01. Why there are significantly higher values in wind loading in some particular sections of vessels despite the model no platforms / ladders or other equipment? 02. How to check for bolt load calculations for longitudinal saddle load generated during bundle pullout? 03. The program do not finish the calculation 04. How to calculate the tensile stress in bolts of an AutoPIPE Vessel model? 05. Allowable stresses input by user for test conditions in AutoPIPE Vessel 06. The Calculation Strength command or button is grayed out, How to resolve this in AutoPIPE Vessel? 07. Error in the calculation of yC: yC = m + E + m + H/2 in the edition of the results 08. When I select a component and click on "Show Selected Report Calculation Details", nothing seems to happen. What is the solution? 09. Why does the AutoPIPE Vessel calculate different wall thickness for a vertical vessel where one chamber is made with 2 sections of the same material? 10. Rounding Error - value of pi 11. Results are different when using different versions of AutoPIPE Vessel 12. Longitudinal loads on saddles 13. How are the RAHL values calculated? When do the sliding saddles start to move in AutoPIPE Vessel? 14. Obtaining foundation load in AutoPIPE Vessel 15. How do I analyze a rectangular vessel attachment or wear plate? 16. How to perform calculations for test case in AutoPIPE Vessel? 17. Execute > View Calculation Results command not working 18. The "Period" is calculated by what method in AutoPIPE Vessel? 19. Why saddle support reactions are 0.00 in an AutoPIPE Vessel output report? 20. How do you analyze a head with a skirt smaller than the diameter of the head? 21. How AutoPipe vessel takes care of Saddle if its placed on Transition element like Cone? 22. Consequence of the input of the elevation in the dialog of the bracket or ring in AutoPIPE Vessel? 23. Why reactions at the bracket support are not matching with the hand calculations? 24. Limpet Coil Moment of Inertia calculation verification See Also Bentley AutoPIPE Vessel Support Solutions & FAQ's Calculations

Greetings, AutoPIPE Vessel 2023 (v44.00.00.111) is now available. Please download the latest version from here . Regards, Tanaji Gaikwad Senior Technical Support Engineer Bentley Systems Inc

Procedures and information for the License Administrator Only - End User see WIKI here . Getting Started 1. Getting Started a. SES User QuickStart Guide here b. License Configuration i. Bently.com ii. Bentley Community WIKI c. Licensing FAQ d. How products are licensed? i. License Flow Chart e. Bentley User Registration and Sign in 2. CONNECTED User - Administrator Process 3. License Alerting 4. User Management add new users, assign roles, unlock user, & reset passwords. - Managing Users - click here - User Already Exists - Unaffiliated - click here 5. Enable and configure license alerting 6. Restrict access to specific products See also Entitle Management - Application Entitlement 7. Reserve (checkout) licenses 8. Bulk reserve (checkout) licenses 9. Automate AutoPIPE's license selection (AutoPIPE, Advanced, or Nuclear) 10. * * * Licensing fails / does not work * * * 11. Setting up Federated Identity for Your Enterprise (Large organizations) 12. Can multiple generations of Licensing be used at the same time? 13. Procedure to update User status to Bentley On-Site Admin, Co-Admin, or Group Admin 14. How do I assign a Practitioner License? Bentley Cloud and Web Services Support Click here: CONNECT Center - each user's launch point. Subscription Service Portal Registered User Set-up CONNECTION Client - your gateway to Bentley's cloud services, portals and analytics User Management Federated Identity Component Center - cloud-based digital component library and catalog management service Service Request Manager Software Downloads Instructions User Management 2.0 User Registration 2.0 Application Usage TechNotes and FAQs 1. Term Licensing and Application Usage FAQs 2. Usage and Analytics Reports Typical Reports include: Real-time Application Usage, Daily usage by User or by Machine, Daily Peak Application Usage, etc.. 3. Product Usage Report a. Remote usage - licensing usage while accessing Bentley software on another computer or VM (Virtual Machine) b. (similar to A) Usage for remote accessing another computer c. Ensure usage from only one user on a shared workstation 4. Notified of license overuse 5. Restrict license usage to reserve only 6. Strategies for limiting usage 7. License Behavior [FAQ] 8. DISCONNECTED MODE EXPLAINED [FAQ] 9. Change the Contact for Term License Statements and Invoices 10. Date to renew contract (contract expires) 11. SES licensing on startup 12. Documentation on how SES licensing operates 13. U sing SES licensing regionally, Virtual machine, or Remote Desktop 14. Is SES Licensing software network aware? See Also Continue with Starting AutoPIPE Continue with Starting AutoPIPE VESSEL Licensing AutoPIPE Licensing AutoPIPE Vessel

