/resized-image/__size/940x0/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-41/63571.1.png" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin-left:60px;"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin-left:60px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;Note&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;: The AutoPIPE coordinates can be manipulated from the default settings, where elevation = Z axis, and E/W = Y axis&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h1&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;text-decoration:underline;"&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration:underline;"&gt;Comments, Questions, and Answers:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h1&gt;
&lt;h3 style="margin-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration:underline;"&gt;Item #1:&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="/products/pipe_stress_analysis/w/pipe_stress_analysis__wiki/7452.aspx"&gt;FAQ &amp;amp; Troubleshooting&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;h3 style="margin-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration:underline;"&gt;Item #2:&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="/products/pipe_stress_analysis/w/pipe_stress_analysis__wiki/13401/02-01-b-import-ntl-file-into-autopipe"&gt;Imported NTL Errors from translated File&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;h3 style="margin-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration:underline;"&gt;Item #3:&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a title="PCF Translator Logged CR / TR Issues" href="/products/pipe_stress_analysis/w/pipe_stress_analysis__wiki/7655.aspx"&gt;Known Issues&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;h3 style="margin-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration:underline;"&gt;Item #4:&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a title="PCF Translator Version and Features" href="/products/pipe_stress_analysis/w/pipe_stress_analysis__wiki/pcf-translator-version-and-features.aspx"&gt;Version History&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;h3 style="margin-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration:underline;"&gt;Item #5:&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="/products/pipe_stress_analysis/w/pipe_stress_analysis__wiki/68379/05-additional-details-regarding-pcf-translator-s-tabs-in-autopipe"&gt;PCF translator tabs&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;h3 style="margin-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration:underline;"&gt;Item #6:&lt;/span&gt; &lt;strong&gt;Example video of importing a PCF file into AutoPIPE&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p style="margin-left:60px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://communities.bentley.com/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-41/2161.AutoPIPE-PCF-Translator-import-process.mp4"&gt;communities.bentley.com/.../2161.AutoPIPE-PCF-Translator-import-process.mp4&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h4 style="margin-left:60px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="/products/pipe_stress_analysis/m/pipe_stress_analysis_gallery/273698"&gt;See Example PCF file used in video here.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h4&gt;
&lt;h1&gt;See Also&lt;/h1&gt;
&lt;p style="margin-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="/products/pipe_stress_analysis/w/pipe_stress_analysis__wiki/8460.02-02-autopipe-translators"&gt;AutoPIPE Translators&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;a href="/products/pipe_stress_analysis/w/pipe_stress_analysis__wiki/bentley-autopipe.aspx"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Bentley AutoPIPE&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h1&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;img style="border-width:0px;" alt=" " height="60" src="/cfs-file.ashx/__key/communityserver-components-sitefiles/TSG-Logo.png" width="189" /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/h1&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;div style="font-size: 90%;"&gt;Tags: Catia Medusa, SmartPlant, PCF, Autodesk Inventor, CadWorx, solidworks, AutoPIPE&lt;/div&gt;
</description></item><item><title>PCF Translator Issues for AutoPIPE</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/products/pipe_stress_analysis/w/pipe_stress_analysis__wiki/7358/pcf-translator-issues-for-autopipe/revision/65</link><pubDate>Mon, 28 Aug 2023 19:10:53 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:820dc14a-e4c3-465f-aaa2-60a1d9c29692</guid><dc:creator>Mike Dattilio</dc:creator><comments>https://communities.bentley.com/products/pipe_stress_analysis/w/pipe_stress_analysis__wiki/7358/pcf-translator-issues-for-autopipe#comments</comments><description>Revision 65 posted to AutoPIPE Wiki by Mike Dattilio on 8/28/2023 7:10:53 PM&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;h1&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;Notes:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#339966;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h1&gt;
&lt;p style="padding-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;A. For manual and details on the PCF translator file structure and mappings, &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="/products/pipe_stress_analysis/w/pipe_stress_analysis__wiki/45803/q-documentation-on-autopipe-s-pcf-translator" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;see wiki here&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin-left:60px;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration:underline;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="padding-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#339966;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;B. The PCF translator can import almost any type of PCF file created by other 3D cad applications (i.e. SmartPLANT, CADworx,&amp;nbsp;SoildWorks, AutoDesk Inventor Professional&lt;/span&gt; (&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://knowledge.autodesk.com/support/inventor-products/learn-explore/caas/CloudHelp/cloudhelp/2014/ENU/Inventor/files/GUID-3A8CF4A4-6603-4093-81EC-FB9FB64BC939-htm.html"&gt;using the Tubing and Piping module&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://help.autodesk.com/view/INVNTOR/2015/ENU/?guid=GUID-3A8CF4A4-6603-4093-81EC-FB9FB64BC939"&gt;Autodesk 2015 help&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;), Catia, Autodesk Plant3D, &amp;nbsp;etc..). Start the PCF translator by using one of the following:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="padding-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; 1. From with in AutoPIPE, select File&amp;gt; Import&amp;gt; choose any one that has (PCF) at the end of the name.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="padding-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; 2. Select Start&amp;gt; Bentley Engineering&amp;gt; AutoPIPE Translator&amp;gt; PCF translator&amp;gt; PCF translator program&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="padding-left:60px;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;After the PCF translator application opens, see online help for details about the dialog.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="padding-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;C. &amp;nbsp;PCF file does not store multiple Pressure or Temperature settings, to be sure library data is retrieved for pipe properties, thermal expansion, hot modulus, hot allowable, etc, after importing a model&amp;nbsp;suggest the following steps: select Tools&amp;gt; Model Options&amp;gt; General change Ambient temperature to a different setting, press OK button, after the model data has been refreshed, reset Ambient temperature back to the original setting.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="padding-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;D.&amp;nbsp;Per&amp;nbsp;&amp;quot;SmartPlantToAutoPIPETranslator_UserReference.pdf&amp;quot; Rev.05, Section 6, the PCF translator can be run from the command line. However, the information was added to the PDF file before the actual functionality was added to&amp;nbsp;the program. As an official statement, the PCF translator cannot be run from the command&amp;nbsp; or be apart of&amp;nbsp;the Automated System Processing feature in AutoPIPE. See&amp;nbsp;AutoPIPE on-line help&amp;nbsp;&amp;quot;Automated System Processing&amp;quot; for&amp;nbsp;parameter switches&amp;nbsp;supported by the program. Also, see AutoPIPE V8i 9.6 and higher Analysis Batch File Generator.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="padding-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;E.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;In PCF file we cannot say from where segments starts and ends. PCF Translator automatically connects components on coordinates bases and create segments of those components which are connected to each other. Another words,&amp;nbsp;PCF Translator connects components on coordinates base not on sequential order specified in PCF file.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="padding-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;F. IF PCF translator was &lt;span style="background-color:#ffffff;"&gt;installed&lt;/span&gt; manually, delete the following folder if available:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="padding-left:90px;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color:#ffffff;color:#000000;"&gt;C:\Users\profilename\AppData\Roaming\Bentley\PCF Translator&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="padding-left:60px;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;Then restart the application, this folder will automatically be refreshed with the new files per the version just installed.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="padding-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;G. PCF file coordinate format:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin-left:60px;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;a href="/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-41/63571.1.png"&gt;&lt;img alt=" " src="/resized-image/__size/940x0/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-41/63571.1.png" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin-left:60px;"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin-left:60px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;Note&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;: The AutoPIPE coordinates can be manipulated from the default settings, where elevation = Z axis, and E/W = Y axis&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h1&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;text-decoration:underline;"&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration:underline;"&gt;Comments, Questions, and Answers:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h1&gt;
&lt;h3 style="margin-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration:underline;"&gt;Item #1:&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="/products/pipe_stress_analysis/w/pipe_stress_analysis__wiki/7452.aspx"&gt;FAQ &amp;amp; Troubleshooting&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;h3 style="margin-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration:underline;"&gt;Item #2:&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="/products/pipe_stress_analysis/w/pipe_stress_analysis__wiki/13401/02-01-b-import-ntl-file-into-autopipe"&gt;Imported NTL Errors from translated File&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;h3 style="margin-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration:underline;"&gt;Item #3:&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a title="PCF Translator Logged CR / TR Issues" href="/products/pipe_stress_analysis/w/pipe_stress_analysis__wiki/7655.aspx"&gt;Known Issues&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;h3 style="margin-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration:underline;"&gt;Item #4:&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a title="PCF Translator Version and Features" href="/products/pipe_stress_analysis/w/pipe_stress_analysis__wiki/pcf-translator-version-and-features.aspx"&gt;Version History&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;h3 style="margin-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration:underline;"&gt;Item #5:&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="/products/pipe_stress_analysis/w/pipe_stress_analysis__wiki/17074.added-details-about-autopipe-s-pcf-translator-tools-settings"&gt;PCF translator tabs&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;h3 style="margin-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration:underline;"&gt;Item #6:&lt;/span&gt; &lt;strong&gt;Example video of importing a PCF file into AutoPIPE&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p style="margin-left:60px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://communities.bentley.com/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-41/2161.AutoPIPE-PCF-Translator-import-process.mp4"&gt;communities.bentley.com/.../2161.AutoPIPE-PCF-Translator-import-process.mp4&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h4 style="margin-left:60px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="/products/pipe_stress_analysis/m/pipe_stress_analysis_gallery/273698"&gt;See Example PCF file used in video here.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h4&gt;
&lt;h1&gt;See Also&lt;/h1&gt;
&lt;p style="margin-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="/products/pipe_stress_analysis/w/pipe_stress_analysis__wiki/8460.02-02-autopipe-translators"&gt;AutoPIPE Translators&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;a href="/products/pipe_stress_analysis/w/pipe_stress_analysis__wiki/bentley-autopipe.aspx"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Bentley AutoPIPE&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h1&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;img style="border-width:0px;" alt=" " height="60" src="/cfs-file.ashx/__key/communityserver-components-sitefiles/TSG-Logo.png" width="189" /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/h1&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;div style="font-size: 90%;"&gt;Tags: Catia Medusa, SmartPlant, PCF, Autodesk Inventor, CadWorx, solidworks, AutoPIPE&lt;/div&gt;
</description></item><item><title>PCF Translator Issues for AutoPIPE</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/products/pipe_stress_analysis/w/pipe_stress_analysis__wiki/7358/pcf-translator-issues-for-autopipe/revision/64</link><pubDate>Fri, 20 Dec 2019 06:00:51 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:820dc14a-e4c3-465f-aaa2-60a1d9c29692</guid><dc:creator>Mike Dattilio</dc:creator><comments>https://communities.bentley.com/products/pipe_stress_analysis/w/pipe_stress_analysis__wiki/7358/pcf-translator-issues-for-autopipe#comments</comments><description>Revision 64 posted to AutoPIPE Wiki by Mike Dattilio on 12/20/2019 6:00:51 AM&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;h1&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;Notes:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#339966;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h1&gt;
&lt;p style="padding-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;A. For manual and details on the PCF translator file structure and mappings, &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="/products/pipe_stress_analysis/w/pipe_stress_analysis__wiki/45803/q-documentation-on-autopipe-s-pcf-translator" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;see wiki here&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin-left:60px;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration:underline;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="padding-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#339966;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;B. The PCF translator can import almost any type of PCF file created by other 3D cad applications (i.e. SmartPLANT, CADworx,&amp;nbsp;SoildWorks, AutoDesk Inventor Professional&lt;/span&gt; (&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://knowledge.autodesk.com/support/inventor-products/learn-explore/caas/CloudHelp/cloudhelp/2014/ENU/Inventor/files/GUID-3A8CF4A4-6603-4093-81EC-FB9FB64BC939-htm.html"&gt;using the Tubing and Piping module&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://help.autodesk.com/view/INVNTOR/2015/ENU/?guid=GUID-3A8CF4A4-6603-4093-81EC-FB9FB64BC939"&gt;Autodesk 2015 help&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;), Catia, Autodesk Plant3D, &amp;nbsp;etc..). Start the PCF translator by using one of the following:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="padding-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; 1. From with in AutoPIPE, select File&amp;gt; Import&amp;gt; choose any one that has (PCF) at the end of the name.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="padding-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; 2. Select Start&amp;gt; Bentley Engineering&amp;gt; AutoPIPE Translator&amp;gt; PCF translator&amp;gt; PCF translator program&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="padding-left:60px;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;After the PCF translator application opens, see online help for details about the dialog.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="padding-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;C. &amp;nbsp;PCF file does not store multiple Pressure or Temperature settings, to be sure library data is retrieved for pipe properties, thermal expansion, hot modulus, hot allowable, etc, after importing a model&amp;nbsp;suggest the following steps: select Tools&amp;gt; Model Options&amp;gt; General change Ambient temperature to a different setting, press OK button, after the model data has been refreshed, reset Ambient temperature back to the original setting.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="padding-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;D.&amp;nbsp;Per&amp;nbsp;&amp;quot;SmartPlantToAutoPIPETranslator_UserReference.pdf&amp;quot; Rev.05, Section 6, the PCF translator can be run from the command line. However, the information was added to the PDF file before the actual functionality was added to&amp;nbsp;the program. As an official statement, the PCF translator cannot be run from the command&amp;nbsp; or be apart of&amp;nbsp;the Automated System Processing feature in AutoPIPE. See&amp;nbsp;AutoPIPE on-line help&amp;nbsp;&amp;quot;Automated System Processing&amp;quot; for&amp;nbsp;parameter switches&amp;nbsp;supported by the program. Also, see AutoPIPE V8i 9.6 and higher Analysis Batch File Generator.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="padding-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;E.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;In PCF file we cannot say from where segments starts and ends. PCF Translator automatically connects components on coordinates bases and create segments of those components which are connected to each other. Another words,&amp;nbsp;PCF Translator connects components on coordinates base not on sequential order specified in PCF file.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="padding-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;F. IF PCF translator was &lt;span style="background-color:#ffffff;"&gt;installed&lt;/span&gt; manually, delete the following folder if available:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="padding-left:90px;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color:#ffffff;color:#000000;"&gt;C:\Users\profilename\AppData\Roaming\Bentley\PCF Translator&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="padding-left:60px;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;Then restart the application, this folder will automatically be refreshed with the new files per the version just installed.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="padding-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;G. PCF file coordinate format:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin-left:60px;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;a href="/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-41/63571.1.png"&gt;&lt;img alt=" " src="/resized-image/__size/940x0/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-41/63571.1.png" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin-left:60px;"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin-left:60px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;Note&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;: The AutoPIPE coordinates can be manipulated from the default settings, where elevation = Z axis, and E/W = Y axis&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h1&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;text-decoration:underline;"&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration:underline;"&gt;Comments, Questions, and Answers:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h1&gt;
&lt;h3 style="margin-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration:underline;"&gt;Item #1:&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="/products/pipe_stress_analysis/w/pipe_stress_analysis__wiki/7452.aspx"&gt;FAQ &amp;amp; Troubleshooting&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;h3 style="margin-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration:underline;"&gt;Item #2:&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="/products/pipe_stress_analysis/w/pipe_stress_analysis__wiki/13401/02-01-b-import-ntl-file-into-autopipe"&gt;Imported NTL Errors from translated File&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;h3 style="margin-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration:underline;"&gt;Item #3:&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a title="PCF Translator Logged CR / TR Issues" href="/products/pipe_stress_analysis/w/pipe_stress_analysis__wiki/7655.aspx"&gt;Known Issues&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;h3 style="margin-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration:underline;"&gt;Item #4:&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a title="PCF Translator Version and Features" href="/products/pipe_stress_analysis/w/pipe_stress_analysis__wiki/pcf-translator-version-and-features.aspx"&gt;Version History&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;h3 style="margin-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration:underline;"&gt;Item #5:&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="/products/pipe_stress_analysis/w/pipe_stress_analysis__wiki/17074.added-details-about-autopipe-s-pcf-translator-tools-settings"&gt;Added details about translator&amp;#39;s &amp;quot;Tools &amp;gt; Settings&amp;quot; features&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;h3 style="margin-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration:underline;"&gt;Item #6:&lt;/span&gt; &lt;strong&gt;Example video of importing a PCF file into AutoPIPE&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p style="margin-left:60px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://communities.bentley.com/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-41/2161.AutoPIPE-PCF-Translator-import-process.mp4"&gt;communities.bentley.com/.../2161.AutoPIPE-PCF-Translator-import-process.mp4&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h4 style="margin-left:60px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="/products/pipe_stress_analysis/m/pipe_stress_analysis_gallery/273698"&gt;See Example PCF file used in video here.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h4&gt;
&lt;h1&gt;See Also&lt;/h1&gt;
&lt;p style="margin-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="/products/pipe_stress_analysis/w/pipe_stress_analysis__wiki/8460.02-02-autopipe-translators"&gt;AutoPIPE Translators&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;a href="/products/pipe_stress_analysis/w/pipe_stress_analysis__wiki/bentley-autopipe.aspx"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Bentley AutoPIPE&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h1&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;img style="border-width:0px;" alt=" " height="60" src="/cfs-file.ashx/__key/communityserver-components-sitefiles/TSG-Logo.png" width="189" /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/h1&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;div style="font-size: 90%;"&gt;Tags: Catia Medusa, SmartPlant, PCF, Autodesk Inventor, CadWorx, solidworks, AutoPIPE&lt;/div&gt;
</description></item><item><title>PCF Translator Issues for AutoPIPE</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/products/pipe_stress_analysis/w/pipe_stress_analysis__wiki/7358/pcf-translator-issues-for-autopipe/revision/63</link><pubDate>Tue, 02 Apr 2019 23:23:35 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:820dc14a-e4c3-465f-aaa2-60a1d9c29692</guid><dc:creator>Mike Dattilio</dc:creator><comments>https://communities.bentley.com/products/pipe_stress_analysis/w/pipe_stress_analysis__wiki/7358/pcf-translator-issues-for-autopipe#comments</comments><description>Revision 63 posted to AutoPIPE Wiki by Mike Dattilio on 4/2/2019 11:23:35 PM&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;h1&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;Notes:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#339966;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h1&gt;
