Problem:

When trying to create a Stress isometric in AutoPIPE the following message appears:

"OpenPlantIsometricManager stopped working"

Why and how to avoid this?

Solution:

There can be any number of reasons why this issue would appear. Review each of the following scenarios to determine if one or more may apply:

Scenario #1: Unit conversion

Problem was with some unit conversion issue in Support Boomlables which maybe present in .L00 file.

Workaround:

Open the model
Press Save Stress Isometric and select the name and location of the drawing
On “AutoPIPE Isometric Manager Options” dialog, Press “Settings” button
On Settings Dialog go to “Dimensioning/Text” tab and change Eng/Metric Dims to “mm Pipeline Bores / mm linear dimensions” and press OK
Then press OK on main dialog to generate Isometric.

Scenario #2: Automatic split

Model had a large amount of information that was condensed down into one drawing.

Workaround:

Open the model
Press "Save Stress Isometric" and select the name and location of the drawing
On “AutoPIPE Isometric Manager Options” dialog, Check “Automatic Split” option, to be enabled
Press Settings button.
On Settings Dialog go to “Automatic split” tab and adjust the min and max numbers as desired and press OK
Then press OK on main dialog to generate Isometric.