Applies To Product(s): AutoPIPE Version(s): ALL; Area: Licensing Date Logged & Current Version Jan. 2019 12.00.00.14 Problem: What to do if AutoPIPE CONNECT product Licensing fails / does not work? Solution: Use steps below for resolving SES (Subscription Entitlement Service) licensing issues: Note : After performing each step below, refresh policy in BLT to see if the issue has been resolved 1. Confirm the application version installed supports subscription entitlement service-based licensing - search here 2. End users should contact their Bentley Onsite Admin ( who are they ) to collaborate on following steps to resolve Licensing issues. 3. Company appointed Bentley On-site Admin / Co-Admin to confirm each of the following: i. - Account subscription has a license for the application to run via Entitlement Management - Is AutoPIPE license on the account- search here ii. - Specified user is registered to an account via Profile Administration tool - Is user registered to a company - search IMS to confirm user registration iii. - User management and Entitlements information - Does user have entitlements for AutoPIPE- click here 4. Reboot the computer. 5. Verify Bentley's Cloud Service Status - click here . 6. Confirm user has the latest edition of CONNECTION Client : Make sure that the most recent version of the program is installed. Confirm version currently installed by opening BLT , select product status tab, find Connection Client listing, look at Last version Started. Compare that version number against Connection Client release notes here . If the release notes indicate a higher version is available then download and install it by using the steps here . Otherwise continue below 7. Verify user is Logged in with CONNECTION Client - click here . Note, sometimes it helps if thee user logs In and Out of CONNECTION Client 2x, then log back in, selecting Tools> Activation Wizard, continue to follow on screen prompts, and then try to use the Bentley application that is having a licensing issue. User must be signed into CONNECTION Client in order to continue. 8. Open BLT (Bentley Licensing Tool) After opening BLT, confirm BLT identifies that the user is logged in by looking above the Entitlement tab to see the email address of person logged in. If email is missing, go back to Step #7 above. Otherwise, continue below a. Select Tools> Send Logs Now b. Next, select Tools> Refresh Policy Questions: > On the Entitlements tab, does the application appear with access column = Allowed? > On the Product Status tab, is the product listed with description = Product OK to run"? If No to any of these questions, try to run Tools> Activation wizard command, follow prompts If problem still continues continue below. 9. Start the application, ex. AutoPIPE. On AutoPIPE's Configuration dialog, select the license edition on your account (Standard, Advanced, or Nuclear). Note, user to confirm with On-site Admin which edition is available to them for selection, and confirm YES to license change. Does the application revert to Demo mode? If no , great continue working, the issue was related to items mentioned above. If yes , continue below. 10. If you get to this point you will need Bentley Licensing team involvement. First Perform the following: a. Open BLT, click and drag the BLT screen window bottom right corner such that horizontal scroll bars are no longer needed, take a screen shot of all 3 tabs, be sure that the application trying to be license is on screen. b. Run License Health Check tool and take a screen shot of all the information c. Collect and Analyze License Client Logs Log a Bentley case for LICENSING , be sure to attach all 4 screen shots and logs for review. 8. While the information provided is being reviewed, suggest the following: a. Known issues with SES (Subscription Entitlement Services) Additional Steps for AutoPIPE Vessel Users 1. Open the AutoPIPE Vessel, select File> Preference> Change Working directory: From : C:\Users\Public\Documents\AutoPIPE Vessel_xx\Puser1 To : Press Browse button at end or row, and select Desktop from the top of the listing and press OK button to close the dialog. 2. Close and restart the application, again open Preference dialog as instructed above, what is the Working directory path? Still desktop, or has it reverted back to the original setting? 3. Take screen shots of any system message that appears. 4. Send results of efforts for review. See Also Trial Mode appears in BLT Subscription Entitlement Service Download CONNECTION Client Bentley AutoPIPE

Hi, Is it possible to add a lateral support to a vertical pressure vessel connected to the shell? The legs are modelled and the buckling stress is high at the corner of the compensation pad. The lateral support at around 2/3rd height of the vessel will help. Thanks

Comments, Questions, and Answers About Loads and Load Sets in AutoPIPE Animate load cases AutoPIPE Menu - Load> Load Case Descriptions Static Analysis Sets... Dynamic Analysis Load Factors Hydrotest Static Earthquake... Wind Snow Thermal Bowing Seismic Thermal Load Response / Force Spectrum C411 Spectrum Envelope Spectrum Harmonic Time History Profile Time History Location Convert to Force Spectrum Convert to Response Spectrum Buoyancy Wave Fluid Transient Steam Relief Thermal Transient Analysis (TTA) Load cases not listed above: Gravity Pressure Temperature SAM (Seismic Anchor Movement) Fatigue Xtra Data Occasional Distributed Load Results From Loads and Load Sets Not Answered By Piping Code Calculations Code / Non-code Combination / Allowable Non-linear Load Sequencing How to determine fatigue from pressure cycles? Answer : Apologize for the inconvenience, this feature is not currently in AutoPIPE. This enhancement has been logged under (CAE-CR-3268). However, only AutoPIPE Vessel has ability to determine fatigue from pressure cycling at this time. Soil Properties FAQ General Questions about Load Cases: Q1. How to delete load cases from the model input grids? Answer: A load case cannot be deleted from the Input grids by using Static Analysis Set dialog. Load Cases are added to the model based on settings within specific dialog screens. The same load cases are removed from the model by making changes on the same dialog screens. Examples: 1. A Wind load case W3 is deleted from the model using the Wind dialog screen, selecting the Load case W3 and pressing the Delete button. Load case W3 is added and removed from a Static Analysis set by enabling / disabling the check box next to the load case on the Static analysis Load set dialog screen, shown below: See Also Table Of Contents - AutoPIPE Wiki page Bentley AutoPIPE