&lt;p style="padding-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;A. For manual and details on the PCF translator file structure and mappings, see the following folder location and file:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin-left:60px;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration:underline;"&gt;Folder location (default)&lt;/span&gt; : C:\Bentley\AutoPIPE Translators\PCF Translator\&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin-left:60px;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration:underline;"&gt;Filename:&lt;/span&gt; SmartPlantToAutoPIPETranslator_UserReference.pdf&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="padding-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#339966;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;B. The PCF translator can import almost any type of PCF file created by other 3D cad applications (i.e. SmartPLANT, CADworx,&amp;nbsp;SoildWorks, AutoDesk Inventor Professional&lt;/span&gt; (&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://knowledge.autodesk.com/support/inventor-products/learn-explore/caas/CloudHelp/cloudhelp/2014/ENU/Inventor/files/GUID-3A8CF4A4-6603-4093-81EC-FB9FB64BC939-htm.html"&gt;using the Tubing and Piping module&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://help.autodesk.com/view/INVNTOR/2015/ENU/?guid=GUID-3A8CF4A4-6603-4093-81EC-FB9FB64BC939"&gt;Autodesk 2015 help&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;), Catia, Autodesk Plant3D, &amp;nbsp;etc..). Start the PCF translator by using one of the following:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="padding-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; 1. From with in AutoPIPE, select File&amp;gt; Import&amp;gt; choose any one that has (PCF) at the end of the name.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="padding-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; 2. Select Start&amp;gt; Bentley Engineering&amp;gt; AutoPIPE Translator&amp;gt; PCF translator&amp;gt; PCF translator program&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="padding-left:60px;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;After the PCF translator application opens, see online help for details about the dialog.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="padding-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;C. &amp;nbsp;PCF file does not store multiple Pressure or Temperature settings, to be sure library data is retrieved for pipe properties, thermal expansion, hot modulus, hot allowable, etc, after importing a model&amp;nbsp;suggest the following steps: select Tools&amp;gt; Model Options&amp;gt; General change Ambient temperature to a different setting, press OK button, after the model data has been refreshed, reset Ambient temperature back to the original setting.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="padding-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;D.&amp;nbsp;Per&amp;nbsp;&amp;quot;SmartPlantToAutoPIPETranslator_UserReference.pdf&amp;quot; Rev.05, Section 6, the PCF translator can be run from the command line. However, the information was added to the PDF file before the actual functionality was added to&amp;nbsp;the program. As an official statement, the PCF translator cannot be run from the command&amp;nbsp; or be apart of&amp;nbsp;the Automated System Processing feature in AutoPIPE. See&amp;nbsp;AutoPIPE on-line help&amp;nbsp;&amp;quot;Automated System Processing&amp;quot; for&amp;nbsp;parameter switches&amp;nbsp;supported by the program. Also, see AutoPIPE V8i 9.6 and higher Analysis Batch File Generator.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="padding-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;E.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;In PCF file we cannot say from where segments starts and ends. PCF Translator automatically connects components on coordinates bases and create segments of those components which are connected to each other. Another words,&amp;nbsp;PCF Translator connects components on coordinates base not on sequential order specified in PCF file.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="padding-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;F. IF PCF translator was &lt;span style="background-color:#ffffff;"&gt;installed&lt;/span&gt; manually, delete the following folder if available:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="padding-left:90px;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color:#ffffff;color:#000000;"&gt;C:\Users\profilename\AppData\Roaming\Bentley\PCF Translator&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="padding-left:60px;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;Then restart the application, this folder will automatically be refreshed with the new files per the version just installed.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="padding-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;G. PCF file coordinate format:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin-left:60px;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;a href="/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-41/63571.1.png"&gt;&lt;img alt=" " src="/resized-image/__size/940x0/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-41/63571.1.png" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin-left:60px;"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin-left:60px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;Note&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;: The AutoPIPE coordinates can be manipulated from the default settings, where elevation = Z axis, and E/W = Y axis&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h1&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;text-decoration:underline;"&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration:underline;"&gt;Comments, Questions, and Answers:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h1&gt;
&lt;h3 style="margin-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration:underline;"&gt;Item #1:&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="/products/pipe_stress_analysis/w/pipe_stress_analysis__wiki/7452.aspx"&gt;FAQ &amp;amp; Troubleshooting&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;h3 style="margin-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration:underline;"&gt;Item #2:&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="/products/pipe_stress_analysis/w/pipe_stress_analysis__wiki/13401/02-01-b-import-ntl-file-into-autopipe"&gt;Imported NTL Errors from translated File&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;h3 style="margin-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration:underline;"&gt;Item #3:&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a title="PCF Translator Logged CR / TR Issues" href="/products/pipe_stress_analysis/w/pipe_stress_analysis__wiki/7655.aspx"&gt;Known Issues&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;h3 style="margin-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration:underline;"&gt;Item #4:&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a title="PCF Translator Version and Features" href="/products/pipe_stress_analysis/w/pipe_stress_analysis__wiki/pcf-translator-version-and-features.aspx"&gt;Version History&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;h3 style="margin-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration:underline;"&gt;Item #5:&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="/products/pipe_stress_analysis/w/pipe_stress_analysis__wiki/17074.added-details-about-autopipe-s-pcf-translator-tools-settings"&gt;Added details about translator&amp;#39;s &amp;quot;Tools &amp;gt; Settings&amp;quot; features&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;h3 style="margin-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration:underline;"&gt;Item #6:&lt;/span&gt; &lt;strong&gt;Example video of importing a PCF file into AutoPIPE&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p style="margin-left:60px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://communities.bentley.com/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-41/2161.AutoPIPE-PCF-Translator-import-process.mp4"&gt;communities.bentley.com/.../2161.AutoPIPE-PCF-Translator-import-process.mp4&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h4 style="margin-left:60px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="/products/pipe_stress_analysis/m/pipe_stress_analysis_gallery/273698"&gt;See Example PCF file used in video here.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h4&gt;
&lt;h1&gt;See Also&lt;/h1&gt;
&lt;p style="margin-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="/products/pipe_stress_analysis/w/pipe_stress_analysis__wiki/8460.02-02-autopipe-translators"&gt;AutoPIPE Translators&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;a href="/products/pipe_stress_analysis/w/pipe_stress_analysis__wiki/bentley-autopipe.aspx"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Bentley AutoPIPE&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h1&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;img style="border-width:0px;" alt=" " height="60" src="/cfs-file.ashx/__key/communityserver-components-sitefiles/TSG-Logo.png" width="189" /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/h1&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;div style="font-size: 90%;"&gt;Tags: Catia Medusa, SmartPlant, PCF, Autodesk Inventor, CadWorx, solidworks, AutoPIPE&lt;/div&gt;
</description></item><item><title>PCF Translator Issues for AutoPIPE</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/products/pipe_stress_analysis/w/pipe_stress_analysis__wiki/7358/pcf-translator-issues-for-autopipe/revision/62</link><pubDate>Tue, 26 Mar 2019 15:35:08 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:820dc14a-e4c3-465f-aaa2-60a1d9c29692</guid><dc:creator>Mike Dattilio</dc:creator><comments>https://communities.bentley.com/products/pipe_stress_analysis/w/pipe_stress_analysis__wiki/7358/pcf-translator-issues-for-autopipe#comments</comments><description>Revision 62 posted to AutoPIPE Wiki by Mike Dattilio on 3/26/2019 3:35:08 PM&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;h1&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;Notes:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#339966;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h1&gt;
&lt;p style="padding-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;A. For manual and details on the PCF translator file structure and mappings, see the following folder location and file:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin-left:60px;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration:underline;"&gt;Folder location (default)&lt;/span&gt; : C:\Bentley\AutoPIPE Translators\PCF Translator\&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin-left:60px;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration:underline;"&gt;Filename:&lt;/span&gt; SmartPlantToAutoPIPETranslator_UserReference.pdf&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="padding-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#339966;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;B. The PCF translator can import almost any type of PCF file created by other 3D cad applications (i.e. SmartPLANT, CADworx,&amp;nbsp;SoildWorks, AutoDesk Inventor Professional&lt;/span&gt; (&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://knowledge.autodesk.com/support/inventor-products/learn-explore/caas/CloudHelp/cloudhelp/2014/ENU/Inventor/files/GUID-3A8CF4A4-6603-4093-81EC-FB9FB64BC939-htm.html"&gt;using the Tubing and Piping module&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://help.autodesk.com/view/INVNTOR/2015/ENU/?guid=GUID-3A8CF4A4-6603-4093-81EC-FB9FB64BC939"&gt;Autodesk 2015 help&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;), Catia, Autodesk Plant3D, &amp;nbsp;etc..). Start the PCF translator by using one of the following:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="padding-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; 1. From with in AutoPIPE, select File&amp;gt; Import&amp;gt; choose any one that has (PCF) at the end of the name.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="padding-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; 2. Select Start&amp;gt; Bentley Engineering&amp;gt; AutoPIPE Translator&amp;gt; PCF translator&amp;gt; PCF translator program&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="padding-left:60px;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;After the PCF translator application opens, see online help for details about the dialog.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="padding-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;C. &amp;nbsp;PCF file does not store multiple Pressure or Temperature settings, to be sure library data is retrieved for pipe properties, thermal expansion, hot modulus, hot allowable, etc, after importing a model&amp;nbsp;suggest the following steps: select Tools&amp;gt; Model Options&amp;gt; General change Ambient temperature to a different setting, press OK button, after the model data has been refreshed, reset Ambient temperature back to the original setting.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="padding-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;D.&amp;nbsp;Per&amp;nbsp;&amp;quot;SmartPlantToAutoPIPETranslator_UserReference.pdf&amp;quot; Rev.05, Section 6, the PCF translator can be run from the command line. However, the information was added to the PDF file before the actual functionality was added to&amp;nbsp;the program. As an official statement, the PCF translator cannot be run from the command&amp;nbsp; or be apart of&amp;nbsp;the Automated System Processing feature in AutoPIPE. See&amp;nbsp;AutoPIPE on-line help&amp;nbsp;&amp;quot;Automated System Processing&amp;quot; for&amp;nbsp;parameter switches&amp;nbsp;supported by the program. Also, see AutoPIPE V8i 9.6 and higher Analysis Batch File Generator.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="padding-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;E.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;In PCF file we cannot say from where segments starts and ends. PCF Translator automatically connects components on coordinates bases and create segments of those components which are connected to each other. Another words,&amp;nbsp;PCF Translator connects components on coordinates base not on sequential order specified in PCF file.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="padding-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;F. IF PCF translator was &lt;span style="background-color:#ffffff;"&gt;installed&lt;/span&gt; manually, delete the following folder if available:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="padding-left:90px;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color:#ffffff;color:#000000;"&gt;C:\Users\profilename\AppData\Roaming\Bentley\PCF Translator&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="padding-left:60px;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;Then restart the application, this folder will automatically be refreshed with the new files per the version just installed.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="padding-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;G. PCF file coordinate format:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin-left:60px;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;a href="/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-41/63571.1.png"&gt;&lt;img alt=" " src="/resized-image/__size/940x0/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-41/63571.1.png" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin-left:60px;"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin-left:60px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;Note&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;: The AutoPIPE coordinates can be manipulated from the default settings, where elevation = Z axis, and E/W = Y axis&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h1&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;text-decoration:underline;"&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration:underline;"&gt;Comments, Questions, and Answers:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h1&gt;
&lt;h3 style="margin-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration:underline;"&gt;Item #1:&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="/products/pipe_stress_analysis/w/pipe_stress_analysis__wiki/7452.aspx"&gt;FAQ &amp;amp; Troubleshooting&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;h3 style="margin-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration:underline;"&gt;Item #2:&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="/products/pipe_stress_analysis/w/pipe_stress_analysis__wiki/13401/02-01-b-import-ntl-file-into-autopipe"&gt;Imported NTL Errors from translated File&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;h3 style="margin-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration:underline;"&gt;Item #3:&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a title="PCF Translator Logged CR / TR Issues" href="/products/pipe_stress_analysis/w/pipe_stress_analysis__wiki/7655.aspx"&gt;Known Issues&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;h3 style="margin-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration:underline;"&gt;Item #4:&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a title="PCF Translator Version and Features" href="/products/pipe_stress_analysis/w/pipe_stress_analysis__wiki/pcf-translator-version-and-features.aspx"&gt;Version History&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;h3 style="margin-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration:underline;"&gt;Item #5:&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="/products/pipe_stress_analysis/w/pipe_stress_analysis__wiki/17074.added-details-about-autopipe-s-pcf-translator-tools-settings"&gt;Added details about translator&amp;#39;s &amp;quot;Tools &amp;gt; Settings&amp;quot; features&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;h3 style="margin-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration:underline;"&gt;Item #6:&lt;/span&gt; &lt;strong&gt;Example video of importing a PCF file into AutoPIPE&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p style="margin-left:60px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://communities.bentley.com/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-41/2161.AutoPIPE-PCF-Translator-import-process.mp4"&gt;communities.bentley.com/.../2161.AutoPIPE-PCF-Translator-import-process.mp4&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h1&gt;See Also&lt;/h1&gt;
&lt;p style="margin-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="/products/pipe_stress_analysis/w/pipe_stress_analysis__wiki/8460.02-02-autopipe-translators"&gt;AutoPIPE Translators&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;a href="/products/pipe_stress_analysis/w/pipe_stress_analysis__wiki/bentley-autopipe.aspx"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Bentley AutoPIPE&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h1&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;img style="border-width:0px;" alt=" " height="60" src="/cfs-file.ashx/__key/communityserver-components-sitefiles/TSG-Logo.png" width="189" /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/h1&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;div style="font-size: 90%;"&gt;Tags: Catia Medusa, SmartPlant, PCF, Autodesk Inventor, CadWorx, solidworks, AutoPIPE&lt;/div&gt;
</description></item><item><title>PCF Translator Issues for AutoPIPE</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/products/pipe_stress_analysis/w/pipe_stress_analysis__wiki/7358/pcf-translator-issues-for-autopipe/revision/61</link><pubDate>Fri, 21 Sep 2018 10:28:26 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:820dc14a-e4c3-465f-aaa2-60a1d9c29692</guid><dc:creator>Mike Dattilio</dc:creator><comments>https://communities.bentley.com/products/pipe_stress_analysis/w/pipe_stress_analysis__wiki/7358/pcf-translator-issues-for-autopipe#comments</comments><description>Revision 61 posted to AutoPIPE Wiki by Mike Dattilio on 9/21/2018 10:28:26 AM&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;h1&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;Notes:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#339966;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h1&gt;
&lt;p style="padding-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#008000;"&gt;A. For manual and details on the PCF translator file structure and mappings, see the following folder location and file:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin-left:60px;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#008000;"&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration:underline;"&gt;Folder location (default)&lt;/span&gt; : C:\Bentley\AutoPIPE Translators\PCF Translator\&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin-left:60px;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#008000;"&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration:underline;"&gt;Filename:&lt;/span&gt; SmartPlantToAutoPIPETranslator_UserReference.pdf&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="padding-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#339966;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#008000;"&gt;B. The PCF translator can import almost any type of PCF file created by other 3D cad applications (i.e. SmartPlant, CADworx,&amp;nbsp;SoildWorks, AutoDesk Inventor Professional&lt;/span&gt; (&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://knowledge.autodesk.com/support/inventor-products/learn-explore/caas/CloudHelp/cloudhelp/2014/ENU/Inventor/files/GUID-3A8CF4A4-6603-4093-81EC-FB9FB64BC939-htm.html"&gt;using the Tubing and Piping module&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://help.autodesk.com/view/INVNTOR/2015/ENU/?guid=GUID-3A8CF4A4-6603-4093-81EC-FB9FB64BC939"&gt;Autodesk 2015 help&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#008000;"&gt;), Catia, Autodesk Plant3D, &amp;nbsp;etc..). Start the PCF translator by using one of the following:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="padding-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#008000;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; 1. From with in AutoPIPE, select File&amp;gt; Import&amp;gt; choose any one that has (PCF) at the end of the name.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="padding-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#008000;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; 2. Select Start&amp;gt; Bentley Engineering&amp;gt; AutoPIPE Translator&amp;gt; PCF translator&amp;gt; PCF translator program&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="padding-left:60px;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#008000;"&gt;After the PCF translator application opens, see online help for details about the dialog.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="padding-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#008000;"&gt;C. &amp;nbsp;PCF file does not store multiple Pressure or Temperature settings, to be sure library data is retrieved for pipe properties, thermal expansion, hot modulus, hot allowable, etc, after importing a model&amp;nbsp;suggest the following steps: select Tools&amp;gt; Model Options&amp;gt; General change Ambient temperature to a different setting, press OK button, after the model data has been refreshed, reset Ambient temperature back to the original setting.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="padding-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#008000;"&gt;D.&amp;nbsp;Per&amp;nbsp;&amp;quot;SmartPlantToAutoPIPETranslator_UserReference.pdf&amp;quot; Rev.05, Section 6, the PCF translator can be run from the command line. However, the information was added to the PDF file before the actual functionality was added to&amp;nbsp;the program. As an official statement, the PCF translator cannot be run from the command&amp;nbsp; or be apart of&amp;nbsp;the Automated System Processing feature in AutoPIPE. See&amp;nbsp;AutoPIPE on-line help&amp;nbsp;&amp;quot;Automated System Processing&amp;quot; for&amp;nbsp;parameter switches&amp;nbsp;supported by the program. Also, see AutoPIPE V8i 9.6 and higher Analysis Batch File Generator.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="padding-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#008000;"&gt;E.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;In PCF file we cannot say from where segments starts and ends. PCF Translator automatically connects components on coordinates bases and create segments of those components which are connected to each other. Another words,&amp;nbsp;PCF Translator connects components on coordinates base not on sequential order specified in PCF file.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="padding-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#008000;"&gt;F. IF PCF translator was &lt;span style="background-color:#ffffff;"&gt;installed&lt;/span&gt; manually, delete the following folder if available:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="padding-left:90px;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color:#ffffff;color:#000000;"&gt;C:\Users\profilename\AppData\Roaming\Bentley\PCF Translator&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="padding-left:60px;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#008000;"&gt;Then restart the application, this folder will automatically be refreshed with the new files per the version just installed.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="padding-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#008000;"&gt;G. PCF file coordinate format:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin-left:60px;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#008000;"&gt;&lt;a href="/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-41/63571.1.png"&gt;&lt;img alt=" " src="/resized-image/__size/940x0/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-41/63571.1.png" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin-left:60px;"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin-left:60px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;Note&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;: The AutoPIPE coordinates can be manipulated from the default settings, where elevation = Z axis, and E/W = Y axis&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h1&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;text-decoration:underline;"&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration:underline;"&gt;Comments, Questions, and Answers:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h1&gt;
