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While designing heat exchanger as per EN 13445-3, AutoPIPE Vessel is considering elastic modulus at mean metal temperature but elastic modulus values should be taken at design design temperature. Refer attached snap.

ASME Appendix Y - Flat face flanges with metal-to-metal contact outside the bolt circle

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...

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...

It is not possible to set 2.5 Convolutions (N). In some cases, I have to consider bellow with 2.5 convolution, but I cannot design as there is no option to enter this value.

Please add the possibility to enter the values lt, ht and eat according to EN13445 16.12.4 for the design of skirt. In my attached file, when changing lt to 179.7 mm and eat to 7.7 mm, the formula (16.12-70) is now verified without changing the sk...

The Software calculate the fiber elongation according ASME SECTION VIII division 1 according UG-79. The term “t” is the nominal thickness for the component. For dished end it is only possible insert the minimum thickness and the calculation of the...

Add an option to override the selected bolt area. This can be helpful when non standard neck-down bolt is used.

Sometimes designers want to create a custom flange specially for large diameter nozzle which can then be checked as a body flange (Appendix 2 etc.). Currently this can be done as a separate model but an option to include custom flange to a nozzle ...

Currently the straight flange portion of conical shell with knuckle cannot be specified in the conical shell UI, but a feature is proposed to include that in the UI as an input to model and create drawings and include in reports.