CIMdata PLM Industry Summary Online Archive
30 January 2007
Product News
Bentley AutoPIPE V8 XM Edition Provides Improved Productivity and CAD Integration
The just-released XM edition of Bentley AutoPIPE-which allows structural engineers and piping designers to calculate piping code stresses, loads, and deflections under both static and dynamic loading conditions-provides improved productivity and increased interoperability with other computer-aided design (CAD) products. AutoPIPE analyzes systems of any complexity, with special features for buried pipeline analysis, wave loading, water or steam hammer, FRP/GRP pipe and built-in pipe/structure interaction.
New features of AutoPIPE XM Edition include:
• The ability to create an ISOGEN-based automatic stress isometric to exchange both digital plotting and design data with multidisciplines in different offices or with offshore contractors (isometric can be customized with version control, annotation, configurable drawing settings, and reference equipment)
• The ability to view an AutoPIPE stress model and major 3D CAD models (including engineering data) together for clash detection and early design decisions using Navigator XM, Bentley's visualization tool based on MicroStation V8 XM Edition
• A major update to popular process piping code ASME B31.3 :2005, including new appendix P alternative stress calculation and code case 178, along with nuclear code updates to ASME III NC & ND.
• Enhanced Excel-style spreadsheets for improved custom printing, sorting, and filtered data for faster and more accurate checking to ensure safe model integrity
• CAD support tags, which provide common exchange information on a stress isometric, report, or on-screen graphics
• Thermal bowing analysis for partially filled hot liquid pipelines or sun heated gas pipelines in hot climates.
• New reference point to evaluate actual deadweight, temperature, and seismic loadings on vessels, pumps, turbines, compressors, and so on to meet actual manufacturer equipment limits
• AutoPIPE XM's compatibility with MicroStation V8 XM Edition means that it can be easily integrated with a wide range of other CAD tools. This allows organizations to establish common data exchange metrics and improve performance.
Moreover, standardizing with AutoPIPE XM creates efficiencies by making processes more uniform and repeatable. This leads to higher productivity, faster delivery, and fewer errors.
AutoPIPE is a complete, high-quality pipe stress solution capable of addressing oil, gas, petrochemical, offshore, and nuclear applications. With 29 international piping codes, 21 spring manufacturers and a full-featured set of static, dynamic and advanced analysis features, AutoPIPE is a leader in low-end to high-end pipe stress analysis projects, including pipe support and equipment design.
AutoPIPE's rigorous quality assurance program has passed numerous independent on-site audits to 10CFR50 App. B, ASME NQA-1, and ANSI N45.2 standards. This makes AutoPIPE one of the few PC-based pipe stress programs approved for use in nuclear safety applications.
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