&lt;h3 style="margin-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration:underline;"&gt;Item #1:&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="/products/pipe_stress_analysis/w/pipe_stress_analysis__wiki/7452.aspx"&gt;FAQ &amp;amp; Troubleshooting&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;h3 style="margin-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration:underline;"&gt;Item #2:&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="/products/pipe_stress_analysis/w/pipe_stress_analysis__wiki/13401/02-01-b-import-ntl-file-into-autopipe"&gt;Imported NTL Errors from translated File&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;h3 style="margin-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration:underline;"&gt;Item #3:&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a title="PCF Translator Logged CR / TR Issues" href="/products/pipe_stress_analysis/w/pipe_stress_analysis__wiki/7655.aspx"&gt;Known Issues&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;h3 style="margin-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration:underline;"&gt;Item #4:&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a title="PCF Translator Version and Features" href="/products/pipe_stress_analysis/w/pipe_stress_analysis__wiki/pcf-translator-version-and-features.aspx"&gt;Version History&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;h3 style="margin-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration:underline;"&gt;Item #5:&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="/products/pipe_stress_analysis/w/pipe_stress_analysis__wiki/17074.added-details-about-autopipe-s-pcf-translator-tools-settings"&gt;Added details about translator&amp;#39;s &amp;quot;Tools &amp;gt; Settings&amp;quot; features&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;h3 style="margin-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration:underline;"&gt;Item #6:&lt;/span&gt; &lt;strong&gt;Example video of importing a PCF file into AutoPIPE&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p style="margin-left:60px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://communities.bentley.com/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-41/2161.AutoPIPE-PCF-Translator-import-process.mp4"&gt;communities.bentley.com/.../2161.AutoPIPE-PCF-Translator-import-process.mp4&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h1&gt;See Also&lt;/h1&gt;
&lt;p style="margin-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="/products/pipe_stress_analysis/w/pipe_stress_analysis__wiki/8460.02-02-autopipe-translators"&gt;AutoPIPE Translators&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;a href="/products/pipe_stress_analysis/w/pipe_stress_analysis__wiki/bentley-autopipe.aspx"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Bentley AutoPIPE&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h1&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;img style="border-width:0px;" alt=" " height="60" src="/cfs-file.ashx/__key/communityserver-components-sitefiles/TSG-Logo.png" width="189" /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/h1&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;div style="font-size: 90%;"&gt;Tags: Catia Medusa, SmartPlant, PCF, Autodesk Inventor, CadWorx, solidworks, AutoPIPE&lt;/div&gt;
</description></item><item><title>PCF Translator Issues for AutoPIPE</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/products/pipe_stress_analysis/w/pipe_stress_analysis__wiki/7358/pcf-translator-issues-for-autopipe/revision/60</link><pubDate>Mon, 11 Sep 2017 16:42:01 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:820dc14a-e4c3-465f-aaa2-60a1d9c29692</guid><dc:creator>Mike Dattilio</dc:creator><comments>https://communities.bentley.com/products/pipe_stress_analysis/w/pipe_stress_analysis__wiki/7358/pcf-translator-issues-for-autopipe#comments</comments><description>Revision 60 posted to AutoPIPE Wiki by Mike Dattilio on 9/11/2017 4:42:01 PM&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;h1&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;Notes:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#339966;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h1&gt;
&lt;p style="padding-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#008000;"&gt;A. For manual and details on the PCF translator file structure and mappings, see the following folder location and file:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin-left:60px;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#008000;"&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration:underline;"&gt;Folder location (default)&lt;/span&gt; : C:\Bentley\AutoPIPE Translators\PCF Translator\&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin-left:60px;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#008000;"&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration:underline;"&gt;Filename:&lt;/span&gt; SmartPlantToAutoPIPETranslator_UserReference.pdf&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="padding-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#339966;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#008000;"&gt;B. The PCF translator can import almost any type of PCF file created by other 3D cad applications (i.e. SmartPlant, CADworx,&amp;nbsp;SoildWorks, AutoDesk Inventor Professional&lt;/span&gt; (&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://knowledge.autodesk.com/support/inventor-products/learn-explore/caas/CloudHelp/cloudhelp/2014/ENU/Inventor/files/GUID-3A8CF4A4-6603-4093-81EC-FB9FB64BC939-htm.html"&gt;using the Tubing and Piping module&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://help.autodesk.com/view/INVNTOR/2015/ENU/?guid=GUID-3A8CF4A4-6603-4093-81EC-FB9FB64BC939"&gt;Autodesk 2015 help&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#008000;"&gt;), Catia, Autodesk Plant3D, &amp;nbsp;etc..). Start the PCF translator by using one of the following:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="padding-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#008000;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; 1. From with in AutoPIPE, select File&amp;gt; Import&amp;gt; choose any one that has (PCF) at the end of the name.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="padding-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#008000;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; 2. Select Start&amp;gt; Bentley Engineering&amp;gt; AutoPIPE Translator&amp;gt; PCF translator&amp;gt; PCF translator program&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="padding-left:60px;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#008000;"&gt;After the PCF translator application opens, see online help for details about the dialog.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="padding-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#008000;"&gt;C. &amp;nbsp;PCF file does not store multiple Pressure or Temperature settings, to be sure library data is retrieved for pipe properties, thermal expansion, hot modulus, hot allowable, etc, after importing a model&amp;nbsp;suggest the following steps: select Tools&amp;gt; Model Options&amp;gt; General change Ambient temperature to a different setting, press OK button, after the model data has been refreshed, reset Ambient temperature back to the original setting.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="padding-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#008000;"&gt;D.&amp;nbsp;Per&amp;nbsp;&amp;quot;SmartPlantToAutoPIPETranslator_UserReference.pdf&amp;quot; Rev.05, Section 6, the PCF translator can be run from the command line. However, the information was added to the PDF file before the actual functionality was added to&amp;nbsp;the program. As an official statement, the PCF translator cannot be run from the command&amp;nbsp; or be apart of&amp;nbsp;the Automated System Processing feature in AutoPIPE. See&amp;nbsp;AutoPIPE on-line help&amp;nbsp;&amp;quot;Automated System Processing&amp;quot; for&amp;nbsp;parameter switches&amp;nbsp;supported by the program. Also, see AutoPIPE V8i 9.6 and higher Analysis Batch File Generator.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="padding-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#008000;"&gt;E.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;In PCF file we cannot say from where segments starts and ends. PCF Translator automatically connects components on coordinates bases and create segments of those components which are connected to each other. Another words,&amp;nbsp;PCF Translator connects components on coordinates base not on sequential order specified in PCF file.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="padding-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#008000;"&gt;F. IF PCF translator was &lt;span style="background-color:#ffffff;"&gt;installed&lt;/span&gt; manually, delete the following folder if available:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="padding-left:90px;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color:#ffffff;color:#000000;"&gt;C:\Users\profilename\AppData\Roaming\Bentley\PCF Translator&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="padding-left:60px;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#008000;"&gt;Then restart the application, this folder will automatically be refreshed with the new files per the version just installed.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="padding-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#008000;"&gt;G. PCF file coordinate format:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin-left:60px;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#008000;"&gt;&lt;a href="/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-41/63571.1.png"&gt;&lt;img alt=" " src="/resized-image/__size/940x0/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-41/63571.1.png" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin-left:60px;"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin-left:60px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;Note&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;: The AutoPIPE coordinates can be manipulated from the default settings, where elevation = Z axis, and E/W = Y axis&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h1&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;text-decoration:underline;"&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration:underline;"&gt;Comments, Questions, and Answers:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h1&gt;
&lt;h3 style="margin-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration:underline;"&gt;Item #1:&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="/products/pipe_stress_analysis/w/pipe_stress_analysis__wiki/7452.aspx"&gt;FAQ &amp;amp; Troubleshooting&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;h3 style="margin-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration:underline;"&gt;Item #2:&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="/products/pipe_stress_analysis/w/pipe_stress_analysis__wiki/imported-ntl-errors-from-pcf-tanslated-file.aspx"&gt;Imported NTL Errors from translated File&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;h3 style="margin-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration:underline;"&gt;Item #3:&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a title="PCF Translator Logged CR / TR Issues" href="/products/pipe_stress_analysis/w/pipe_stress_analysis__wiki/7655.aspx"&gt;Known Issues&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;h3 style="margin-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration:underline;"&gt;Item #4:&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a title="PCF Translator Version and Features" href="/products/pipe_stress_analysis/w/pipe_stress_analysis__wiki/pcf-translator-version-and-features.aspx"&gt;Version History&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;h3 style="margin-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration:underline;"&gt;Item #5:&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="/products/pipe_stress_analysis/w/pipe_stress_analysis__wiki/17074.added-details-about-autopipe-s-pcf-translator-tools-settings"&gt;Added details about translator&amp;#39;s &amp;quot;Tools &amp;gt; Settings&amp;quot; features&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;h3 style="margin-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration:underline;"&gt;Item #6:&lt;/span&gt; &lt;strong&gt;Example video of importing a PCF file into AutoPIPE&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p style="margin-left:60px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://communities.bentley.com/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-41/2161.AutoPIPE-PCF-Translator-import-process.mp4"&gt;communities.bentley.com/.../2161.AutoPIPE-PCF-Translator-import-process.mp4&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h1&gt;See Also&lt;/h1&gt;
&lt;p style="margin-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="/products/pipe_stress_analysis/w/pipe_stress_analysis__wiki/8460.02-02-autopipe-translators"&gt;AutoPIPE Translators&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;a href="/products/pipe_stress_analysis/w/pipe_stress_analysis__wiki/bentley-autopipe.aspx"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Bentley AutoPIPE&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h1&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;img style="border-width:0px;" alt=" " height="60" src="/cfs-file.ashx/__key/communityserver-components-sitefiles/TSG-Logo.png" width="189" /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/h1&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;div style="font-size: 90%;"&gt;Tags: Catia Medusa, SmartPlant, PCF, Autodesk Inventor, CadWorx, solidworks, AutoPIPE&lt;/div&gt;
</description></item><item><title>PCF Translator Issues for AutoPIPE</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/products/pipe_stress_analysis/w/pipe_stress_analysis__wiki/7358/pcf-translator-issues-for-autopipe/revision/59</link><pubDate>Fri, 08 Sep 2017 13:30:54 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:820dc14a-e4c3-465f-aaa2-60a1d9c29692</guid><dc:creator>Mike Dattilio</dc:creator><comments>https://communities.bentley.com/products/pipe_stress_analysis/w/pipe_stress_analysis__wiki/7358/pcf-translator-issues-for-autopipe#comments</comments><description>Revision 59 posted to AutoPIPE Wiki by Mike Dattilio on 9/8/2017 1:30:54 PM&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;h1&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;Notes:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#339966;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h1&gt;
&lt;p style="padding-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#008000;"&gt;A. For manual and details on the PCF translator file structure and mappings, see the following folder location and file:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin-left:60px;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#008000;"&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration:underline;"&gt;Folder location (default)&lt;/span&gt; : C:\Bentley\AutoPIPE Translators\PCF Translator\&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin-left:60px;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#008000;"&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration:underline;"&gt;Filename:&lt;/span&gt; SmartPlantToAutoPIPETranslator_UserReference.pdf&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="padding-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#339966;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#008000;"&gt;B. The PCF translator can import almost any type of PCF file created by other 3D cad applications (i.e. SmartPlant, CADworx,&amp;nbsp;SoildWorks, AutoDesk Inventor Professional&lt;/span&gt; (&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://knowledge.autodesk.com/support/inventor-products/learn-explore/caas/CloudHelp/cloudhelp/2014/ENU/Inventor/files/GUID-3A8CF4A4-6603-4093-81EC-FB9FB64BC939-htm.html"&gt;using the Tubing and Piping module&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://help.autodesk.com/view/INVNTOR/2015/ENU/?guid=GUID-3A8CF4A4-6603-4093-81EC-FB9FB64BC939"&gt;Autodesk 2015 help&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#008000;"&gt;), Catia, Autodesk Plant3D, &amp;nbsp;etc..). Start the PCF translator by using one of the following:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="padding-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#008000;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; 1. From with in AutoPIPE, select File&amp;gt; Import&amp;gt; choose any one that has (PCF) at the end of the name.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="padding-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#008000;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; 2. Select Start&amp;gt; Bentley Engineering&amp;gt; AutoPIPE Translator&amp;gt; PCF translator&amp;gt; PCF translator program&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="padding-left:60px;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#008000;"&gt;After the PCF translator application opens, see online help for details about the dialog.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="padding-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#008000;"&gt;C. &amp;nbsp;PCF file does not store multiple Pressure or Temperature settings, to be sure library data is retrieved for pipe properties, thermal expansion, hot modulus, hot allowable, etc, after importing a model&amp;nbsp;suggest the following steps: select Tools&amp;gt; Model Options&amp;gt; General change Ambient temperature to a different setting, press OK button, after the model data has been refreshed, reset Ambient temperature back to the original setting.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="padding-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#008000;"&gt;D.&amp;nbsp;Per&amp;nbsp;&amp;quot;SmartPlantToAutoPIPETranslator_UserReference.pdf&amp;quot; Rev.05, Section 6, the PCF translator can be run from the command line. However, the information was added to the PDF file before the actual functionality was added to&amp;nbsp;the program. As an official statement, the PCF translator cannot be run from the command&amp;nbsp; or be apart of&amp;nbsp;the Automated System Processing feature in AutoPIPE. See&amp;nbsp;AutoPIPE on-line help&amp;nbsp;&amp;quot;Automated System Processing&amp;quot; for&amp;nbsp;parameter switches&amp;nbsp;supported by the program. Also, see AutoPIPE V8i 9.6 and higher Analysis Batch File Generator.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="padding-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#008000;"&gt;E.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;In PCF file we cannot say from where segments starts and ends. PCF Translator automatically connects components on coordinates bases and create segments of those components which are connected to each other. Another words,&amp;nbsp;PCF Translator connects components on coordinates base not on sequential order specified in PCF file.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="padding-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#008000;"&gt;F. IF PCF translator was &lt;span style="background-color:#ffffff;"&gt;installed&lt;/span&gt; manually, delete the following folder if available:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="padding-left:90px;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color:#ffffff;color:#000000;"&gt;C:\Users\profilename\AppData\Roaming\Bentley\PCF Translator&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="padding-left:60px;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#008000;"&gt;Then restart the application, this folder will automatically be refreshed with the new files per the version just installed.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="padding-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#008000;"&gt;G. PCF file coordinate format:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin-left:60px;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#008000;"&gt;&lt;a href="/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-41/63571.1.png"&gt;&lt;img alt=" " src="/resized-image/__size/940x0/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-41/63571.1.png" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin-left:60px;"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin-left:60px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;Note&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;: The AutoPIPE coordinates can be manipulated from the default settings, where elevation = Z axis, and E/W = Y axis&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h1&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;text-decoration:underline;"&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration:underline;"&gt;Comments, Questions, and Answers:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h1&gt;
&lt;h3 style="margin-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration:underline;"&gt;Item #1:&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="/products/pipe_stress_analysis/w/pipe_stress_analysis__wiki/7452.aspx"&gt;FAQ &amp;amp; Troubleshooting&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;h3 style="margin-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration:underline;"&gt;Item #2:&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="/products/pipe_stress_analysis/w/pipe_stress_analysis__wiki/imported-ntl-errors-from-pcf-tanslated-file.aspx"&gt;Imported NTL Errors from translated File&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;h3 style="margin-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration:underline;"&gt;Item #3:&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a title="PCF Translator Logged CR / TR Issues" href="/products/pipe_stress_analysis/w/pipe_stress_analysis__wiki/7655.aspx"&gt;Known Issues&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;h3 style="margin-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration:underline;"&gt;Item #4:&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a title="PCF Translator Version and Features" href="/products/pipe_stress_analysis/w/pipe_stress_analysis__wiki/pcf-translator-version-and-features.aspx"&gt;Version History&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;h3 style="margin-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration:underline;"&gt;Item #5:&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="/products/pipe_stress_analysis/w/pipe_stress_analysis__wiki/17074.added-details-about-autopipe-s-pcf-translator-tools-settings"&gt;Added details about translator&amp;#39;s &amp;quot;Tools &amp;gt; Settings&amp;quot; features&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;h3 style="margin-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration:underline;"&gt;Item #6:&lt;/span&gt; &lt;strong&gt;Example video of importing a PCF file into AutoPIPE&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p style="margin-left:60px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://communities.bentley.com/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-41/AutoPIPE-PCF-Translator-import-process.mp4"&gt;communities.bentley.com/.../AutoPIPE-PCF-Translator-import-process.mp4&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h1&gt;See Also&lt;/h1&gt;