Comments, Questions, and Answers on AutoPIPE output reports: Item #1: Results Interpretation FAQ Item #2: Analysis Sub-reports FAQ Item #3: Model Input Listing FAQ Item #4: Report Manager FAQ Item #5: Typical FAQ about Reports Note: See Post Processing WIKI here for additional topics: Floating Results Dialog Results Load Cases Are Not Included In Analysis To watch the on-demand webinar "Maximizing AutoPIPE Standard and Custom Reporting Capabilities", click here . See Also Video: YII ACCELERATE: Maximizing AutoPIPE's Standard and Custom Reporting Capabilities Bentley AutoPIPE

Mentioned in AutoPIPE Help: A stress isometric is used by engineers as a visual record of the pipe stress analysis model and summary of the design information used to model a safe piping system. This process provides an electronic workflow and exchange of engineering information in a common recognizable file format between Plant 3D CAD (and/or Engineering disciplines) and CAE analysis in particular for the CAD designer, consultant, structural engineer or equipment manufacturer. The customizable Stress Isometric plot is created using the OpenPlant Isometrics Manager and shows a) fully dimensioned isometric plot b) tables of important summary design data including model information, pipe properties, valve and flange data, maximum stresses, design support data, design spring and constant hanger data, design load data for vessels, structures and equipment. The ability to generate stress isometric drawings is only available while using AutoPIPE Advanced and Nuclear editions. The input data and stress analysis results from AutoPIPE are exported in a APT file AutoPIPE reads the geometry data from APISO file and stress data from APT file. An inline file (.L00) file is generated from APISO and APT file which is directed to OPIM-IsoExtractor for generating isometrics. The generated DGN or DWG file can be opened automatically into either OpenPlant Isometrics Manager, MicroStation, Redline, AutoCAD or 3rd Party program for review and markup. DWG file formats is supported by AutoCAD and Microstation, DGN is a file format supported by Microstation, and all these types are recognized by a wide variety of other engineering and CAD software. First see AutoPIPE's help for detailed information on Stress Isometric features. Further information can be found here a. Download OpenPlant Isometrics Manager Features and Benefits document b. Additional Stress Isometrics features in AutoPIPE V8i 09.06.02.xx and higher Comments, Questions, and Answers about using Stress Isometric with AutoPIPE V8i 09.06.02.xx and higher: Q1. What was the last version of AutoPIPE that supported Alias StressISO Isogen application? Q2. Can you combine an older version with Isogen and new version of OPIM? Q3. Is the extra StressISO Add-on license required in order to create a Stress Isometric using AutoPIPE 09.06.02.06 or higher with the OpenPlant Isometrics manager? Q4. Is it necessary to install OPIM prior to using AutoPIPE Stress Isometric feature? Q5. Is Bentley going to have any conversion procedure for AutoPIPE Stress-Iso to OpenPlant Isometrics Manager (OPIM)? Q6. Can users create a Iso without an additional OPIM license? Q7. Can I open the AutoPIPE Isometric file from Windows Explorer without incurring over charges? Q8. How do I create a Stress Isometric? Q9. Is there any additional information on OPIM: problems, customization options, etc..? Answer: press button bellow: See Also: AutoPLANT AutoISOGEN Bentley AutoPIPE OpenPlant Isometrics Manager AutoPIPE V8i 09.06.01.xx and lower StressISO information

Comments, Questions, and Answers about AutoPIPE's Piping codes: What piping codes are available in AutoPIPE? What Piping codes are available in AutoPIPE Standard, Advanced (Plus), or Nuclear? How to update AutoPIPE with a new piping code or a new Code Compliance Calculations? Enhancement request for Piping Code Questions on Piping Code Calculations Piping Code is set to "L" inside of General Options See Also __Table Of Contents - AutoPIPE Wiki page Bentley AutoPIPE

