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Updating API650

Please can we update the API 650 calculations as well as the user interface. Africa is booming in storage of petroleum. This means we need API 650 more and more here. AutoPIPE can have the edge here compared to other softwares. We can use it as a ...
Tristan Northing about 1 month ago in  0 Needs review

Updating PD 5500

Please could we add the latest additions of PD 5500 to the design standards. In South Africa, the competing design codes are ASME and PD due to the selection of materials that our legislation permits. As a result, ensuring that Bentley AutoPIPE Ve...
Tristan Northing about 1 month ago in  0 Needs review

report generation with word or pdf instead of rtf

I think several autopipe vessel users have encountered this problem: the RTF file takes a long time to open the RTF file is heavy to load to launch a calculation it is necessary to close the RTF file (in this case me I want to look at the rep...
Guest 7 months ago in  0 Future consideration

Jacket closure calculation according to PD 5500

We have noticed that the software systematically considers all jackets as type 2 in the jacket closure calculation following PD 5500. We need you to integrate the concept of type 1 jackets in the next version to facilitate support for this type of...
Guest 5 months ago in  1 Needs review

Do not display the "Equivalent beam model" paragraph in the calculation report (wind, earthquake, ... calculations)

It would be useful for users to have the option of not displaying the “Detailed characteristics of the equivalent beam model” paragraph in the calculation report when a wind/seismic analysis is performed. Indeed, in "Vessel properties", tab "Repor...
Guest 3 months ago in  0 Needs review

Add Autodesk Inventor as an export option.

To generate parts, assembly and drawings with i logic .
Guest 8 months ago in  0 Planned

ASME Appendix Y flange

ASME Appendix Y - Flat face flanges with metal-to-metal contact outside the bolt circle
Sudip Ganguly 4 months ago in  0 Planned

Keep the link between the RFT file and the calculation

Once the calculation is complete and the calculation note has been generated, Autopipe vessel can be closed either by mistake or once you have finished, but often you would like to see the calculation note for verification or comparison or somethi...
Guest 7 months ago in  0 Planned

API 650 storage tank code update - 13th Edition, 2020

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Sudip Ganguly 3 months ago in  0 Needs review

Longitudinal loads: add longitudinal wind and longitudinal bending moments

Today only transversal wind is considered, but longitudinal wind may be significant for big vessel. In addition, those moments and loads whould be found in the foundation loads. Also, if a External load is applied, the only moment availalbe ("bend...
Vivianne Genin 7 months ago in  0 Planned