&lt;p style="margin-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="/products/pipe_stress_analysis/w/pipe_stress_analysis__wiki/8460.02-02-autopipe-translators"&gt;AutoPIPE Translators&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;a href="/products/pipe_stress_analysis/w/pipe_stress_analysis__wiki/bentley-autopipe.aspx"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Bentley AutoPIPE&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h1&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;img style="border-width:0px;" alt=" " height="60" src="/cfs-file.ashx/__key/communityserver-components-sitefiles/TSG-Logo.png" width="189" /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/h1&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;div style="font-size: 90%;"&gt;Tags: Catia Medusa, SmartPlant, PCF, Autodesk Inventor, CadWorx, solidworks, AutoPIPE&lt;/div&gt;
</description></item><item><title>PCF Translator Issues for AutoPIPE</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/products/pipe_stress_analysis/w/pipe_stress_analysis__wiki/7358/pcf-translator-issues-for-autopipe/revision/58</link><pubDate>Fri, 08 Sep 2017 13:20:37 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:820dc14a-e4c3-465f-aaa2-60a1d9c29692</guid><dc:creator>Mike Dattilio</dc:creator><comments>https://communities.bentley.com/products/pipe_stress_analysis/w/pipe_stress_analysis__wiki/7358/pcf-translator-issues-for-autopipe#comments</comments><description>Revision 58 posted to AutoPIPE Wiki by Mike Dattilio on 9/8/2017 1:20:37 PM&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;h1&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;Notes:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#339966;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h1&gt;
&lt;p style="padding-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#008000;"&gt;A. For manual and details on the PCF translator file structure and mappings, see the following folder location and file:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin-left:60px;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#008000;"&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration:underline;"&gt;Folder location (default)&lt;/span&gt; : C:\Bentley\AutoPIPE Translators\PCF Translator\&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin-left:60px;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#008000;"&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration:underline;"&gt;Filename:&lt;/span&gt; SmartPlantToAutoPIPETranslator_UserReference.pdf&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="padding-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#339966;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#008000;"&gt;B. The PCF translator can import almost any type of PCF file created by other 3D cad applications (i.e. SmartPlant, CADworx,&amp;nbsp;SoildWorks, AutoDesk Inventor Professional&lt;/span&gt; (&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://knowledge.autodesk.com/support/inventor-products/learn-explore/caas/CloudHelp/cloudhelp/2014/ENU/Inventor/files/GUID-3A8CF4A4-6603-4093-81EC-FB9FB64BC939-htm.html"&gt;using the Tubing and Piping module&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://help.autodesk.com/view/INVNTOR/2015/ENU/?guid=GUID-3A8CF4A4-6603-4093-81EC-FB9FB64BC939"&gt;Autodesk 2015 help&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#008000;"&gt;), Catia, Autodesk Plant3D, &amp;nbsp;etc..). Start the PCF translator by using one of the following:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="padding-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#008000;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; 1. From with in AutoPIPE, select File&amp;gt; Import&amp;gt; choose any one that has (PCF) at the end of the name.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="padding-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#008000;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; 2. Select Start&amp;gt; Bentley Engineering&amp;gt; AutoPIPE Translator&amp;gt; PCF translator&amp;gt; PCF translator program&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="padding-left:60px;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#008000;"&gt;After the PCF translator application opens, see online help for details about the dialog.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="padding-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#008000;"&gt;C. &amp;nbsp;PCF file does not store multiple Pressure or Temperature settings, to be sure library data is retrieved for pipe properties, thermal expansion, hot modulus, hot allowable, etc, after importing a model&amp;nbsp;suggest the following steps: select Tools&amp;gt; Model Options&amp;gt; General change Ambient temperature to a different setting, press OK button, after the model data has been refreshed, reset Ambient temperature back to the original setting.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="padding-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#008000;"&gt;D.&amp;nbsp;Per&amp;nbsp;&amp;quot;SmartPlantToAutoPIPETranslator_UserReference.pdf&amp;quot; Rev.05, Section 6, the PCF translator can be run from the command line. However, the information was added to the PDF file before the actual functionality was added to&amp;nbsp;the program. As an official statement, the PCF translator cannot be run from the command&amp;nbsp; or be apart of&amp;nbsp;the Automated System Processing feature in AutoPIPE. See&amp;nbsp;AutoPIPE on-line help&amp;nbsp;&amp;quot;Automated System Processing&amp;quot; for&amp;nbsp;parameter switches&amp;nbsp;supported by the program. Also, see AutoPIPE V8i 9.6 and higher Analysis Batch File Generator.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="padding-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#008000;"&gt;E.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;In PCF file we cannot say from where segments starts and ends. PCF Translator automatically connects components on coordinates bases and create segments of those components which are connected to each other. Another words,&amp;nbsp;PCF Translator connects components on coordinates base not on sequential order specified in PCF file.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="padding-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#008000;"&gt;F. IF PCF translator was &lt;span style="background-color:#ffffff;"&gt;installed&lt;/span&gt; manually or over top of an existing version, delete the following folder if available:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="padding-left:90px;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color:#ffffff;color:#000000;"&gt;C:\Users\profilename\AppData\Roaming\Bentley\PCF Translator&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="padding-left:60px;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#008000;"&gt;Then restart the application, this folder will automatically be refreshed with the new files per the version just installed.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="padding-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#008000;"&gt;G. PCF file coordinate format:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin-left:60px;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#008000;"&gt;&lt;a href="/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-41/63571.1.png"&gt;&lt;img alt=" " src="/resized-image/__size/940x0/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-41/63571.1.png" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin-left:60px;"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin-left:60px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;Note&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;: The AutoPIPE coordinates can be manipulated from the default settings, where elevation = Z axis, and E/W = Y axis&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h1&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;text-decoration:underline;"&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration:underline;"&gt;Comments, Questions, and Answers:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h1&gt;
&lt;h3 style="margin-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration:underline;"&gt;Item #1:&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="/products/pipe_stress_analysis/w/pipe_stress_analysis__wiki/7452.aspx"&gt;FAQ &amp;amp; Troubleshooting&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;h3 style="margin-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration:underline;"&gt;Item #2:&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="/products/pipe_stress_analysis/w/pipe_stress_analysis__wiki/imported-ntl-errors-from-pcf-tanslated-file.aspx"&gt;Imported NTL Errors from translated File&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;h3 style="margin-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration:underline;"&gt;Item #3:&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a title="PCF Translator Logged CR / TR Issues" href="/products/pipe_stress_analysis/w/pipe_stress_analysis__wiki/7655.aspx"&gt;Known Issues&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;h3 style="margin-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration:underline;"&gt;Item #4:&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a title="PCF Translator Version and Features" href="/products/pipe_stress_analysis/w/pipe_stress_analysis__wiki/pcf-translator-version-and-features.aspx"&gt;Version History&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;h3 style="margin-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration:underline;"&gt;Item #5:&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="/products/pipe_stress_analysis/w/pipe_stress_analysis__wiki/17074.added-details-about-autopipe-s-pcf-translator-tools-settings"&gt;Added details about translator&amp;#39;s &amp;quot;Tools &amp;gt; Settings&amp;quot; features&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;h3 style="margin-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration:underline;"&gt;Item #6:&lt;/span&gt; &lt;strong&gt;Example video of importing a PCF file into AutoPIPE&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p style="margin-left:60px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://communities.bentley.com/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-41/AutoPIPE-PCF-Translator-import-process.mp4"&gt;communities.bentley.com/.../AutoPIPE-PCF-Translator-import-process.mp4&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h1&gt;See Also&lt;/h1&gt;
&lt;p style="margin-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="/products/pipe_stress_analysis/w/pipe_stress_analysis__wiki/8460.02-02-autopipe-translators"&gt;AutoPIPE Translators&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;a href="/products/pipe_stress_analysis/w/pipe_stress_analysis__wiki/bentley-autopipe.aspx"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Bentley AutoPIPE&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h1&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;img style="border-width:0px;" alt=" " height="60" src="/cfs-file.ashx/__key/communityserver-components-sitefiles/TSG-Logo.png" width="189" /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/h1&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;div style="font-size: 90%;"&gt;Tags: Catia Medusa, SmartPlant, PCF, Autodesk Inventor, CadWorx, solidworks, AutoPIPE&lt;/div&gt;
</description></item><item><title>PCF Translator Issues for AutoPIPE</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/products/pipe_stress_analysis/w/pipe_stress_analysis__wiki/7358/pcf-translator-issues-for-autopipe/revision/57</link><pubDate>Fri, 02 Jun 2017 20:25:12 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:820dc14a-e4c3-465f-aaa2-60a1d9c29692</guid><dc:creator>Mike Dattilio</dc:creator><comments>https://communities.bentley.com/products/pipe_stress_analysis/w/pipe_stress_analysis__wiki/7358/pcf-translator-issues-for-autopipe#comments</comments><description>Revision 57 posted to AutoPIPE Wiki by Mike Dattilio on 6/2/2017 8:25:12 PM&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;h1&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;Notes:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#339966;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h1&gt;
&lt;p style="padding-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#008000;"&gt;A. For manual and details on the PCF translator file structure and mappings, see the following folder location and file:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin-left:60px;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#008000;"&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration:underline;"&gt;Folder location (default)&lt;/span&gt; : C:\Bentley\AutoPIPE Translators\PCF Translator\&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin-left:60px;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#008000;"&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration:underline;"&gt;Filename:&lt;/span&gt; SmartPlantToAutoPIPETranslator_UserReference.pdf&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="padding-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#339966;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#008000;"&gt;B. The PCF translator can import almost any type of PCF file created by other 3D cad applications (i.e. SmartPlant, CADworx,&amp;nbsp;SoildWorks, AutoDesk Inventor Professional&lt;/span&gt; (&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://knowledge.autodesk.com/support/inventor-products/learn-explore/caas/CloudHelp/cloudhelp/2014/ENU/Inventor/files/GUID-3A8CF4A4-6603-4093-81EC-FB9FB64BC939-htm.html"&gt;using the Tubing and Piping module&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://help.autodesk.com/view/INVNTOR/2015/ENU/?guid=GUID-3A8CF4A4-6603-4093-81EC-FB9FB64BC939"&gt;Autodesk 2015 help&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#008000;"&gt;), Catia, Autodesk Plant3D, &amp;nbsp;etc..). Start the PCF translator by using one of the following:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="padding-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#008000;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; 1. From with in AutoPIPE, select File&amp;gt; Import&amp;gt; choose any one that has (PCF) at the end of the name.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="padding-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#008000;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; 2. Select Start&amp;gt; Bentley Engineering&amp;gt; AutoPIPE Translator&amp;gt; PCF translator&amp;gt; PCF translator program&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="padding-left:60px;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#008000;"&gt;After the PCF translator application opens, see online help for details about the dialog.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="padding-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#008000;"&gt;C. &amp;nbsp;PCF file does not store multiple Pressure or Temperature settings, to be sure library data is retrieved for pipe properties, thermal expansion, hot modulus, hot allowable, etc, after importing a model&amp;nbsp;suggest the following steps: select Tools&amp;gt; Model Options&amp;gt; General change Ambient temperature to a different setting, press OK button, after the model data has been refreshed, reset Ambient temperature back to the original setting.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="padding-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#008000;"&gt;D.&amp;nbsp;Per&amp;nbsp;&amp;quot;SmartPlantToAutoPIPETranslator_UserReference.pdf&amp;quot; Rev.05, Section 6, the PCF translator can be run from the command line. However, the information was added to the PDF file before the actual functionality was added to&amp;nbsp;the program. As an official statement, the PCF translator cannot be run from the command&amp;nbsp; or be apart of&amp;nbsp;the Automated System Processing feature in AutoPIPE. See&amp;nbsp;AutoPIPE on-line help&amp;nbsp;&amp;quot;Automated System Processing&amp;quot; for&amp;nbsp;parameter switches&amp;nbsp;supported by the program. Also, see AutoPIPE V8i 9.6 and higher Analysis Batch File Generator.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="padding-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#008000;"&gt;E.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;In PCF file we cannot say from where segments starts and ends. PCF Translator automatically connects components on coordinates bases and create segments of those components which are connected to each other. Another words,&amp;nbsp;PCF Translator connects components on coordinates base not on sequential order specified in PCF file.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="padding-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#008000;"&gt;F. PCF file coordinate format:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin-left:60px;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#008000;"&gt;&lt;a href="/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-41/63571.1.png"&gt;&lt;img src="/resized-image/__size/940x0/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-41/63571.1.png" alt=" " /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin-left:60px;"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin-left:60px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;Note&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;: The AutoPIPE coordinates can be manipulated from the default settings, where elevation = Z axis, and E/W = Y axis&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h1&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;text-decoration:underline;"&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration:underline;"&gt;Comments, Questions, and Answers:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h1&gt;
&lt;h3 style="margin-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration:underline;"&gt;Item #1:&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="/products/pipe_stress_analysis/w/pipe_stress_analysis__wiki/7452.aspx"&gt;FAQ &amp;amp; Troubleshooting&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;h3 style="margin-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration:underline;"&gt;Item #2:&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="/products/pipe_stress_analysis/w/pipe_stress_analysis__wiki/imported-ntl-errors-from-pcf-tanslated-file.aspx"&gt;Imported NTL Errors from translated File&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;h3 style="margin-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration:underline;"&gt;Item #3:&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a title="PCF Translator Logged CR / TR Issues" href="/products/pipe_stress_analysis/w/pipe_stress_analysis__wiki/7655.aspx"&gt;Known Issues&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;h3 style="margin-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration:underline;"&gt;Item #4:&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a title="PCF Translator Version and Features" href="/products/pipe_stress_analysis/w/pipe_stress_analysis__wiki/pcf-translator-version-and-features.aspx"&gt;Version History&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;h3 style="margin-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration:underline;"&gt;Item #5:&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="/products/pipe_stress_analysis/w/pipe_stress_analysis__wiki/17074.added-details-about-autopipe-s-pcf-translator-tools-settings"&gt;Added details about translator&amp;#39;s &amp;quot;Tools &amp;gt; Settings&amp;quot; features&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;h3 style="margin-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration:underline;"&gt;Item #6:&lt;/span&gt; &lt;strong&gt;Example video of importing a PCF file into AutoPIPE&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p style="margin-left:60px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://communities.bentley.com/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-41/AutoPIPE-PCF-Translator-import-process.mp4"&gt;communities.bentley.com/.../AutoPIPE-PCF-Translator-import-process.mp4&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h1&gt;See Also&lt;/h1&gt;
&lt;p style="margin-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="/products/pipe_stress_analysis/w/pipe_stress_analysis__wiki/8460.02-02-autopipe-translators"&gt;AutoPIPE Translators&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;a href="/products/pipe_stress_analysis/w/pipe_stress_analysis__wiki/bentley-autopipe.aspx"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Bentley AutoPIPE&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h1&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;img width="189" height="60" style="border-width:0px;" alt=" " src="/cfs-file.ashx/__key/communityserver-components-sitefiles/TSG-Logo.png" /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/h1&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;div style="font-size: 90%;"&gt;Tags: Catia Medusa, SmartPlant, PCF, Autodesk Inventor, CadWorx, solidworks, AutoPIPE&lt;/div&gt;
</description></item><item><title>PCF Translator Issues for AutoPIPE</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/products/pipe_stress_analysis/w/pipe_stress_analysis__wiki/7358/pcf-translator-issues-for-autopipe/revision/56</link><pubDate>Fri, 02 Jun 2017 20:23:53 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:820dc14a-e4c3-465f-aaa2-60a1d9c29692</guid><dc:creator>Mike Dattilio</dc:creator><comments>https://communities.bentley.com/products/pipe_stress_analysis/w/pipe_stress_analysis__wiki/7358/pcf-translator-issues-for-autopipe#comments</comments><description>Revision 56 posted to AutoPIPE Wiki by Mike Dattilio on 6/2/2017 8:23:53 PM&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;h1&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;Notes:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#339966;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h1&gt;
&lt;p style="padding-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#008000;"&gt;A. For manual and details on the PCF translator file structure and mappings, see the following folder location and file:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin-left:60px;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#008000;"&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration:underline;"&gt;Folder location (default)&lt;/span&gt; : C:\Bentley\AutoPIPE Translators\PCF Translator\&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin-left:60px;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#008000;"&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration:underline;"&gt;Filename:&lt;/span&gt; SmartPlantToAutoPIPETranslator_UserReference.pdf&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="padding-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#339966;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#008000;"&gt;B. The PCF translator can import almost any type of PCF file created by other 3D cad applications (i.e. SmartPlant, CADworx,&amp;nbsp;SoildWorks, AutoDesk Inventor Professional&lt;/span&gt; (&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://knowledge.autodesk.com/support/inventor-products/learn-explore/caas/CloudHelp/cloudhelp/2014/ENU/Inventor/files/GUID-3A8CF4A4-6603-4093-81EC-FB9FB64BC939-htm.html"&gt;using the Tubing and Piping module&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://help.autodesk.com/view/INVNTOR/2015/ENU/?guid=GUID-3A8CF4A4-6603-4093-81EC-FB9FB64BC939"&gt;Autodesk 2015 help&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#008000;"&gt;), Catia, Autodesk Plant3D, &amp;nbsp;etc..). Start the PCF translator by using one of the following:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="padding-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#008000;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; 1. From with in AutoPIPE, select File&amp;gt; Import&amp;gt; choose any one that has (PCF) at the end of the name.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="padding-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#008000;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; 2. Select Start&amp;gt; Bentley Engineering&amp;gt; AutoPIPE Translator&amp;gt; PCF translator&amp;gt; PCF translator program&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="padding-left:60px;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#008000;"&gt;After the PCF translator application opens, see online help for details about the dialog.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="padding-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#008000;"&gt;C. &amp;nbsp;PCF file does not store multiple Pressure or Temperature settings, to be sure library data is retrieved for pipe properties, thermal expansion, hot modulus, hot allowable, etc, after importing a model&amp;nbsp;suggest the following steps: select Tools&amp;gt; Model Options&amp;gt; General change Ambient temperature to a different setting, press OK button, after the model data has been refreshed, reset Ambient temperature back to the original setting.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="padding-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#008000;"&gt;D.&amp;nbsp;Per&amp;nbsp;&amp;quot;SmartPlantToAutoPIPETranslator_UserReference.pdf&amp;quot; Rev.05, Section 6, the PCF translator can be run from the command line. However, the information was added to the PDF file before the actual functionality was added to&amp;nbsp;the program. As an official statement, the PCF translator cannot be run from the command&amp;nbsp; or be apart of&amp;nbsp;the Automated System Processing feature in AutoPIPE. See&amp;nbsp;AutoPIPE on-line help&amp;nbsp;&amp;quot;Automated System Processing&amp;quot; for&amp;nbsp;parameter switches&amp;nbsp;supported by the program. Also, see AutoPIPE V8i 9.6 and higher Analysis Batch File Generator.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="padding-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#008000;"&gt;E.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;In PCF file we cannot say from where segments starts and ends. PCF Translator automatically connects components on coordinates bases and create segments of those components which are connected to each other. Another words,&amp;nbsp;PCF Translator connects components on coordinates base not on sequential order specified in PCF file.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="padding-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#008000;"&gt;F. PCF file coordinate format:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin-left:60px;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#008000;"&gt;&lt;a href="/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-41/63571.1.png"&gt;&lt;img src="/resized-image/__size/940x0/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-41/63571.1.png" alt=" " /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin-left:60px;"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin-left:60px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;Note&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;: The AutoPIPE coordinates can be manipulated from the default settings, where elevation = Z axis, and E/W = Y axis&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h1&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;text-decoration:underline;"&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration:underline;"&gt;Comments, Questions, and Answers:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h1&gt;