Applies To Product(s): AutoPIPE, Version(s): ALL Area: Installation Original Author: Bentley Technical Support Group Problem: AutoPIPE: install multiple ver. same computer Can we install multiple version of AutoPIPE on the same computer? TR Number: none Product: AutoPIPE Version: n/a Area: General, installation Problem ID#: 80537 Solution: Quick answer: Yes and No Note: 1. Versions that uses SES licensing - 12.00 to present 2. Versions that used Select Serve licensing - 09.00 to 11.04 3. First version to be installed to secure installation folder (c:\Program Files (x86)\). Also, started using user Profiles to store program data (Tools> settings> Preferences). AutoPIPE CONNECT 10.00.00.10 4. AutoPIPE CONNECT versions - 10.00 to present 5. AutoPIPE V8i versions - v.09.01 to 09.06 6. AutoPIPE XM versions - v.08.09 to 09.00. Scenario #1 : Installing multiple versions of AutoPIPE 6.3 to 9.6, - Use option #1 or #2 below Scenario #2: installing multiple generation versions at the same time. Ex. generation 10 (10.0 - 10.1) or generation 11 (11.0 - 11.04), or generation 12 (12.0 - 12.4), etc... - use option #1 or #3 below Scenario #3: Install all versions of AutoPIPE at the same time - Use Option #1 or combine options #2, and #3 below Again, if using options #2 & #3, follow the instructions for installation, lowest version first in order to the highest version, and remember only 1 version from each individual generations. Scenario #4: Creating stress isometrics? - Install the OPIM version associated with the highest version of AutoPIPE installed. Do not install any other version of OPIM with AutoPIPE that was not mentioned in the release notes . Why? Not all versions of AutoPIPE can use a single version of OPIM. Both programs are constantly being developed. Thus some combinations of the application will cause problems. Best to only install 1 version of OPIM and create all stress isometrics with that single version. Unless you are using Option #1, in which case you can install the correct version of OPIM mentioned in the release notes into each VM. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ IMPORTANT: 1. Do not violate "Opening a file with AutoPIPE:" from the following WIKI here 2. Do not install an older version than the last one installed on the system as it will corrupt files in other system folders, i.e. Isogen. Example, after installing AutoPIPE V8i 09.04.01.05 do not install, AutoPIPE 2004 08.06.00.12. Only workaround, uninstall all AutoPIPE versions and re-install in chronological order. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Options #1: Install a Virtual Machine (VM) on your computer. Then create a new VM and install only one version of AutoPIPE. Create additional VM's as needed to install other versions of the program. Option #2: Install the different versions of AutoPIPE in ORDER!!! Example: want to install AutoPIPE 8.5, 9.2, 9.4 on the same system. a. Install oldest one first, completely install AutoPIPE v8.5 b. The application will be installed to the default folder location: "C:\Program Files\Bentley\AutoPIPE\", c. Open the folder location and rename the folder to something other than the default name (ex. AutoPIPE_08.05.00.12). This is an important step because, when the next version is installed, it will be installed to the default location and does not overwrite the already installed software. Renaming the folder location will break the shortcut designations on all the desktop and menu icons. Manually update these shortcuts as required. Also, recommend naming the menu group/icon names to be descriptive of version applicable to. d. Install the next release (v9.2) progressing in order with the next highest version number again suggest to use all default settings. e. The default location for all V8i versions is, “C:\Bentley\AutoPIPE V8i SELECTseries”, again rename the default folder name to another name (ex. AutoPIPE_09.02.03.02), fix all short cuts in the menus and desktop. f. Install the newest version last (ex. 09.04), using the default settings. g. After All AutoPIPE versions have been installed, install the latest version of Bentley IEG. h. If AutoPIPE 8.6 and lower was installed, need to install Bentley Gateway and Plant security as documented in the installation files. Note , AutoPIPE 2023 and all yearly versions for this point forward will be installed to specified yearly folders (ex. C:\Program Files (x86)\Bentley\AutoPIPE 2023). Therefore in theory they can be installed side by side, however there are concerns about maintaining user profile and OPIM versions. Option #3: At this time, user can only install one version from a given generation. ex. v 12.04 and 12.02 cannot be installed at the same time as they are from the same generation, 12. Reason, the application profiles are saved to the same location for all generation versions, and some of these files are not compatible or the different versions within the generation See Also Download, Install, Release Note information Bentley AutoPIPE

What is Post Processing: Any action after analyzing a model that does not require re-analyzing. Examples of this would be users can click on the graphics model to instantly view stresses, loads, deflections, or mode shapes at any point. Color coded stresses, animated vibrations, and pop-up windows enable the engineer to more quickly identify and investigate critical areas without having to review a voluminous amount of batch output data, etc.. Following are some of the post processing action items with questions and answers Floating (F3) Results Dialog Results Load Cases Are Not Included In Analysis See Also Bentley AutoPIPE

Comments, Questions, and Answers about File > Print> Reports / graphics in AutoPIPE Item #1: Print results report for only highlighted components selected in the model Item #2: Search for all the node points that exceed a particular stress value Item #3: Numbers on drawings appear tiny when printing a PDF report Item #4: Print out or save the code stress color map Item #5. Printing Results report to hard copy or electronic PDF, does not fill the entire page Item #6: The cover page and table of contents page are not printing Item #7: Print Spring Hanger Selection report? Item #8: Print the "Component Rotation"report? Item #9: What information is reported on the first 2 lines of the File>Print report? Item #10: Print Graphics does not show all of the model and is out of scale? Item #11: Show / print some point names while hiding others Item #12: Add page breaks to report Item #13: Node point data spans multiple pages Note : Highly suggest to watch the on-demand webinar "Maximizing AutoPIPE Standard and Custom Reporting Capabilities", click here . See Also Bentley AutoPIPE

Comments, Questions, and Answers about AutoPIPE's Settings: Q. How to reset my Profile for AutoPIPE? Select the following hyperlink: 1. View> Settings>: Axes Size Location Show North Arrow Angle From X-Axis Text Print Title Size Distance Font Title Location Support Gap Scale (default = 1) Line Width (1 point) Line Width (2 point) No. of Wires Cursor Thickness Large Cursor Size Show Origin Show Tee Arrows Mouse Over for Point Symbols Interpolate Colors in Code Compliance Enable Hardware Acceleration Scale Factors 2. Modeling Options: General... Description GUID Edit... Results Buried Pipe Result Options DNV 2012 Result Options Save Defaults 3. Settings: Plotter Setup Printer Setup Recent Models Model Version Company Edition (v.09.06.02.06 and lower) License Management Tool (v.09.06.02.06 and lower) Color White Background Black Background PCF CAD Mapping Grids Supports Default Bend Radius Isogen / Isometric (v. 09.06.x and lower) AutoPIPE Isometric Manager Deflected Plot Preferences DXF Export Drawing Border DXF Export Layers DXF Export 3D Symbols Log Settings (v 12.2 and higher) Preferences (v.10.x and higher) 4. AutoPIPE Set-up Files 1. AutoPIPE.INI file details 5. Change Region settings - click here See Also Bentley AutoPIPE

