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Input the material for wear plate different from the saddles.

There are so many cases that the wear plate of the saddles can be different from the material of the saddles. For example for a stainless steel equipment it is normal to add a saddles in carbon steel. However to make the transition between the bot...
António Pinho 11 months ago in  Needs review

Nozzle loads on supports

When it is added local loads for nozzles, these loads should be taken in consideration for the support calculation and fundation loads considering the location and orientation of nozzle, for example, Nozzle A located on top head has local loads su...
Guest about 2 years ago in  Future consideration

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 over 2 years ago in  Future consideration

EN 13445-3 Clause 9.7.2.4 – Opening located within 0.8De but close to 0.8De limit

According to clause 9.7.2.4, when an opening is located within the 0.8De region of a dished end but close to its boundary (i.e., near the De/10 distance from the knuckle), the reinforcement area may be insufficient if the calculation is limited to...
Jacques-Antoine Rochelet 12 months ago in  Needs review

[EN13445-3 2021 - 16.5] Allowable bounded area with 0 shear stress

Add more explanations concerning the allowable bounded area with 0 shear stress graphs when designing a nozzle on a cylindrical/spherical shell (e.g showing that it is the eq 16.5-25 taken with different values of Mx and My at design pressure). Al...
Guest 8 months ago in  Needs review

Provision to add bracket supports on skirt.

Currently only shells are allowed to add bracket support.
Guest 4 months ago in  Needs review

Platform for Horizontal Vessels

Currently we can only add platform on vertical vessels. Please consider platform on horizontal vessels as well.
Tanaji Gaikwad about 2 years ago in  Future consideration

Corrosion allowance for Saddles/Brackets/legs/skirt

At the moment it is not possible to add the value for corrosion allowance for saddles, brackets, legs or skirt. This requirements is common in a project specifications. At the moment is possible to add corrosion allowance but only for bolts. Best ...
António Pinho 11 months ago in  Needs review

Add European code EN-14015 in AutoPIPE Vessel.

Please add EN 14015 code for design of storage tank. EN 14015 is the European standard for the design and manufacture of vertical, cylindrical, above-ground, welded steel tanks with flat bottoms.
Tanaji Gaikwad over 2 years ago in  Future consideration

Transport saddles calculation for vertical vessels

Add saddles for transport on vertical vessels. Calculation should be similar to horizontal vessel on saddles, but with transportation loads. This will eliminate need for an additional model for transport. Transport will be part of report and will ...
Guest over 2 years ago in  Future consideration