&lt;h3 style="margin-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration:underline;"&gt;Item #1:&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="/products/pipe_stress_analysis/w/pipe_stress_analysis__wiki/7452.aspx"&gt;PCF Translator FAQ &amp;amp; Troubleshooting&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;h3 style="margin-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration:underline;"&gt;Item #2:&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="/products/pipe_stress_analysis/w/pipe_stress_analysis__wiki/imported-ntl-errors-from-pcf-tanslated-file.aspx"&gt;Imported NTL Errors from PCF Translated File&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;h3 style="margin-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration:underline;"&gt;Item #3:&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a title="PCF Translator Logged CR / TR Issues" href="/products/pipe_stress_analysis/w/pipe_stress_analysis__wiki/7655.aspx"&gt;PCF Translator Known Issues&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;h3 style="margin-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration:underline;"&gt;Item #4:&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a title="PCF Translator Version and Features" href="/products/pipe_stress_analysis/w/pipe_stress_analysis__wiki/pcf-translator-version-and-features.aspx"&gt;PCF Translator Version History&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;h3 style="margin-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration:underline;"&gt;Item #5:&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="/products/pipe_stress_analysis/w/pipe_stress_analysis__wiki/17074.added-details-about-autopipe-s-pcf-translator-tools-settings"&gt;Added details about AutoPIPE&amp;#39;s PCF Translator &amp;quot;Tools &amp;gt; Settings&amp;quot; features&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;h3 style="margin-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration:underline;"&gt;Item #6:&lt;/span&gt; &lt;strong&gt;Example video of importing a PCF file into AutoPIPE&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p style="margin-left:60px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://communities.bentley.com/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-41/AutoPIPE-PCF-Translator-import-process.mp4"&gt;communities.bentley.com/.../AutoPIPE-PCF-Translator-import-process.mp4&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h1&gt;See Also&lt;/h1&gt;
&lt;p style="margin-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="/products/pipe_stress_analysis/w/pipe_stress_analysis__wiki/8460.02-02-autopipe-translators"&gt;AutoPIPE Translators&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;a href="/products/pipe_stress_analysis/w/pipe_stress_analysis__wiki/bentley-autopipe.aspx"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Bentley AutoPIPE&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h1&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;img width="189" height="60" style="border-width:0px;" alt=" " src="/cfs-file.ashx/__key/communityserver-components-sitefiles/TSG-Logo.png" /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/h1&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;div style="font-size: 90%;"&gt;Tags: Catia Medusa, SmartPlant, PCF, Autodesk Inventor, CadWorx, solidworks, AutoPIPE&lt;/div&gt;
</description></item><item><title>PCF Translator Issues for AutoPIPE</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/products/pipe_stress_analysis/w/pipe_stress_analysis__wiki/7358/pcf-translator-issues-for-autopipe/revision/55</link><pubDate>Fri, 16 Dec 2016 17:54:59 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:820dc14a-e4c3-465f-aaa2-60a1d9c29692</guid><dc:creator>Mike Dattilio</dc:creator><comments>https://communities.bentley.com/products/pipe_stress_analysis/w/pipe_stress_analysis__wiki/7358/pcf-translator-issues-for-autopipe#comments</comments><description>Revision 55 posted to AutoPIPE Wiki by Mike Dattilio on 12/16/2016 5:54:59 PM&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;h1&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;Notes:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#339966;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h1&gt;
&lt;p style="padding-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#008000;"&gt;A. For manual and details on the PCF translator file structure and mappings, see the following folder location and file:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin-left:60px;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#008000;"&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration:underline;"&gt;Folder location (default)&lt;/span&gt; : C:\Bentley\AutoPIPE Translators\PCF Translator\&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin-left:60px;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#008000;"&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration:underline;"&gt;Filename:&lt;/span&gt; SmartPlantToAutoPIPETranslator_UserReference.pdf&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="padding-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#339966;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#008000;"&gt;B. The PCF translator can import almost any type of PCF file created by other 3D cad applications (i.e. SmartPlant, CADworx,&amp;nbsp;SoildWorks, AutoDesk Inventor Professional&lt;/span&gt; (&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://knowledge.autodesk.com/support/inventor-products/learn-explore/caas/CloudHelp/cloudhelp/2014/ENU/Inventor/files/GUID-3A8CF4A4-6603-4093-81EC-FB9FB64BC939-htm.html"&gt;using the Tubing and Piping module&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://help.autodesk.com/view/INVNTOR/2015/ENU/?guid=GUID-3A8CF4A4-6603-4093-81EC-FB9FB64BC939"&gt;Autodesk 2015 help&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#008000;"&gt;), Catia, Autodesk Plant3D, &amp;nbsp;etc..). Start the PCF translator by using one of the following:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="padding-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#008000;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; 1. From with in AutoPIPE, select File&amp;gt; Import&amp;gt; choose any one that has (PCF) at the end of the name.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="padding-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#008000;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; 2. Select Start&amp;gt; Bentley Engineering&amp;gt; AutoPIPE Translator&amp;gt; PCF translator&amp;gt; PCF translator program&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="padding-left:60px;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#008000;"&gt;After the PCF translator application opens, see online help for details about the dialog.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="padding-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#008000;"&gt;C. &amp;nbsp;PCF file does not store multiple Pressure or Temperature settings, to be sure library data is retrieved for pipe properties, thermal expansion, hot modulus, hot allowable, etc, after importing a model&amp;nbsp;suggest the following steps: select Tools&amp;gt; Model Options&amp;gt; General change Ambient temperature to a different setting, press OK button, after the model data has been refreshed, reset Ambient temperature back to the original setting.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="padding-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#008000;"&gt;D.&amp;nbsp;Per&amp;nbsp;&amp;quot;SmartPlantToAutoPIPETranslator_UserReference.pdf&amp;quot; Rev.05, Section 6, the PCF translator can be run from the command line. However, the information was added to the PDF file before the actual functionality was added to&amp;nbsp;the program. As an official statement, the PCF translator cannot be run from the command&amp;nbsp; or be apart of&amp;nbsp;the Automated System Processing feature in AutoPIPE. See&amp;nbsp;AutoPIPE on-line help&amp;nbsp;&amp;quot;Automated System Processing&amp;quot; for&amp;nbsp;parameter switches&amp;nbsp;supported by the program. Also, see AutoPIPE V8i 9.6 and higher Analysis Batch File Generator.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="padding-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#008000;"&gt;E.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;In PCF file we cannot say from where segments starts and ends. PCF Translator automatically connects components on coordinates bases and create segments of those components which are connected to each other. Another words,&amp;nbsp;PCF Translator connects components on coordinates base not on sequential order specified in PCF file.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="padding-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#008000;"&gt;F. PCF file coordinate format:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin-left:60px;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#008000;"&gt;&lt;a href="/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-41/63571.1.png"&gt;&lt;img src="/resized-image/__size/940x0/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-41/63571.1.png" alt=" " /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin-left:60px;"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin-left:60px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;Note&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;: The AutoPIPE coordinates can be manipulated from the default settings, where elevation = Z axis, and E/W = Y axis&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h1&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;text-decoration:underline;"&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration:underline;"&gt;Comments, Questions, and Answers:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h1&gt;
&lt;h3 style="margin-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration:underline;"&gt;Item #1:&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="/products/pipe_stress_analysis/w/pipe_stress_analysis__wiki/7452.aspx"&gt;PCF Translator FAQ &amp;amp; Troubleshooting&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;h3 style="margin-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration:underline;"&gt;Item #2:&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="/products/pipe_stress_analysis/w/pipe_stress_analysis__wiki/imported-ntl-errors-from-pcf-tanslated-file.aspx"&gt;Imported NTL Errors from PCF Translated File&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;h3 style="margin-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration:underline;"&gt;Item #3:&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a title="PCF Translator Logged CR / TR Issues" href="/products/pipe_stress_analysis/w/pipe_stress_analysis__wiki/7655.aspx"&gt;PCF Translator Logged CR / TR Issues&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;h3 style="margin-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration:underline;"&gt;Item #4:&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a title="PCF Translator Version and Features" href="/products/pipe_stress_analysis/w/pipe_stress_analysis__wiki/pcf-translator-version-and-features.aspx"&gt;PCF Translator Version History&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;h3 style="margin-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration:underline;"&gt;Item #5:&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="/products/pipe_stress_analysis/w/pipe_stress_analysis__wiki/17074.added-details-about-autopipe-s-pcf-translator-tools-settings"&gt;Added details about AutoPIPE&amp;#39;s PCF Translator &amp;quot;Tools &amp;gt; Settings&amp;quot; features&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;h3 style="margin-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration:underline;"&gt;Item #6:&lt;/span&gt; &lt;strong&gt;Example video of importing a PCF file into AutoPIPE&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p style="margin-left:60px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://communities.bentley.com/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-41/AutoPIPE-PCF-Translator-import-process.mp4"&gt;communities.bentley.com/.../AutoPIPE-PCF-Translator-import-process.mp4&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h1&gt;See Also&lt;/h1&gt;
&lt;p style="margin-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="/products/pipe_stress_analysis/w/pipe_stress_analysis__wiki/8460.02-02-autopipe-translators"&gt;AutoPIPE Translators&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;a href="/products/pipe_stress_analysis/w/pipe_stress_analysis__wiki/bentley-autopipe.aspx"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Bentley AutoPIPE&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h1&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;img width="189" height="60" style="border-width:0px;" alt=" " src="/cfs-file.ashx/__key/communityserver-components-sitefiles/TSG-Logo.png" /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/h1&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;div style="font-size: 90%;"&gt;Tags: Catia Medusa, SmartPlant, PCF, Autodesk Inventor, CadWorx, solidworks, AutoPIPE&lt;/div&gt;
</description></item><item><title>PCF Translator Issues for AutoPIPE</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/products/pipe_stress_analysis/w/pipe_stress_analysis__wiki/7358/pcf-translator-issues-for-autopipe/revision/54</link><pubDate>Fri, 09 Dec 2016 19:18:26 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:820dc14a-e4c3-465f-aaa2-60a1d9c29692</guid><dc:creator>Mike Dattilio</dc:creator><comments>https://communities.bentley.com/products/pipe_stress_analysis/w/pipe_stress_analysis__wiki/7358/pcf-translator-issues-for-autopipe#comments</comments><description>Revision 54 posted to AutoPIPE Wiki by Mike Dattilio on 12/9/2016 7:18:26 PM&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;h1&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;Notes:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#339966;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h1&gt;
&lt;p style="padding-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#008000;"&gt;A. For manual and details on the PCF translator file structure and mappings, see the following folder location and file:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin-left:60px;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#008000;"&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration:underline;"&gt;Folder location (default)&lt;/span&gt; : C:\Bentley\AutoPIPE Translators\PCF Translator\&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin-left:60px;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#008000;"&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration:underline;"&gt;Filename:&lt;/span&gt; SmartPlantToAutoPIPETranslator_UserReference.pdf&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="padding-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#339966;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#008000;"&gt;B. The PCF translator can import almost any type of PCF file created by other 3D cad applications (i.e. SmartPlant, CADworx,&amp;nbsp;SoildWorks, AutoDesk Inventor Professional&lt;/span&gt; (&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://knowledge.autodesk.com/support/inventor-products/learn-explore/caas/CloudHelp/cloudhelp/2014/ENU/Inventor/files/GUID-3A8CF4A4-6603-4093-81EC-FB9FB64BC939-htm.html"&gt;using the Tubing and Piping module&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://help.autodesk.com/view/INVNTOR/2015/ENU/?guid=GUID-3A8CF4A4-6603-4093-81EC-FB9FB64BC939"&gt;Autodesk 2015 help&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#008000;"&gt;), Catia, Autodesk Plant3D, &amp;nbsp;etc..). Start the PCF translator by using one of the following:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="padding-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#008000;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; 1. From with in AutoPIPE, select File&amp;gt; Import&amp;gt; choose any one that has (PCF) at the end of the name.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="padding-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#008000;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; 2. Select Start&amp;gt; Bentley Engineering&amp;gt; AutoPIPE Translator&amp;gt; PCF translator&amp;gt; PCF translator program&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="padding-left:60px;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#008000;"&gt;After the PCF translator application opens, see online help for details about the dialog.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="padding-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#008000;"&gt;C. &amp;nbsp;PCF file does not store multiple Pressure or Temperature settings, to be sure library data is retrieved for pipe properties, thermal expansion, hot modulus, hot allowable, etc, after importing a model&amp;nbsp;suggest the following steps: select Tools&amp;gt; Model Options&amp;gt; General change Ambient temperature to a different setting, press OK button, after the model data has been refreshed, reset Ambient temperature back to the original setting.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="padding-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#008000;"&gt;D.&amp;nbsp;Per&amp;nbsp;&amp;quot;SmartPlantToAutoPIPETranslator_UserReference.pdf&amp;quot; Rev.05, Section 6, the PCF translator can be run from the command line. However, the information was added to the PDF file before the actual functionality was added to&amp;nbsp;the program. As an official statement, the PCF translator cannot be run from the command&amp;nbsp; or be apart of&amp;nbsp;the Automated System Processing feature in AutoPIPE. See&amp;nbsp;AutoPIPE on-line help&amp;nbsp;&amp;quot;Automated System Processing&amp;quot; for&amp;nbsp;parameter switches&amp;nbsp;supported by the program. Also, see AutoPIPE V8i 9.6 and higher Analysis Batch File Generator.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="padding-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#008000;"&gt;E.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;In PCF file we cannot say from where segments starts and ends. PCF Translator automatically connects components on coordinates bases and create segments of those components which are connected to each other. Another words,&amp;nbsp;PCF Translator connects components on coordinates base not on sequential order specified in PCF file.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="padding-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#008000;"&gt;F. PCF file coordinate format:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin-left:60px;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#008000;"&gt;&lt;a href="/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-41/63571.1.png"&gt;&lt;img src="/resized-image/__size/940x0/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-41/63571.1.png" alt=" " /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin-left:60px;"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin-left:60px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;Note&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;: The AutoPIPE coordinates can be manipulated from the default settings, where elevation = Z axis, and E/W = Y axis&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h1&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;text-decoration:underline;"&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration:underline;"&gt;Comments, Questions, and Answers:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h1&gt;
&lt;h3 style="margin-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration:underline;"&gt;Item #1:&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="/products/pipe_stress_analysis/w/pipe_stress_analysis__wiki/7452.aspx"&gt;PCF Translator FAQ &amp;amp; Troubleshooting&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;h3 style="margin-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration:underline;"&gt;Item #2:&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="/products/pipe_stress_analysis/w/pipe_stress_analysis__wiki/imported-ntl-errors-from-pcf-tanslated-file.aspx"&gt;Imported NTL Errors from PCF Translated File&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;h3 style="margin-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration:underline;"&gt;Item #3:&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a title="PCF Translator Logged CR / TR Issues" href="/products/pipe_stress_analysis/w/pipe_stress_analysis__wiki/7655.aspx"&gt;PCF Translator Logged CR / TR Issues&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;h3 style="margin-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration:underline;"&gt;Item #4:&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a title="PCF Translator Version and Features" href="/products/pipe_stress_analysis/w/pipe_stress_analysis__wiki/pcf-translator-version-and-features.aspx"&gt;PCF Translator Version History&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;h3 style="margin-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration:underline;"&gt;Item #5:&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="/products/pipe_stress_analysis/w/pipe_stress_analysis__wiki/17074.added-details-about-autopipe-s-pcf-translator-tools-settings"&gt;Added details about AutoPIPE&amp;#39;s PCF Translator &amp;quot;Tools &amp;gt; Settings&amp;quot; features&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;h1&gt;See Also&lt;/h1&gt;
&lt;p style="margin-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="/products/pipe_stress_analysis/w/pipe_stress_analysis__wiki/8460.02-02-autopipe-translators"&gt;AutoPIPE Translators&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;a href="/products/pipe_stress_analysis/w/pipe_stress_analysis__wiki/bentley-autopipe.aspx"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Bentley AutoPIPE&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h1&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;img width="189" height="60" style="border-width:0px;" alt=" " src="/cfs-file.ashx/__key/communityserver-components-sitefiles/TSG-Logo.png" /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/h1&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;div style="font-size: 90%;"&gt;Tags: Catia Medusa, SmartPlant, PCF, Autodesk Inventor, CadWorx, solidworks, AutoPIPE&lt;/div&gt;
</description></item><item><title>PCF Translator Issues for AutoPIPE</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/products/pipe_stress_analysis/w/pipe_stress_analysis__wiki/7358/pcf-translator-issues-for-autopipe/revision/53</link><pubDate>Fri, 09 Dec 2016 19:16:39 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:820dc14a-e4c3-465f-aaa2-60a1d9c29692</guid><dc:creator>Mike Dattilio</dc:creator><comments>https://communities.bentley.com/products/pipe_stress_analysis/w/pipe_stress_analysis__wiki/7358/pcf-translator-issues-for-autopipe#comments</comments><description>Revision 53 posted to AutoPIPE Wiki by Mike Dattilio on 12/9/2016 7:16:39 PM&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;h1&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;Notes:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#339966;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h1&gt;
