Issue #1:

*** ERROR: INVALID THICKNESS GIVEN. PIPE IGNORED.
*** ERROR: UNSUPPORTED OR UNRECOGNIZED ELEMENT TAG.

Solution #1 :

After converting PCF file to NTL file with the AutoPIPE translator, open the NTL files in any text editor program,  search for all occurrence of "PIPE", the 2nd entry is supposed to be the wall thickness (Please see the following AutoPIPE help section: Help > Contents> Search Tab> enter "PIPE - Pipe Data" (include the quotes), press List Topics button, double click on the selected topic from the list provided to see more information). AutoPIPE does not allow a negative wall thickness. Remove all the -ve signs (ex "-9.00" should be "9.00",save the file, and open in AutoPIPE.

Solution #2:

After converting PCF file to NTL file with the AutoPIPE translator, open the NTL files in any text editor program,  search for all occurrence of "COMPONENT-ATTRIBUTE4", this value should start with a  number (ex. “COMPONENT-ATTRIBUTE4 204-AFRA-0300”,  or “COMPONENT-ATTRIBUTE4 600-FPA-0800”). The following is NOT acceptable: “COMPONENT-ATTRIBUTE4 -0011-0011”, notice the first character was a “-“ character instead of a number. Per this example, insert a valid number before "-0011-0011".

Issue #2

The following is found int he MSG log file:

*** ERROR: MATERIAL FILE NOT FOUND.

Be sure that the material file (xxx.LIB) specified on the PCF translator dialog screen is actually in the AutoPIPE directory folder. If not, select a material library that is in the folder.

Example:On the PCF translator dialog screen, material library = B313-12, AutoPIPE 9.5 and lower does not have ASME B31.3 2012 piping code or material LIB file. Therefore, must change PCF material library to a LIB file available in the respective version of AutoPIPE.