Currently AutoPIPE is available in 7 of the most popular world's languages (Chinese, English, French, Japanese, Polish, Russian, and Spanish). Select a link below for information uniquely related to a specific language: A. Chinese B. English C. French D. Japanese E. Polish F. Russian G. Spanish See Also Bentley AutoPIPE

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As a new user one should take the time to thoroughly go through each hyperlink and sub-links to start their journey of using AutoPIPE » Must see information » Available Tutorial - Training - Distance Learning - etc... options with Bentley AutoPIPE » AutoPIPE User interface » How Do I ..... » Warnings, Errors, Crashed, Confirm, etc.. messages » Receive Bentley emails » FAQ - AutoPIPE v9.3 and lower » FAQ - AutoPIPE v9.4 and higher - ***under construction*** » AutoPIPE Manuals » AutoPIPE Vs Caesar - User interface » Where is that command in AutoPIPE now? » See AutoPIPE help for all the settings on these dialogs: (changes to these settings may have profound impact on your results) AutoPIPE CONNECT 11.xx and higher a. Tools> General Options b. Tools> Edit Options c. Results> Results Options> Model AutoPIPE CONNECT 10.01 and lower Tools> Model Options: a. General b. Edit c. Results Note: What Features and Piping codes are available in AutoPIPE Standard, Plus, or Nuclear?