&lt;p style="padding-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#008000;"&gt;A. For manual and details on the PCF translator file structure and mappings, see the following folder location and file:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin-left:60px;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#008000;"&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration:underline;"&gt;Folder location (default)&lt;/span&gt; : C:\Bentley\AutoPIPE Translators\PCF Translator\&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin-left:60px;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#008000;"&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration:underline;"&gt;Filename:&lt;/span&gt; SmartPlantToAutoPIPETranslator_UserReference.pdf&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="padding-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#339966;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#008000;"&gt;B. The PCF translator can import almost any type of PCF file created by other 3D cad applications (i.e. SmartPlant, CADworx,&amp;nbsp;SoildWorks, AutoDesk Inventor Professional&lt;/span&gt; (&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://knowledge.autodesk.com/support/inventor-products/learn-explore/caas/CloudHelp/cloudhelp/2014/ENU/Inventor/files/GUID-3A8CF4A4-6603-4093-81EC-FB9FB64BC939-htm.html"&gt;using the Tubing and Piping module&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://help.autodesk.com/view/INVNTOR/2015/ENU/?guid=GUID-3A8CF4A4-6603-4093-81EC-FB9FB64BC939"&gt;Autodesk 2015 help&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#008000;"&gt;), Catia, Autodesk Plant3D, &amp;nbsp;etc..). Start the PCF translator by using one of the following:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="padding-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#008000;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; 1. From with in AutoPIPE, select File&amp;gt; Import&amp;gt; choose any one that has (PCF) at the end of the name.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="padding-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#008000;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; 2. Select Start&amp;gt; Bentley Engineering&amp;gt; AutoPIPE Translator&amp;gt; PCF translator&amp;gt; PCF translator program&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="padding-left:60px;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#008000;"&gt;After the PCF translator application opens, see online help for details about the dialog.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="padding-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#008000;"&gt;C. &amp;nbsp;PCF file does not store multiple Pressure or Temperature settings, to be sure library data is retrieved for pipe properties, thermal expansion, hot modulus, hot allowable, etc, after importing a model&amp;nbsp;suggest the following steps: select Tools&amp;gt; Model Options&amp;gt; General change Ambient temperature to a different setting, press OK button, after the model data has been refreshed, reset Ambient temperature back to the original setting.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="padding-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#008000;"&gt;D.&amp;nbsp;Per&amp;nbsp;&amp;quot;SmartPlantToAutoPIPETranslator_UserReference.pdf&amp;quot; Rev.05, Section 6, the PCF translator can be run from the command line. However, the information was added to the PDF file before the actual functionality was added to&amp;nbsp;the program. As an official statement, the PCF translator cannot be run from the command&amp;nbsp; or be apart of&amp;nbsp;the Automated System Processing feature in AutoPIPE. See&amp;nbsp;AutoPIPE on-line help&amp;nbsp;&amp;quot;Automated System Processing&amp;quot; for&amp;nbsp;parameter switches&amp;nbsp;supported by the program. Also, see AutoPIPE V8i 9.6 and higher Analysis Batch File Generator.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="padding-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#008000;"&gt;E.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;In PCF file we cannot say from where segments starts and ends. PCF Translator automatically connects components on coordinates bases and create segments of those components which are connected to each other. Another words,&amp;nbsp;PCF Translator connects components on coordinates base not on sequential order specified in PCF file.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="padding-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#008000;"&gt;F. PCF file coordinate format:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin-left:60px;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#008000;"&gt;&lt;a href="/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-41/63571.1.png"&gt;&lt;img src="/resized-image/__size/940x0/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-41/63571.1.png" alt=" " /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin-left:60px;"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin-left:60px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;Note&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;: The AutoPIPE coordinates can be manipulated from the default settings, where elevation = Z axis, and E/W = Y axis&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h1&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;text-decoration:underline;"&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration:underline;"&gt;Comments, Questions, and Answers:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h1&gt;
&lt;h3 style="margin-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration:underline;"&gt;Item #1:&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="/products/pipe_stress_analysis/w/pipe_stress_analysis__wiki/7452.aspx"&gt;PCF Translator FAQ &amp;amp; Troubleshooting&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;h3 style="margin-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration:underline;"&gt;Item #2:&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="/products/pipe_stress_analysis/w/pipe_stress_analysis__wiki/imported-ntl-errors-from-pcf-tanslated-file.aspx"&gt;Imported NTL Errors from PCF Translated File&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;h3 style="margin-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration:underline;"&gt;Item #3:&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a title="PCF Translator Logged CR / TR Issues" href="/products/pipe_stress_analysis/w/pipe_stress_analysis__wiki/7655.aspx"&gt;PCF Translator Logged CR / TR Issues&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;h3 style="margin-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration:underline;"&gt;Item #4:&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a title="PCF Translator Version and Features" href="/products/pipe_stress_analysis/w/pipe_stress_analysis__wiki/pcf-translator-version-and-features.aspx"&gt;PCF Translator Version History&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;h3 style="margin-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration:underline;"&gt;Item #5:&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="/products/pipe_stress_analysis/w/pipe_stress_analysis__wiki/17074.added-details-about-autopipe-s-pcf-translator-tools-settings"&gt;Added details about AutoPIPE&amp;#39;s PCF Translator &amp;quot;Tools &amp;gt; Settings&amp;quot; features&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;h1&gt;See Also&lt;/h1&gt;
&lt;p style="margin-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="/products/pipe_stress_analysis/w/pipe_stress_analysis__wiki/bentley-autopipe.aspx"&gt;AutoPIPE Translators&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;a href="/products/pipe_stress_analysis/w/pipe_stress_analysis__wiki/bentley-autopipe.aspx"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Bentley AutoPIPE&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h1&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;img width="189" height="60" style="border-width:0px;" alt=" " src="/cfs-file.ashx/__key/communityserver-components-sitefiles/TSG-Logo.png" /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/h1&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;div style="font-size: 90%;"&gt;Tags: Catia Medusa, SmartPlant, PCF, Autodesk Inventor, CadWorx, solidworks, AutoPIPE&lt;/div&gt;
</description></item><item><title>PCF Translator Issues for AutoPIPE</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/products/pipe_stress_analysis/w/pipe_stress_analysis__wiki/7358/pcf-translator-issues-for-autopipe/revision/52</link><pubDate>Fri, 09 Dec 2016 19:16:19 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:820dc14a-e4c3-465f-aaa2-60a1d9c29692</guid><dc:creator>Mike Dattilio</dc:creator><comments>https://communities.bentley.com/products/pipe_stress_analysis/w/pipe_stress_analysis__wiki/7358/pcf-translator-issues-for-autopipe#comments</comments><description>Revision 52 posted to AutoPIPE Wiki by Mike Dattilio on 12/9/2016 7:16:19 PM&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;h1&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;PCF&amp;nbsp;Translator Notes:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#339966;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h1&gt;
&lt;p style="padding-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#008000;"&gt;A. For manual and details on the PCF translator file structure and mappings, see the following folder location and file:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin-left:60px;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#008000;"&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration:underline;"&gt;Folder location (default)&lt;/span&gt; : C:\Bentley\AutoPIPE Translators\PCF Translator\&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin-left:60px;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#008000;"&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration:underline;"&gt;Filename:&lt;/span&gt; SmartPlantToAutoPIPETranslator_UserReference.pdf&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="padding-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#339966;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#008000;"&gt;B. The PCF translator can import almost any type of PCF file created by other 3D cad applications (i.e. SmartPlant, CADworx,&amp;nbsp;SoildWorks, AutoDesk Inventor Professional&lt;/span&gt; (&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://knowledge.autodesk.com/support/inventor-products/learn-explore/caas/CloudHelp/cloudhelp/2014/ENU/Inventor/files/GUID-3A8CF4A4-6603-4093-81EC-FB9FB64BC939-htm.html"&gt;using the Tubing and Piping module&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://help.autodesk.com/view/INVNTOR/2015/ENU/?guid=GUID-3A8CF4A4-6603-4093-81EC-FB9FB64BC939"&gt;Autodesk 2015 help&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#008000;"&gt;), Catia, Autodesk Plant3D, &amp;nbsp;etc..). Start the PCF translator by using one of the following:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="padding-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#008000;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; 1. From with in AutoPIPE, select File&amp;gt; Import&amp;gt; choose any one that has (PCF) at the end of the name.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="padding-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#008000;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; 2. Select Start&amp;gt; Bentley Engineering&amp;gt; AutoPIPE Translator&amp;gt; PCF translator&amp;gt; PCF translator program&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="padding-left:60px;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#008000;"&gt;After the PCF translator application opens, see online help for details about the dialog.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="padding-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#008000;"&gt;C. &amp;nbsp;PCF file does not store multiple Pressure or Temperature settings, to be sure library data is retrieved for pipe properties, thermal expansion, hot modulus, hot allowable, etc, after importing a model&amp;nbsp;suggest the following steps: select Tools&amp;gt; Model Options&amp;gt; General change Ambient temperature to a different setting, press OK button, after the model data has been refreshed, reset Ambient temperature back to the original setting.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="padding-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#008000;"&gt;D.&amp;nbsp;Per&amp;nbsp;&amp;quot;SmartPlantToAutoPIPETranslator_UserReference.pdf&amp;quot; Rev.05, Section 6, the PCF translator can be run from the command line. However, the information was added to the PDF file before the actual functionality was added to&amp;nbsp;the program. As an official statement, the PCF translator cannot be run from the command&amp;nbsp; or be apart of&amp;nbsp;the Automated System Processing feature in AutoPIPE. See&amp;nbsp;AutoPIPE on-line help&amp;nbsp;&amp;quot;Automated System Processing&amp;quot; for&amp;nbsp;parameter switches&amp;nbsp;supported by the program. Also, see AutoPIPE V8i 9.6 and higher Analysis Batch File Generator.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="padding-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#008000;"&gt;E.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;In PCF file we cannot say from where segments starts and ends. PCF Translator automatically connects components on coordinates bases and create segments of those components which are connected to each other. Another words,&amp;nbsp;PCF Translator connects components on coordinates base not on sequential order specified in PCF file.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="padding-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#008000;"&gt;F. PCF file coordinate format:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin-left:60px;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#008000;"&gt;&lt;a href="/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-41/63571.1.png"&gt;&lt;img src="/resized-image/__size/940x0/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-41/63571.1.png" alt=" " /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin-left:60px;"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin-left:60px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;Note&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;: The AutoPIPE coordinates can be manipulated from the default settings, where elevation = Z axis, and E/W = Y axis&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h1&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;text-decoration:underline;"&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration:underline;"&gt;Comments, Questions, and Answers:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h1&gt;
&lt;h3 style="margin-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration:underline;"&gt;Item #1:&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="/products/pipe_stress_analysis/w/pipe_stress_analysis__wiki/7452.aspx"&gt;PCF Translator FAQ &amp;amp; Troubleshooting&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;h3 style="margin-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration:underline;"&gt;Item #2:&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="/products/pipe_stress_analysis/w/pipe_stress_analysis__wiki/imported-ntl-errors-from-pcf-tanslated-file.aspx"&gt;Imported NTL Errors from PCF Translated File&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;h3 style="margin-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration:underline;"&gt;Item #3:&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a title="PCF Translator Logged CR / TR Issues" href="/products/pipe_stress_analysis/w/pipe_stress_analysis__wiki/7655.aspx"&gt;PCF Translator Logged CR / TR Issues&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;h3 style="margin-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration:underline;"&gt;Item #4:&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a title="PCF Translator Version and Features" href="/products/pipe_stress_analysis/w/pipe_stress_analysis__wiki/pcf-translator-version-and-features.aspx"&gt;PCF Translator Version History&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;h3 style="margin-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration:underline;"&gt;Item #5:&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="/products/pipe_stress_analysis/w/pipe_stress_analysis__wiki/17074.added-details-about-autopipe-s-pcf-translator-tools-settings"&gt;Added details about AutoPIPE&amp;#39;s PCF Translator &amp;quot;Tools &amp;gt; Settings&amp;quot; features&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;h1&gt;See Also&lt;/h1&gt;
&lt;p style="margin-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="/products/pipe_stress_analysis/w/pipe_stress_analysis__wiki/bentley-autopipe.aspx"&gt;AutoPIPE Translators&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;a href="/products/pipe_stress_analysis/w/pipe_stress_analysis__wiki/bentley-autopipe.aspx"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Bentley AutoPIPE&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h1&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;img width="189" height="60" style="border-width:0px;" alt=" " src="/cfs-file.ashx/__key/communityserver-components-sitefiles/TSG-Logo.png" /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/h1&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;div style="font-size: 90%;"&gt;Tags: Catia Medusa, SmartPlant, PCF, Autodesk Inventor, CadWorx, solidworks, AutoPIPE&lt;/div&gt;
</description></item><item><title>PCF Translator Issues for AutoPIPE</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/products/pipe_stress_analysis/w/pipe_stress_analysis__wiki/7358/pcf-translator-issues-for-autopipe/revision/51</link><pubDate>Tue, 22 Mar 2016 23:11:22 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:820dc14a-e4c3-465f-aaa2-60a1d9c29692</guid><dc:creator>Mike Dattilio</dc:creator><comments>https://communities.bentley.com/products/pipe_stress_analysis/w/pipe_stress_analysis__wiki/7358/pcf-translator-issues-for-autopipe#comments</comments><description>Revision 51 posted to AutoPIPE Wiki by Mike Dattilio on 3/22/2016 11:11:22 PM&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;h1&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;img width="189" height="60" style="border-width:0px;" alt=" " src="/cfs-file.ashx/__key/communityserver-components-sitefiles/TSG-Logo.png" /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/h1&gt;
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&lt;td&gt;AutoPIPE,&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;h1&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;PCF&amp;nbsp;Translator Notes:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#339966;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h1&gt;
&lt;p style="padding-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#008000;"&gt;A. For manual and details on the PCF translator file structure and mappings, see the following folder location and file:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin-left:60px;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#008000;"&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration:underline;"&gt;Folder location (default)&lt;/span&gt; : C:\Bentley\AutoPIPE Translators\PCF Translator\&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin-left:60px;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#008000;"&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration:underline;"&gt;Filename:&lt;/span&gt; SmartPlantToAutoPIPETranslator_UserReference.pdf&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="padding-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#339966;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#008000;"&gt;B. The PCF translator can import almost any type of PCF file created by other 3D cad applications (i.e. SmartPlant, CADworx,&amp;nbsp;SoildWorks, AutoDesk Inventor Professional&lt;/span&gt; (&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://knowledge.autodesk.com/support/inventor-products/learn-explore/caas/CloudHelp/cloudhelp/2014/ENU/Inventor/files/GUID-3A8CF4A4-6603-4093-81EC-FB9FB64BC939-htm.html"&gt;using the Tubing and Piping module&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://help.autodesk.com/view/INVNTOR/2015/ENU/?guid=GUID-3A8CF4A4-6603-4093-81EC-FB9FB64BC939"&gt;Autodesk 2015 help&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#008000;"&gt;), Catia, Autodesk Plant3D, &amp;nbsp;etc..). Start the PCF translator by using one of the following:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="padding-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#008000;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; 1. From with in AutoPIPE, select File&amp;gt; Import&amp;gt; choose any one that has (PCF) at the end of the name.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="padding-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#008000;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; 2. Select Start&amp;gt; Bentley Engineering&amp;gt; AutoPIPE Translator&amp;gt; PCF translator&amp;gt; PCF translator program&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="padding-left:60px;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#008000;"&gt;After the PCF translator application opens, see online help for details about the dialog.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="padding-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#008000;"&gt;C. &amp;nbsp;PCF file does not store multiple Pressure or Temperature settings, to be sure library data is retrieved for pipe properties, thermal expansion, hot modulus, hot allowable, etc, after importing a model&amp;nbsp;suggest the following steps: select Tools&amp;gt; Model Options&amp;gt; General change Ambient temperature to a different setting, press OK button, after the model data has been refreshed, reset Ambient temperature back to the original setting.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="padding-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#008000;"&gt;D.&amp;nbsp;Per&amp;nbsp;&amp;quot;SmartPlantToAutoPIPETranslator_UserReference.pdf&amp;quot; Rev.05, Section 6, the PCF translator can be run from the command line. However, the information was added to the PDF file before the actual functionality was added to&amp;nbsp;the program. As an official statement, the PCF translator cannot be run from the command&amp;nbsp; or be apart of&amp;nbsp;the Automated System Processing feature in AutoPIPE. See&amp;nbsp;AutoPIPE on-line help&amp;nbsp;&amp;quot;Automated System Processing&amp;quot; for&amp;nbsp;parameter switches&amp;nbsp;supported by the program. Also, see AutoPIPE V8i 9.6 and higher Analysis Batch File Generator.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="padding-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#008000;"&gt;E.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;In PCF file we cannot say from where segments starts and ends. PCF Translator automatically connects components on coordinates bases and create segments of those components which are connected to each other. Another words,&amp;nbsp;PCF Translator connects components on coordinates base not on sequential order specified in PCF file.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="padding-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#008000;"&gt;F. PCF file coordinate format:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin-left:60px;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#008000;"&gt;&lt;a href="/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-41/63571.1.png"&gt;&lt;img src="/resized-image/__size/940x0/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-41/63571.1.png" alt=" " /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin-left:60px;"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin-left:60px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;Note&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;: The AutoPIPE coordinates can be manipulated from the default settings, where elevation = Z axis, and E/W = Y axis&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h1&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;text-decoration:underline;"&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration:underline;"&gt;Comments, Questions, and Answers:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h1&gt;
