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For vertical vessels I suggest to add a field to add a material for lugs on top o f the vessel and also another field to selected the material for lugs on bottom skirt (tailing lug). It is very common to have columns in for exempla stainless steel...

We have a pressure vessel that must be designed in accordance with ASME Section VIII, Division 1. However, for full face gasket flanges, the software by default performs the calculations according to PD 5500 (Slip-on loose flange – BS/PD 5500 §3.8...

Allow the use of Alternative Pressure Area Design Method if the primary method of assessment for PD5500 shows non-compliance. The alternative method is less conservative and therefore may in some cases be able to sufficiently demonstrate compliance.

Currently AutoPIPE Vessel considers both corrosion and tolerance for nozzle neck thickness calculation. A radio button to allow user to consider tolerance or not can be added in the nozzle dialog box.

Sometimes is needed to increase locally the thickness of the vessel wall to reinforce the nozzles (under pressure load or external loads), instead of increasing the whole course or head thickness (for economic reasons). Simulating this local thick...

When API650 is not suitable for a vertical tank, calculation should be done with API620

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 ...

Allow the user to inser the combinaton fator for internal pressure (Fp) and the combination factor for external pressure (Fpe) as refered in API 650 paragraph 5.2.2.

Design non circular flanges according EN 13445-4 clause 10.7.

When calculating earthquakes for pressure equipment, need to add design according to paragraph 3.2.2.5 of EN 1998-1. This would allow the design to consider a reduced design spectrum relative to the elastic range.