Piping Analysis Solution for Productivity, Integration, and Nuclear Quality Standards AutoPIPE is the choice of leading EPCs worldwide. The most comprehensive piping analysis solution for 20 years in small to high-end piping projects worldwide for the power, oil and gas, petrochemical, offshore, and nuclear markets. Faster engineered piping systems backed by nuclear Quality Assurance program. Bentley AutoPIPE is a comprehensive and integrated piping analysis and design solution including a state-of-the-art CAD-like graphical interface with unique object technology, fast analysis, realistic animation and visualization tools, and international design codes. Bentley AutoPIPE enables users to create, modify, and review piping and structural models and their results quickly and easily while offering advanced linear and non-linear analysis capabilities under static and dynamic conditions like temperature, wind, wave, buoyancy, seismic, and transient loadings. AutoPIPE was developed as a scalable solution to meet the needs of companies working in industries like nuclear and fossil power, process and chemical plants, offshore FPSO platform and riser design, fire protection systems, oil refineries, cross-country gas and oil pipelines, FRP piping, and building services piping. AutoPIPE now incorporates ASME, British, European, German, Japanese, Chinese, API, NEMA, ANSI, ASCE, AISC, UBC, and WRC guidelines and design limits to provide a comprehensive analysis of the entire piping system . AutoPIPE offers unparalleled integration to all major intelligent 3D CAD systems like AutoPLANT, PlantSpace, Intergraph PDS and Aveva PDMS. Automated intelligent stress isometrics can be easily generated and customized. Anyone on the project team can now make early design decisions, view full model and graphical data, and perform automatic clash detection of both AutoPIPE and CAD models side by side with Bentley Navigator . Featuring the only piping and structural analysis integration solution with STAAD.Pro and SACS on the market today, AutoPIPE saves weeks of design time and provides safer, more realistic engineered designs. The workflow of AutoPIPE with other Structural products can be identified with the help of Bentley's Structural Dashboard . Structural Dashboard is an information center to learn the interoperability of Bentley's Structural products. This whole software will help Bentley's structural clients make projects and designs with in the structural paradigm easy. As the state of the art GUI of the Structural Dashboard shows the workflow between the products, with the help of animations and pointed arrows. AutoPIPE maintains the highest software quality with its internationally recognized nuclear quality Assurance program to such standards as ASME NQA-1 & 10CFR50 app B. Plus, it has a proven track record of 17+ years of independent nuclear audits. Please click here for a comprehensive listing of features by license type. Who Uses Who Uses Bentley AutoPIPE? Piping engineers Consulting engineers/engineering consultants Firms of all types Mechanical engineering Mechanical consultant Multi-discipline engineers Departments in construction companies, owner/operators, and government agencies Firms of all sizes Small and medium enterprises (SME) Large, global, multi-national Advantages Increased Productivity According to the largest EPCs in the world, their turn-around time for pipe stress work was reduced between 20-50 percentage productivity gains by switching from competitors programs to Bentley AutoPIPE. Because 80 to 90 percent of pipe stress work is spent finding solutions, Bentley AutoPIPE has been designed with many productivity features, like graphical copy/paste, point and click for fast modification, Excel style grids, and instant feedback from graphical results. This allows AutoPIPE users to quickly iterate toward a solution and hand over final code stress reports and final piping layouts to the designer, or support loads to the structural engineer weeks in advance. Integration for a complete workflow Not just a single solution, Bentley AutoPIPE is instead part of a comprehensive portfolio of CAD , CAE , and structural engineering software from Bentley. Bentley AutoPIPE integrates with CAD, STAAD, and ProjectWise to provide a complete analysis, design, and documentation workflow solution. No matter what type of project you have, Bentley has the most productive software tools available, with the highest level of interoperability available, including all major 3D CAD systems like AutoPLANT, PlantSpace, Intergraph PDS, and Aveva PDMS. Now the only solution on the market today with tight integration between piping and structural analysis, Bentley AutoPIPE can automatically transfer pipe support loads as well as import complete structures from STAAD. Pro , saving weeks of design time and providing safer, more realistic engineered designs. Anyone on a project team for the first time in Bentley Navigator can view a detailed piping or structural analysis model complete with all the modeling and result data alongside the "real-time" 3D CAD model in order to make early design decisions and avoid costly mistakes. Using ProjectWise collaboration servers, distributed engineering is now possible with remote teams around the world. State-of-the art modeling and analysis Do you have difficulty correlating your model data with your piping system? Enjoy the power of bi-directionally synchronized Excel style spreadsheets with a graphical plot. Changes in either plot or grid are updated in real time. Like Excel, you can hide columns, easily make global changes across multiple cells or columns; you can uniquely sort any column to quickly find differences in the data or create customized printouts of any grid to PDF format. Bentley AutoPIPE also offers graphical copy and paste functionality for quick modeling and the ability to deal with changes in a timely manner. Bentley AutoPIPE like all other stress programs uses 1-D finite elements which use simple Beam element center-line based theory, also known as the stiffness or displacement method, to mathematically model the piping system in three dimensional space. The system is formulated into a set of linear equations, describing the system characteristics at each degree of freedom (DOF). However, AutoPIPE differs from other applications because each point (e.g., piping, soil, beam, etc.) in an AutoPIPE modeled system has six (6) degrees of freedom. The exact formulation of these equations and their solution depends on the type of loading being investigated. For Example, AutoPIPE uses a form of Hook's law to calculate displacements and reaction forces based on pipe/anchor stiffness and the applied load. Bentley AutoPIPE has an advanced non-linear engine developed by Prof. Emeritus (UC Berkeley) to perform load sequencing not found in other programs. It also includes built-in wave loading , industry recognized buried pipeline analysis , dynamic loadings , and orthotropic FRP/GRP piping analysis; thermal bowing of hot partially filled pipes , pipe/structure interaction , fluid transient with closure time, and relief valve utilities , non-linear support gaps and friction and jacketed piping . Intuitive GUI modeling AutoPIPE offers an always present graphical user interface that enables the user to dynamically input graphically for faster modeling and modifications. Our one screen CAD -like graphical environment is the most intuitive in the industry, with 3D OpenGL rendering and smart component graphics for realistic animation and visualization. Intelligent object technology No other pipe stress program can offer the intelligent object technology for faster modeling to build complex models in seconds or share pipe support layouts with other engineers on the project . Object technology allows the user to graphically select components or pipeline segments to apply loadings, soil, or different types of data in one easy operation without entering the data for each element one by one. Comprehensive design codes Now used in 55 countries for the last 20 years, Bentley AutoPIPE has maintained the latest codes and features of 29 international piping codes and standards for ASME, British, European, German, Japanese, Chinese, API, NEMA, ANSI, ASCE, AISC, UBC, and WRC. Previous codes are supported for plant retrofits and more than 20 pipe support spring manufacturers from the United States to United Kingdom, Spain, India, Japan and China. Developed as a scalable solution to meet the needs of companies working in industries like nuclear and fossil power, process and chemical plants, offshore FPSO platform and riser design, fire protection systems, oil refineries, cross-country gas and oil pipelines, FRP piping, and building services piping. Highest quality standards Does your company receive patches every few months to fix bugs and reliability issues with the piping analysis software you are currently running? Does your current software supplier provide a full publishable list of defects in the program complete with solutions or workarounds on their website or discussion forum? Do you feel you are the software tester having to report problems with the program? AutoPIPE is the only pipe stress analysis software on the market that adheres to the strictest external quality standards , including 10CFR21 , NQA-1 and the nuclear certification by NUPIC and NRC customers. This requirement will be mandatory in the near future. ANSYS and AutoPIPE are the two leading approved analysis software programs by NUPIC for Nuclear Plant Utilities in the United States. And now with the integration of the leading nuclear ADLPipe solution, we will provide the most comprehensive nuclear piping solution on the market. Every year, we are audited by NUPIC and companies like American Electric Power, Amergen, Constellation Energy, Florida Light & Power, and Westinghouse Savannah River who exhaustively review our Quality Assurance (QA) procedures. Our Bentley SELECT users have access to our online QA verification and validation test cases. We accept that there are sometimes bugs in any software program, so we spend thousands of man hours of testing to minimize the extent and severity of these bugs. This provides engineers the confidence to use our software for safe engineering designs. Easy to learn and use Users have commented on how easily they could learn to model and find solutions with Bentley AutoPIPE. A recent survey told us that at least 80 percent of our customers were building and analyzing piping models within two hours following the step-by-step on-screen interactive tutorials . With over 60 step-by-step movie tutorials and PDFs tutorial covering modeling, analysis, and post processing areas of the