&lt;h3 style="margin-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration:underline;"&gt;Item #1:&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="/products/pipe_stress_analysis/w/pipe_stress_analysis__wiki/7452.aspx"&gt;PCF Translator FAQ &amp;amp; Troubleshooting&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;h3 style="margin-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration:underline;"&gt;Item #2:&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="/products/pipe_stress_analysis/w/pipe_stress_analysis__wiki/imported-ntl-errors-from-pcf-tanslated-file.aspx"&gt;Imported NTL Errors from PCF Translated File&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;h3 style="margin-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration:underline;"&gt;Item #3:&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a title="PCF Translator Logged CR / TR Issues" href="/products/pipe_stress_analysis/w/pipe_stress_analysis__wiki/7655.aspx"&gt;PCF Translator Logged CR / TR Issues&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;h3 style="margin-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration:underline;"&gt;Item #4:&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a title="PCF Translator Version and Features" href="/products/pipe_stress_analysis/w/pipe_stress_analysis__wiki/pcf-translator-version-and-features.aspx"&gt;PCF Translator Version History&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;h3 style="margin-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration:underline;"&gt;Item #5:&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="/products/pipe_stress_analysis/w/pipe_stress_analysis__wiki/17074.added-details-about-autopipe-s-pcf-translator-tools-settings"&gt;Added details about AutoPIPE&amp;#39;s PCF Translator &amp;quot;Tools &amp;gt; Settings&amp;quot; features&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;h1&gt;See Also&lt;/h1&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="/products/pipe_stress_analysis/w/pipe_stress_analysis__wiki/bentley-autopipe.aspx"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Bentley AutoPIPE&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h1&gt;External Links&lt;/h1&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a title="KnowledgeBase" href="http://appsnet.bentley.com/kbase/"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Bentley Technical Support KnowledgeBase&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a title="LEARN Server" href="http://lms.bentley.com"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Bentley LEARN Server&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h1&gt;Comments or Corrections?&lt;/h1&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Bentley&amp;#39;s Technical Support Group requests that you please submit any comments you have on this Wiki article to&lt;br /&gt;the &amp;quot;Comments&amp;quot; area below. THANK YOU!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;div style="font-size: 90%;"&gt;Tags: Catia Medusa, SmartPlant, PCF, Autodesk Inventor, CadWorx, solidworks, AutoPIPE&lt;/div&gt;
</description></item><item><title>PCF Translator Issues for AutoPIPE</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/products/pipe_stress_analysis/w/pipe_stress_analysis__wiki/7358/pcf-translator-issues-for-autopipe/revision/50</link><pubDate>Tue, 22 Mar 2016 23:08:44 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:820dc14a-e4c3-465f-aaa2-60a1d9c29692</guid><dc:creator>Mike Dattilio</dc:creator><comments>https://communities.bentley.com/products/pipe_stress_analysis/w/pipe_stress_analysis__wiki/7358/pcf-translator-issues-for-autopipe#comments</comments><description>Revision 50 posted to AutoPIPE Wiki by Mike Dattilio on 3/22/2016 11:08:44 PM&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;td&gt;AutoPIPE,&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt; &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Version(s):&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;2004, XM, &amp;amp; V8i&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt; &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Environment: &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;N/A&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;td&gt;import&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Original Author:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Bentley Technical Support Group&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;h1&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;PCF&amp;nbsp;Translator Notes:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#339966;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h1&gt;
&lt;p style="padding-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#008000;"&gt;A. For manual and details on the PCF translator file structure and mappings, see the following folder location and file:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin-left:60px;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#008000;"&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration:underline;"&gt;Folder location (default)&lt;/span&gt; : C:\Bentley\AutoPIPE Translators\PCF Translator\&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin-left:60px;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#008000;"&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration:underline;"&gt;Filename:&lt;/span&gt; SmartPlantToAutoPIPETranslator_UserReference.pdf&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="padding-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#339966;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#008000;"&gt;B. The PCF translator can import almost any type of PCF file created by other 3D cad applications (i.e. SmartPlant, CADworx,&amp;nbsp;SoildWorks, AutoDesk Inventor Professional&lt;/span&gt; (&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://knowledge.autodesk.com/support/inventor-products/learn-explore/caas/CloudHelp/cloudhelp/2014/ENU/Inventor/files/GUID-3A8CF4A4-6603-4093-81EC-FB9FB64BC939-htm.html"&gt;using the Tubing and Piping module&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://help.autodesk.com/view/INVNTOR/2015/ENU/?guid=GUID-3A8CF4A4-6603-4093-81EC-FB9FB64BC939"&gt;Autodesk 2015 help&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#008000;"&gt;), Catia, Autodesk Plant3D, &amp;nbsp;etc..). Start the PCF translator by using one of the following:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="padding-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#008000;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; 1. From with in AutoPIPE, select File&amp;gt; Import&amp;gt; choose any one that has (PCF) at the end of the name.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="padding-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#008000;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; 2. Select Start&amp;gt; Bentley Engineering&amp;gt; AutoPIPE Translator&amp;gt; PCF translator&amp;gt; PCF translator program&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="padding-left:60px;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#008000;"&gt;After the PCF translator application opens, see online help for details about the dialog.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="padding-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#008000;"&gt;C. &amp;nbsp;PCF file does not store multiple Pressure or Temperature settings, to be sure library data is retrieved for pipe properties, thermal expansion, hot modulus, hot allowable, etc, after importing a model&amp;nbsp;suggest the following steps: select Tools&amp;gt; Model Options&amp;gt; General change Ambient temperature to a different setting, press OK button, after the model data has been refreshed, reset Ambient temperature back to the original setting.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="padding-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#008000;"&gt;D.&amp;nbsp;Per&amp;nbsp;&amp;quot;SmartPlantToAutoPIPETranslator_UserReference.pdf&amp;quot; Rev.05, Section 6, the PCF translator can be run from the command line. However, the information was added to the PDF file before the actual functionality was added to&amp;nbsp;the program. As an official statement, the PCF translator cannot be run from the command&amp;nbsp; or be apart of&amp;nbsp;the Automated System Processing feature in AutoPIPE. See&amp;nbsp;AutoPIPE on-line help&amp;nbsp;&amp;quot;Automated System Processing&amp;quot; for&amp;nbsp;parameter switches&amp;nbsp;supported by the program. Also, see AutoPIPE V8i 9.6 and higher Analysis Batch File Generator.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="padding-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#008000;"&gt;E.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;In PCF file we cannot say from where segments starts and ends. PCF Translator automatically connects components on coordinates bases and create segments of those components which are connected to each other. Another words,&amp;nbsp;PCF Translator connects components on coordinates base not on sequential order specified in PCF file.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="padding-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#008000;"&gt;F. PCF file coordinate format:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;h1&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;text-decoration:underline;"&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration:underline;"&gt;Comments, Questions, and Answers:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h1&gt;
&lt;h3 style="margin-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration:underline;"&gt;Item #1:&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="/products/pipe_stress_analysis/w/pipe_stress_analysis__wiki/7452.aspx"&gt;PCF Translator FAQ &amp;amp; Troubleshooting&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;h3 style="margin-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration:underline;"&gt;Item #2:&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="/products/pipe_stress_analysis/w/pipe_stress_analysis__wiki/imported-ntl-errors-from-pcf-tanslated-file.aspx"&gt;Imported NTL Errors from PCF Translated File&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;h3 style="margin-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration:underline;"&gt;Item #3:&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a title="PCF Translator Logged CR / TR Issues" href="/products/pipe_stress_analysis/w/pipe_stress_analysis__wiki/7655.aspx"&gt;PCF Translator Logged CR / TR Issues&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;h3 style="margin-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration:underline;"&gt;Item #4:&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a title="PCF Translator Version and Features" href="/products/pipe_stress_analysis/w/pipe_stress_analysis__wiki/pcf-translator-version-and-features.aspx"&gt;PCF Translator Version History&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;h3 style="margin-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration:underline;"&gt;Item #5:&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="/products/pipe_stress_analysis/w/pipe_stress_analysis__wiki/17074.added-details-about-autopipe-s-pcf-translator-tools-settings"&gt;Added details about AutoPIPE&amp;#39;s PCF Translator &amp;quot;Tools &amp;gt; Settings&amp;quot; features&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;h1&gt;See Also&lt;/h1&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="/products/pipe_stress_analysis/w/pipe_stress_analysis__wiki/bentley-autopipe.aspx"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Bentley AutoPIPE&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h1&gt;External Links&lt;/h1&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a title="KnowledgeBase" href="http://appsnet.bentley.com/kbase/"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Bentley Technical Support KnowledgeBase&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a title="LEARN Server" href="http://lms.bentley.com"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Bentley LEARN Server&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h1&gt;Comments or Corrections?&lt;/h1&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Bentley&amp;#39;s Technical Support Group requests that you please submit any comments you have on this Wiki article to&lt;br /&gt;the &amp;quot;Comments&amp;quot; area below. THANK YOU!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;div style="font-size: 90%;"&gt;Tags: Catia Medusa, SmartPlant, PCF, Autodesk Inventor, CadWorx, solidworks, AutoPIPE&lt;/div&gt;
</description></item><item><title>PCF Translator Issues for AutoPIPE</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/products/pipe_stress_analysis/w/pipe_stress_analysis__wiki/7358/pcf-translator-issues-for-autopipe/revision/49</link><pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2015 21:17:06 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:820dc14a-e4c3-465f-aaa2-60a1d9c29692</guid><dc:creator>Mike Dattilio</dc:creator><comments>https://communities.bentley.com/products/pipe_stress_analysis/w/pipe_stress_analysis__wiki/7358/pcf-translator-issues-for-autopipe#comments</comments><description>Revision 49 posted to AutoPIPE Wiki by Mike Dattilio on 8/4/2015 9:17:06 PM&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:medium;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Applies To &lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Product(s):&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;AutoPIPE,&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt; &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Version(s):&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;2004, XM, &amp;amp; V8i&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Environment: &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;N/A&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Original Author:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Bentley Technical Support Group&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;h1&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;PCF&amp;nbsp;Translator Notes:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#339966;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h1&gt;
&lt;p style="padding-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#008000;"&gt;A. For manual and details on the PCF translator file structure and mappings, see the following folder location and file:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin-left:60px;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#008000;"&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration:underline;"&gt;Folder location (default)&lt;/span&gt; : C:\Bentley\AutoPIPE Translators\PCF Translator\&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin-left:60px;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#008000;"&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration:underline;"&gt;Filename:&lt;/span&gt; SmartPlantToAutoPIPETranslator_UserReference.pdf&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="padding-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#339966;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#008000;"&gt;B. The PCF translator can import almost any type of PCF file created by other 3D cad applications (i.e. SmartPlant, CADworx,&amp;nbsp;SoildWorks, AutoDesk Inventor Professional&lt;/span&gt; (&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://knowledge.autodesk.com/support/inventor-products/learn-explore/caas/CloudHelp/cloudhelp/2014/ENU/Inventor/files/GUID-3A8CF4A4-6603-4093-81EC-FB9FB64BC939-htm.html"&gt;using the Tubing and Piping module&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://help.autodesk.com/view/INVNTOR/2015/ENU/?guid=GUID-3A8CF4A4-6603-4093-81EC-FB9FB64BC939"&gt;Autodesk 2015 help&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#008000;"&gt;), Catia, Autodesk Plant3D, &amp;nbsp;etc..). Start the PCF translator by using one of the following:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="padding-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#008000;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; 1. From with in AutoPIPE, select File&amp;gt; Import&amp;gt; choose any one that has (PCF) at the end of the name.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="padding-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#008000;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; 2. Select Start&amp;gt; Bentley Engineering&amp;gt; AutoPIPE Translator&amp;gt; PCF translator&amp;gt; PCF translator program&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="padding-left:60px;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#008000;"&gt;After the PCF translator application opens, see online help for details about the dialog.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="padding-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#008000;"&gt;C. &amp;nbsp;PCF file does not store multiple Pressure or Temperature settings, to be sure library data is retrieved for pipe properties, thermal expansion, hot modulus, hot allowable, etc, after importing a model&amp;nbsp;suggest the following steps: select Tools&amp;gt; Model Options&amp;gt; General change Ambient temperature to a different setting, press OK button, after the model data has been refreshed, reset Ambient temperature back to the original setting.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="padding-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#008000;"&gt;D.&amp;nbsp;Per&amp;nbsp;&amp;quot;SmartPlantToAutoPIPETranslator_UserReference.pdf&amp;quot; Rev.05, Section 6, the PCF translator can be run from the command line. However, the information was added to the PDF file before the actual functionality was added to&amp;nbsp;the program. As an official statement, the PCF translator cannot be run from the command&amp;nbsp; or be apart of&amp;nbsp;the Automated System Processing feature in AutoPIPE. See&amp;nbsp;AutoPIPE on-line help&amp;nbsp;&amp;quot;Automated System Processing&amp;quot; for&amp;nbsp;parameter switches&amp;nbsp;supported by the program. Also, see AutoPIPE V8i 9.6 and higher Analysis Batch File Generator.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="padding-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#008000;"&gt;E.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;In PCF file we cannot say from where segments starts and ends. PCF Translator automatically connects components on coordinates bases and create segments of those components which are connected to each other. Another words,&amp;nbsp;PCF Translator connects components on coordinates base not on sequential order specified in PCF file.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="padding-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#008000;"&gt;F. PCF file coordinate format:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;h1&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;text-decoration:underline;"&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration:underline;"&gt;Comments, Questions, and Answers:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h1&gt;
&lt;h3 style="margin-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration:underline;"&gt;Item #1:&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="/products/pipe_stress_analysis/w/pipe_stress_analysis__wiki/7452.aspx"&gt;PCF Translator FAQ &amp;amp; Troubleshooting&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;h3 style="margin-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration:underline;"&gt;Item #2:&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="/products/pipe_stress_analysis/w/pipe_stress_analysis__wiki/imported-ntl-errors-from-pcf-tanslated-file.aspx"&gt;Imported NTL Errors from PCF Translated File&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;h3 style="margin-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration:underline;"&gt;Item #3:&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a title="PCF Translator Logged CR / TR Issues" href="/products/pipe_stress_analysis/w/pipe_stress_analysis__wiki/7655.aspx"&gt;PCF Translator Logged CR / TR Issues&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;h3 style="margin-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration:underline;"&gt;Item #4:&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a title="PCF Translator Version and Features" href="/products/pipe_stress_analysis/w/pipe_stress_analysis__wiki/pcf-translator-version-and-features.aspx"&gt;PCF Translator Version History&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;h3 style="margin-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration:underline;"&gt;Item #5:&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="/products/pipe_stress_analysis/w/pipe_stress_analysis__wiki/17074.added-details-about-autopipe-s-pcf-translator-tools-settings"&gt;Added details about AutoPIPE&amp;#39;s PCF Translator &amp;quot;Tools &amp;gt; Settings&amp;quot; features&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;h1&gt;See Also&lt;/h1&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="/products/pipe_stress_analysis/w/pipe_stress_analysis__wiki/bentley-autopipe.aspx"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Bentley AutoPIPE&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h1&gt;External Links&lt;/h1&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a title="KnowledgeBase" href="http://appsnet.bentley.com/kbase/"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Bentley Technical Support KnowledgeBase&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a title="LEARN Server" href="http://lms.bentley.com"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Bentley LEARN Server&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h1&gt;Comments or Corrections?&lt;/h1&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Bentley&amp;#39;s Technical Support Group requests that you please submit any comments you have on this Wiki article to&lt;br /&gt;the &amp;quot;Comments&amp;quot; area below. THANK YOU!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;div style="font-size: 90%;"&gt;Tags: Catia Medusa, SmartPlant, PCF, Autodesk Inventor, CadWorx, solidworks, AutoPIPE&lt;/div&gt;
</description></item><item><title>PCF Translator Issues for AutoPIPE</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/products/pipe_stress_analysis/w/pipe_stress_analysis__wiki/7358/pcf-translator-issues-for-autopipe/revision/48</link><pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2015 06:56:48 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:820dc14a-e4c3-465f-aaa2-60a1d9c29692</guid><dc:creator>Mike Dattilio</dc:creator><comments>https://communities.bentley.com/products/pipe_stress_analysis/w/pipe_stress_analysis__wiki/7358/pcf-translator-issues-for-autopipe#comments</comments><description>Revision 48 posted to AutoPIPE Wiki by Mike Dattilio on 4/15/2015 6:56:48 AM&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;td&gt;AutoPIPE,&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;td&gt;Bentley Technical Support Group&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;h1&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;PCF&amp;nbsp;Translator Notes:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#339966;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h1&gt;
&lt;p style="padding-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#339966;"&gt;A. For manual and details on the PCF translator file structure and mappings, see the following folder location and file:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin-left:60px;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#339966;"&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration:underline;"&gt;Folder location (default)&lt;/span&gt; : C:\Bentley\AutoPIPE Translators\PCF Translator\&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin-left:60px;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#339966;"&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration:underline;"&gt;Filename:&lt;/span&gt; SmartPlantToAutoPIPETranslator_UserReference.pdf&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="padding-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#339966;"&gt;B. The PCF translator can import almost any type of PCF file created by other 3D cad applications (i.e. SmartPlant, CADworx,&amp;nbsp;SoildWorks, AutoDesk Inventor Professional (&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://knowledge.autodesk.com/support/inventor-products/learn-explore/caas/CloudHelp/cloudhelp/2014/ENU/Inventor/files/GUID-3A8CF4A4-6603-4093-81EC-FB9FB64BC939-htm.html"&gt;using the Tubing and Piping module&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://help.autodesk.com/view/INVNTOR/2015/ENU/?guid=GUID-3A8CF4A4-6603-4093-81EC-FB9FB64BC939"&gt;Autodesk 2015 help&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;), Catia, Autodesk Plant3D, &amp;nbsp;etc..). Start the PCF translator by using one of the following:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="padding-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#339966;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; 1. From with in AutoPIPE, select File&amp;gt; Import&amp;gt; choose any one that has (PCF) at the end of the name.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="padding-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#339966;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; 2. Select Start&amp;gt; Bentley Engineering&amp;gt; AutoPIPE Translator&amp;gt; PCF translator&amp;gt; PCF translator program&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="padding-left:60px;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#339966;"&gt;After the PCF translator application opens, see online help for details about the dialog.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="padding-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#339966;"&gt;C. &amp;nbsp;PCF file does not store multiple Pressure or Temperature settings, to be sure library data is retrieved for pipe properties, thermal expansion, hot modulus, hot allowable, etc, after importing a model&amp;nbsp;suggest the following steps: select Tools&amp;gt; Model Options&amp;gt; General change Ambient temperature to a different setting, press OK button, after the model data has been refreshed, reset Ambient temperature back to the original setting.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="padding-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#339966;"&gt;D.&amp;nbsp;Per&amp;nbsp;&amp;quot;SmartPlantToAutoPIPETranslator_UserReference.pdf&amp;quot; Rev.05, Section 6, the PCF translator can be run from the command line. However, the information was added to the PDF file before the actual functionality was added to&amp;nbsp;the program. As an official statement, the PCF translator cannot be run from the command&amp;nbsp; or be apart of&amp;nbsp;the Automated System Processing feature in AutoPIPE. See&amp;nbsp;AutoPIPE on-line help&amp;nbsp;&amp;quot;Automated System Processing&amp;quot; for&amp;nbsp;parameter switches&amp;nbsp;supported by the program. Also, see AutoPIPE V8i 9.6 and higher Analysis Batch File Generator.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="padding-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#339966;"&gt;E.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;In PCF file we cannot say from where segments starts and ends. PCF Translator automatically connects components on coordinates bases and create segments of those components which are connected to each other. Another words,&amp;nbsp;PCF Translator connects components on coordinates base not on sequential order specified in PCF file.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="padding-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#339966;"&gt;F. PCF file coordinate format:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;h1&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;text-decoration:underline;"&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration:underline;"&gt;Comments, Questions, and Answers:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h1&gt;
&lt;h3 style="margin-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration:underline;"&gt;Item #1:&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="/products/pipe_stress_analysis/w/pipe_stress_analysis__wiki/7452.aspx"&gt;PCF Translator FAQ &amp;amp; Troubleshooting&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;h3 style="margin-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration:underline;"&gt;Item #2:&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="/products/pipe_stress_analysis/w/pipe_stress_analysis__wiki/imported-ntl-errors-from-pcf-tanslated-file.aspx"&gt;Imported NTL Errors from PCF Translated File&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;h3 style="margin-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration:underline;"&gt;Item #3:&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a title="PCF Translator Logged CR / TR Issues" href="/products/pipe_stress_analysis/w/pipe_stress_analysis__wiki/7655.aspx"&gt;PCF Translator Logged CR / TR Issues&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;h3 style="margin-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration:underline;"&gt;Item #4:&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a title="PCF Translator Version and Features" href="/products/pipe_stress_analysis/w/pipe_stress_analysis__wiki/pcf-translator-version-and-features.aspx"&gt;PCF Translator Version History&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;h3 style="margin-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration:underline;"&gt;Item #5:&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="/products/pipe_stress_analysis/w/pipe_stress_analysis__wiki/17074.added-details-about-autopipe-s-pcf-translator-tools-settings"&gt;Added details about AutoPIPE&amp;#39;s PCF Translator &amp;quot;Tools &amp;gt; Settings&amp;quot; features&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;h1&gt;See Also&lt;/h1&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="/products/pipe_stress_analysis/w/pipe_stress_analysis__wiki/bentley-autopipe.aspx"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Bentley AutoPIPE&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h1&gt;External Links&lt;/h1&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a title="KnowledgeBase" href="http://appsnet.bentley.com/kbase/"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Bentley Technical Support KnowledgeBase&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a title="LEARN Server" href="http://lms.bentley.com"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Bentley LEARN Server&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h1&gt;Comments or Corrections?&lt;/h1&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Bentley&amp;#39;s Technical Support Group requests that you please submit any comments you have on this Wiki article to&lt;br /&gt;the &amp;quot;Comments&amp;quot; area below. THANK YOU!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;div style="font-size: 90%;"&gt;Tags: Catia Medusa, SmartPlant, PCF, Autodesk Inventor, CadWorx, solidworks, AutoPIPE&lt;/div&gt;
</description></item><item><title>PCF Translator Issues for AutoPIPE</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/products/pipe_stress_analysis/w/pipe_stress_analysis__wiki/7358/pcf-translator-issues-for-autopipe/revision/47</link><pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2015 06:55:46 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:820dc14a-e4c3-465f-aaa2-60a1d9c29692</guid><dc:creator>Mike Dattilio</dc:creator><comments>https://communities.bentley.com/products/pipe_stress_analysis/w/pipe_stress_analysis__wiki/7358/pcf-translator-issues-for-autopipe#comments</comments><description>Revision 47 posted to AutoPIPE Wiki by Mike Dattilio on 4/15/2015 6:55:46 AM&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Product(s):&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;AutoPIPE,&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Version(s):&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;2004, XM, &amp;amp; V8i&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Environment: &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;N/A&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Area: &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;import&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt; &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Subarea: &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt; &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Original Author:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Bentley Technical Support Group&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;h1&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;PCF&amp;nbsp;Translator Notes:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#339966;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h1&gt;
&lt;p style="padding-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#339966;"&gt;A. For manual and details on the PCF translator file structure and mappings, see the following folder location and file:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin-left:60px;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#339966;"&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration:underline;"&gt;Folder location (default)&lt;/span&gt; : C:\Bentley\AutoPIPE Translators\PCF Translator\&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin-left:60px;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#339966;"&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration:underline;"&gt;Filename:&lt;/span&gt; SmartPlantToAutoPIPETranslator_UserReference.pdf&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="padding-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#339966;"&gt;B. The PCF translator can import almost any type of PCF file created by other 3D cad applications (i.e. SmartPlant, CADworx,&amp;nbsp;SoildWorks, AutoDesk Inventor Professional (&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://knowledge.autodesk.com/support/inventor-products/learn-explore/caas/CloudHelp/cloudhelp/2014/ENU/Inventor/files/GUID-3A8CF4A4-6603-4093-81EC-FB9FB64BC939-htm.html"&gt;using the Tubing and Piping module&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://help.autodesk.com/view/INVNTOR/2015/ENU/?guid=GUID-3A8CF4A4-6603-4093-81EC-FB9FB64BC939"&gt;Autodesk 2015 help&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;), Catia, Autodesk Plant3D, &amp;nbsp;etc..). Start the PCF translator by using one of the following:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="padding-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#339966;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; 1. From with in AutoPIPE, select File&amp;gt; Import&amp;gt; choose any one that has (PCF) at the end of the name.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="padding-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#339966;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; 2. Select Start&amp;gt; Bentley Engineering&amp;gt; AutoPIPE Translator&amp;gt; PCF translator&amp;gt; PCF translator program&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="padding-left:60px;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#339966;"&gt;After the PCF translator application opens, see online help for details about the dialog.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="padding-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#339966;"&gt;C. &amp;nbsp;PCF file does not store multiple Pressure or Temperature settings, to be sure library data is retrieved for pipe properties, thermal expansion, hot modulus, hot allowable, etc, after importing a model&amp;nbsp;suggest the following steps: select Tools&amp;gt; Model Options&amp;gt; General change Ambient temperature to a different setting, press OK button, after the model data has been refreshed, reset Ambient temperature back to the original setting.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="padding-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#339966;"&gt;D.&amp;nbsp;Per&amp;nbsp;&amp;quot;SmartPlantToAutoPIPETranslator_UserReference.pdf&amp;quot; Rev.05, Section 6, the PCF translator can be run from the command line. However, the information was added to the PDF file before the actual functionality was added to&amp;nbsp;the program. As an official statement, the PCF translator cannot be run from the command&amp;nbsp; or be apart of&amp;nbsp;the Automated System Processing feature in AutoPIPE. See&amp;nbsp;AutoPIPE on-line help&amp;nbsp;&amp;quot;Automated System Processing&amp;quot; for&amp;nbsp;parameter switches&amp;nbsp;supported by the program. Also, see AutoPIPE V8i 9.6 and higher Analysis Batch File Generator.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="padding-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#339966;"&gt;E.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;In PCF file we cannot say from where segments starts and ends. PCF Translator automatically connects components on coordinates bases and create segments of those components which are connected to each other. Another words,&amp;nbsp;PCF Translator connects components on coordinates base not on sequential order specified in PCF file.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="padding-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#339966;"&gt;F. PCF file coordinate format:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin-left:60px;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#339966;"&gt;&lt;a href="/cfs-file.ashx/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-41/0044.3.png"&gt;&lt;img src="/resized-image.ashx/__size/490x0/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-41/0044.3.png" border="0" alt=" " /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;h1&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;text-decoration:underline;"&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration:underline;"&gt;Comments, Questions, and Answers:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h1&gt;
&lt;h3 style="margin-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration:underline;"&gt;Item #1:&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="/products/pipe_stress_analysis/w/pipe_stress_analysis__wiki/7452.aspx"&gt;PCF Translator FAQ &amp;amp; Troubleshooting&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;h3 style="margin-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration:underline;"&gt;Item #2:&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="/products/pipe_stress_analysis/w/pipe_stress_analysis__wiki/imported-ntl-errors-from-pcf-tanslated-file.aspx"&gt;Imported NTL Errors from PCF Translated File&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;h3 style="margin-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration:underline;"&gt;Item #3:&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a title="PCF Translator Logged CR / TR Issues" href="/products/pipe_stress_analysis/w/pipe_stress_analysis__wiki/7655.aspx"&gt;PCF Translator Logged CR / TR Issues&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;h3 style="margin-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration:underline;"&gt;Item #4:&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a title="PCF Translator Version and Features" href="/products/pipe_stress_analysis/w/pipe_stress_analysis__wiki/pcf-translator-version-and-features.aspx"&gt;PCF Translator Version and Features&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;h3 style="margin-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration:underline;"&gt;Item #5:&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="/products/pipe_stress_analysis/w/pipe_stress_analysis__wiki/17074.added-details-about-autopipe-s-pcf-translator-tools-settings"&gt;Added details about AutoPIPE&amp;#39;s PCF Translator &amp;quot;Tools &amp;gt; Settings&amp;quot; features&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;h1&gt;See Also&lt;/h1&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="/products/pipe_stress_analysis/w/pipe_stress_analysis__wiki/bentley-autopipe.aspx"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Bentley AutoPIPE&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h1&gt;External Links&lt;/h1&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a title="KnowledgeBase" href="http://appsnet.bentley.com/kbase/"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Bentley Technical Support KnowledgeBase&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a title="LEARN Server" href="http://lms.bentley.com"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Bentley LEARN Server&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h1&gt;Comments or Corrections?&lt;/h1&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Bentley&amp;#39;s Technical Support Group requests that you please submit any comments you have on this Wiki article to&lt;br /&gt;the &amp;quot;Comments&amp;quot; area below. THANK YOU!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;

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</description></item><item><title>PCF Translator Issues for AutoPIPE</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/products/pipe_stress_analysis/w/pipe_stress_analysis__wiki/7358/pcf-translator-issues-for-autopipe/revision/46</link><pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2015 06:55:25 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:820dc14a-e4c3-465f-aaa2-60a1d9c29692</guid><dc:creator>Mike Dattilio</dc:creator><comments>https://communities.bentley.com/products/pipe_stress_analysis/w/pipe_stress_analysis__wiki/7358/pcf-translator-issues-for-autopipe#comments</comments><description>Revision 46 posted to AutoPIPE Wiki by Mike Dattilio on 4/15/2015 6:55:25 AM&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Product(s):&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;AutoPIPE,&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt; &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Version(s):&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;2004, XM, &amp;amp; V8i&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt; &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Environment: &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;N/A&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;td&gt;import&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;td style="text-align:right;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Original Author:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;Bentley Technical Support Group&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;h1&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;PCF&amp;nbsp;Translator Notes:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#339966;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h1&gt;
&lt;p style="padding-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#339966;"&gt;A. For manual and details on the PCF translator file structure and mappings, see the following folder location and file:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin-left:60px;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#339966;"&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration:underline;"&gt;Folder location (default)&lt;/span&gt; : C:\Bentley\AutoPIPE Translators\PCF Translator\&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin-left:60px;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#339966;"&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration:underline;"&gt;Filename:&lt;/span&gt; SmartPlantToAutoPIPETranslator_UserReference.pdf&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="padding-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#339966;"&gt;B. The PCF translator can import almost any type of PCF file created by other 3D cad applications (i.e. SmartPlant, CADworx,&amp;nbsp;SoildWorks, AutoDesk Inventor Professional (&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://knowledge.autodesk.com/support/inventor-products/learn-explore/caas/CloudHelp/cloudhelp/2014/ENU/Inventor/files/GUID-3A8CF4A4-6603-4093-81EC-FB9FB64BC939-htm.html"&gt;using the Tubing and Piping module&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://help.autodesk.com/view/INVNTOR/2015/ENU/?guid=GUID-3A8CF4A4-6603-4093-81EC-FB9FB64BC939"&gt;Autodesk 2015 help&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;), Catia, Autodesk Plant3D, &amp;nbsp;etc..). Start the PCF translator by using one of the following:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="padding-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#339966;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; 1. From with in AutoPIPE, select File&amp;gt; Import&amp;gt; choose any one that has (PCF) at the end of the name.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="padding-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#339966;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; 2. Select Start&amp;gt; Bentley Engineering&amp;gt; AutoPIPE Translator&amp;gt; PCF translator&amp;gt; PCF translator program&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="padding-left:60px;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#339966;"&gt;After the PCF translator application opens, see online help for details about the dialog.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="padding-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#339966;"&gt;C. &amp;nbsp;PCF file does not store multiple Pressure or Temperature settings, to be sure library data is retrieved for pipe properties, thermal expansion, hot modulus, hot allowable, etc, after importing a model&amp;nbsp;suggest the following steps: select Tools&amp;gt; Model Options&amp;gt; General change Ambient temperature to a different setting, press OK button, after the model data has been refreshed, reset Ambient temperature back to the original setting.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="padding-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#339966;"&gt;D.&amp;nbsp;Per&amp;nbsp;&amp;quot;SmartPlantToAutoPIPETranslator_UserReference.pdf&amp;quot; Rev.05, Section 6, the PCF translator can be run from the command line. However, the information was added to the PDF file before the actual functionality was added to&amp;nbsp;the program. As an official statement, the PCF translator cannot be run from the command&amp;nbsp; or be apart of&amp;nbsp;the Automated System Processing feature in AutoPIPE. See&amp;nbsp;AutoPIPE on-line help&amp;nbsp;&amp;quot;Automated System Processing&amp;quot; for&amp;nbsp;parameter switches&amp;nbsp;supported by the program. Also, see AutoPIPE V8i 9.6 and higher Analysis Batch File Generator.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="padding-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#339966;"&gt;E.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;In PCF file we cannot say from where segments starts and ends. PCF Translator automatically connects components on coordinates bases and create segments of those components which are connected to each other. Another words,&amp;nbsp;PCF Translator connects components on coordinates base not on sequential order specified in PCF file.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="padding-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#339966;"&gt;F. PCF file coordinate format:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin-left:60px;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#339966;"&gt;&lt;a href="/cfs-file.ashx/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-41/0044.3.png"&gt;&lt;img src="/resized-image.ashx/__size/490x0/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-00-41/0044.3.png" border="0" alt=" " /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;h1&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;text-decoration:underline;"&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration:underline;"&gt;Comments, Questions, and Answers:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h1&gt;
&lt;h3 style="margin-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration:underline;"&gt;Item #1:&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="/products/pipe_stress_analysis/w/pipe_stress_analysis__wiki/7452.aspx"&gt;PCF Translator FAQ &amp;amp; Troubleshooting&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;h3 style="margin-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration:underline;"&gt;Item #2:&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="/products/pipe_stress_analysis/w/pipe_stress_analysis__wiki/imported-ntl-errors-from-pcf-tanslated-file.aspx"&gt;Imported NTL Errors from PCF Translated File&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;h3 style="margin-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration:underline;"&gt;Item #3:&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a title="PCF Translator Logged CR / TR Issues" href="/products/pipe_stress_analysis/w/pipe_stress_analysis__wiki/7655.aspx"&gt;PCF Translator Logged CR / TR Issues&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;h3 style="margin-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration:underline;"&gt;Item #4:&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a title="PCF Translator Version and Features" href="/products/pipe_stress_analysis/w/pipe_stress_analysis__wiki/pcf-translator-version-and-features.aspx"&gt;PCF Translator Version and Features&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;h3 style="margin-left:30px;"&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration:underline;"&gt;Item #5:&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="/products/pipe_stress_analysis/w/pipe_stress_analysis__wiki/17074.added-details-about-autopipe-s-pcf-translator-tools-settings"&gt;Added details about AutoPIPE&amp;#39;s PCF Translator &amp;quot;Tools &amp;gt; Settings&amp;quot;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;h1&gt;See Also&lt;/h1&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="/products/pipe_stress_analysis/w/pipe_stress_analysis__wiki/bentley-autopipe.aspx"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Bentley AutoPIPE&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h1&gt;External Links&lt;/h1&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a title="KnowledgeBase" href="http://appsnet.bentley.com/kbase/"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Bentley Technical Support KnowledgeBase&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a title="LEARN Server" href="http://lms.bentley.com"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Bentley LEARN Server&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h1&gt;Comments or Corrections?&lt;/h1&gt;
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&lt;div style="font-size: 90%;"&gt;Tags: Catia Medusa, SmartPlant, PCF, Autodesk Inventor, CadWorx, solidworks, AutoPIPE&lt;/div&gt;
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