program, even a novice computer user can become productive in a matter of days. We also include extensive online help documentation that provides examples, and modeling techniques of real piping components along with explanations of hundreds of topics. In addition, we offer a certified training program as well as on-site and in-house trainings. Interoperability with CAESAR II and other Programs AutoPIPE stores model information in a proprietary binary database structure. However there are multiple translators provided to convert the most popular file types (PXF, PCF, ADL, DWG, etc..) into AutoPIPE models. AutoPIPE can read and write CAESAR II files . Are your contractors or clients using Caesar II? Perform productive pipe stress work using Bentley AutoPIPE and exchange data with confidence . See list of programs that AutoPIPE can interact with here Automatic stress isometrics Generate intelligent customized stress isometrics. Create a fully dimensioned isometric for the complete model or selected range. Customize metric or english drawing sizes, viewing angles, north arrow, margins, and overflow. Choose to annotate the plot with engineers comments for the CAD designer or contractor and add support tags or reference equipment like pumps or steel work. Place customized data tables for piping, flange, and valve data or summary result tables for maximum support loads, spring hanger report for procurement and stress summary. Comparing AutoPIPE to Your Current Pipe Stress Program: Overview This article will enable you to quickly verify for yourself whether or not your current piping stress analysis program may have limitations which can prevent proper calculation of basic ASME B31.1 or B31.3 piping code stresses when more than one thermal operating condition is analyzed. In a typical plant, valves are opening and closing, pumps and other equipment are running hot and cold, shutdowns may occur in the middle of a cold winter, or cryogenic applications may be required, to name a few of the possible scenarios which may occur. Given these possibilities, the piping engineer often does not know which scenario will result in the worst-case stress condition. As a result, it is often necessary to analyze more than one operating condition in order to accurately determine worst-case stresses and loads. The ASME B31.1 and B31.3 piping codes require users to calculate stress ranges not only from ambient temperature to the various thermal operating conditions, but also the stress ranges between these operating conditions. The piping codes further state that users must consider externally imposed displacements together with thermal displacements in order to properly calculate the total displacement stress range. When thermal conditions change, externally imposed displacements will change as well. Vessels, pumps, turbines and other equipment connected to the piping system will grow or shrink, depending on the thermal conditions. Please consider the following example of an auxiliary steam system analyzed with the AutoPIPE piping stress analysis software, (see Figure 1 below). Figure 1 The piping system has two operating conditions to be analyzed. The first one is all hot (T1), and the second condition (T2) is when the valve at node. B2 is closed, thereby resulting in a cool down of the branch line from 600°F to 120°F starting at the valve, and a change in the externally imposed displacement at anchor node B6 from 1" growth in the Y direction in the first thermal condition case (T1) to only 1/10" growth in the Y direction in the cool down condition case (T2). Please remember that the ASME B31.1 and B31.3 piping codes require a stress range to be calculated not only from ambient to thermal condition 1 (cold to T1) and ambient to thermal condition 2 (cold to T2), the codes also require that a stress range be calculated between the two operating conditions (T1 to T2). As you can see from the analysis results (see Figure 2), the worst case B31.3 piping code stress calculated by AutoPIPE was in stress range case T1 to T2 at branch point A7 with a 43,837 psi stress that failed piping code compliance. You can quickly input and analyze this system for yourself with another piping stress program. Results from piping stress analysis programs other than AutoPIPE will likely show that the system passed code compliance with only about 26,700 psi stress (compared to 43,837 psi!) at branch point A7, when in fact, the system was considerably over-stressed at that branch. Run the same analysis using ASME B31.1 and you will see an even larger disparity between AutoPIPE and other piping stress programs. Why would other piping stress programs differ from AutoPIPE by such a wide margin in the calculation of B31.1 and B31.3 piping code stresses? Answer: Some programs are limited to only one (1) set of anchor displacements and one (1) set of support displacements, no matter how many thermal operating conditions must be analyzed. Since equipment grows or shrinks depending on thermal conditions, such a limitation on anchor/support displacements can have a profound impact on the calculation of piping code stresses when more than one thermal operating condition is analyzed. Other piping stress programs are incapable of calculating a stress range between multiple thermal operating conditions (some can't calculate the Tl to T2 code compliance case). The Wrong Approach "No problem", we often hear from users, "I'll just run two jobs, one job with the anchor displacement from thermal condition 1 and another separate job using the anchor displacement and thermal conditions of case 2". This idea sounds acceptable, although time consuming, until you consider the fact that you cannot calculate a stress range between 2 different thermal operating conditions (you can't run the Tl to T2 case) when these two conditions are run as separate jobs. Try the example for yourself. The results from most piping stress programs other than AutoPIPE will show that the system has passed code compliance when, in fact, the system failed. Since the worst case stress in piping code compliance is quite often the stress range between different thermal operating conditions (T1 to T2, T1 to T3, T2 to T3, etc.), the ability to calculate a stress range between multiple operating conditions, while considering different external displacements in each thermal condition, can make the difference between passing or failing ' code compliance as the steam system example demonstrates. Cryogenic applications, pumps in series with different pumps operational and idle, winter shutdowns, and safety relief systems, arc situations, which typically require the analysis of multiple thermal operating, conditions. As a footnote, most piping stress software programs other than AutoPIPE are limited to only one earthquake load direction and/or only one wind load direction for analysis (typically, wind and earthquake loads need to be analyzed in at least 2 directions). This limitation makes it very time consuming and error prone to manually sort through output from separate job runs to determine worst case support loads, worst case equipment loads, and worst case stresses from multiple wind directions and/or multiple earthquake loads. Figure 2 AutoPIPE Capabilities in Comparison In one analysis, AutoPIPE will automatically perform piping code compliance, calculating stress ranges with up to three (100) sets of temperatures and pressures using different anchor and support displacements for each different thermal condition. In the same analysis, AutoPIPE will analyze support and equipment loads with consideration of multiple wind directions, multiple earthquake loads, and up to 13 dynamic occasional loads. AutoPIPE output displays the greater of earthquake stress and wind stress at each point, while summarizing all loads on each restraint and equipment nozzle with rotating equipment compliance in one analysis. If your piping stress software does not perform these functions automatically, then you can determine for yourself how many problematic piping code compliance stress calculations may have been made, and how many man-hours have been spent running separate jobs. Bentley strongly emphasizes the CAD interfaces offered by AutoPIPE for AutoPLANT, PRO-PIPE. Intergraph PDS and other plant design systems. Although AutoPIPE's commitment to CAD interfaces is a strong benefit for users, it is often overlooked that AutoPIPE provides important stand-alone capabilities not available with other piping stress programs, enabling users to more quickly and reliably analyze their piping systems. Attention : For current specs on AutoPIPE capabilities, please see the following AutoPIPE help section: Help > Contents> Contents Tab> Getting Started> AutoPIPE Standard vs Advanced vs Nuclear. Evaluate AutoPIPE Before You Buy: As you have come to understand after reading the above information, AutoPIPE is a very powerful tool. Many of our user have successfully implemented the application in engineering projects of all sizes from small modifications of exiting piping systems, skid mounted projects, offshore risers, to full size plant installations. If you are interested in trying AutoPIPE yourself, please contact Bentley to speak with an Account Manager in setting you up with a 15 day trial license of the application. A trial license is available to allow full-feature access for a single 15-day period. The trial license can be activated only once. If the program is opened and a valid license is not available, the program will prompt the user with a choice to either activate the trial period (if available) or continue in Demo mode. The number of days left for the trial period is shown every time the program is opened. After the trial license expires, running the program without a valid license will display the message 'Your 15 day trial license has expired or it is not set up properly. Contact your Bentley Account Manager or Bentley Licensing department for establishing / reviewing your contract for licensing the product. To be fair during the evaluation period, some user may have many How to do…. type questions and require more hands on involvement with a trained professional. Such case it is recommended to contact Bentley’s Professional Services who can set up a 1-4 hour training session on specific topics. Mouse Settings All mouse settings are controlled by Microsoft Windows or by specialize mouse manufacture's software (ex. Logitech - Set Point). Typically assign scroll wheel button or Middle button to "Middle Button": Case Studies Click here for Bentley AutoPIPE case studies Courses Click here for Bentley AutoPIPE course information White Paper Click here for Bentley AutoPIPE white paper See Also Bentley AutoPIPE

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Security related questions about AutoPIPE: 1. Questions related to software security Answer: Our security team generally routes security-related inquiries to our Trust Center . 2. Does Log4J pose a threat to AutoPIPE? Answer: No, AutoPIPE products does not use any open source coding and is not written in Java. Therefore, LOG4J is not a threat in anyway to AutoPIPE.. In addition, please see WIKI page here . 3. Our company has a stringent set of security questions (200+ questions) that need to be answered before doing business, how can we get all of these questions answered? Answer: First log a new case and send an excel file with 1 question on each row. The answer will be provided in the next column, the file saved, and sent back for your review. 4. Outstanding application vulnerability/security patch(es) for our current version Answer: AutoPIPE development team does not provide security patches for current or older software. It is the user's responsibility to protect their computer system. See WIKI here for list of program versions. Further below this listing is a hyperlink for Release notes on most of the versions released. See Also Bentley AutoPIPE

In order to license Bentley AutoPIPE, AutoPIPE Vessel, and/or AutoPIPE Nozzle, users must set up licensing in 2 locations: 1. Inside of the application - click here 2. Outside of the application - click here Additional Information a. Bentley Cloud Services Status b. Expiring i. BENTLEY's SUPPORT POLICY ii. SELECTserver Deprecation FAQ (PDF) c. Billing and contract questions d. Sales questions e. College - University - Institute Licensing / Renewal I. Subscription Entitlement Services for academics II. STUDENTserver GUIDE III. STUDENTserver- Frequently Asked Questions IV. IF the above links of information fail to resolve your issue, contact Bentley academic team for assistance using your academic institutes email address and please include picture of your current student ID card as an attachment Email: educationsupport@bentley.com or academic@Bentley.com Phone: (610) 458 2785 Questions on Student License 1. Are there any limitations concerning the use of the student licenses in a work environment? Would this student license be the equivalent of AutoPipe Advanced, not AutoPipe Standard? Answer : AutoPIPE licensing will enable the features in the program pertaining to the version selected: Standard, Advanced, Nuclear. Therefore it will depend on the student edition granted by Bentley for the features allowed in the application.