Released: March 10, 2010

See a complete collection of Readme files here. 

Analysis

• Multiple response spectrum analysis
• New Troubleshooting tool for fatal error unstable systems
• Increase response spectrum load cases to 50
• Improve interactive code stress performance for one Analysis set
• Add alpha and beta factor for mass and stiffness proportional damping
• Add Hot modulus and Pressure Stiffening cases for SAM analysis
• New productive Dynamic Analysis dialog with grids
• Add an option to select Total or Relative accel for uniform response spectrum
• Analysis Set: Description of duplicate record to be blank
• Provide a warning when non-linear tolerance settings are above a certain value
• Report non-fatal errors at the end of Analyze all command
• Ask user to analyze model after saving changes in static analysis sets dialog

Graphics

• Show X, Y, Z direction on Displacement and Mode Shape plots
• User hydrodynamic factors are not shown graphically
• Tee arrow position and size to be a factor of pipe diameter
• Allow user to hide tee arrows from the model

Import/export

• Increase maximum number of line numbers from 2500 to 20000 in linelist.txt
• CAESAR Import to read units from .cii file instead of c2u file
• Integrated ADLPipe, SmartPlant and Strait PDS Translators

Interoperability

• Save as version 9.1 DAT files from 9.2
• Windows 7 32 & 64 bit compatibility
• ProjectWise Integration
• Comprehensive Network file Caching
• Integration with new Structural Dashboard

Libraries

• Extend Stainless Steel 304 thermal expansion to -425F
• Updated Japanese AUTOJISM material library to JIS B 8265
• Add additional cryogenic materials to B31.3 material library
• Add A106GrB material to AUTODINM material library
• Block editing of Material libraries and remove password protection
• Add A182F304L and A403WP304L materials to AUTOB313 library
• Add B88-C12200 copper pipe material to b311-05 and b311-07 material libraries
• Update B311-07 material lib. to include Inconel 625 materials
• Update the material library source to accept lower case letters

Modeling

• Add column to Segment grid to apply wind
• Add Restraint Type column to Imposed Displacement input grid
• Input grids column headers to be copied with data to Excel

Piping Codes

• Add nuclear high energy & leakage crack criteria
• Add ASME B31.8-2007 piping code
• Allow pressure stiffening effect for ASME Class 2 and 3
• Add 1989 NB, NC, ND code year
• Add B31.1 1986 edition
• Add ASME NB, NC, and ND 2001, with 2003 addenda, edition

Post-Processing

• Add mode shape and frequency result grids
• Result Grids: Add sort option for internal column C ("Point Order") 
• Hide the Full verification combinations for ASME NB, NC, ND 
• Update code stress legend to show stresses instead of ratio to max stress 
• Enable printing of branch tee stress when rigid option is enabled on branch pipe
• Print Local support displacements

Reports

• Print Frequency cut-off and spectrum reports
• New APIPVIEW Viewer with page and printing controls
• Improve apipview load speed or show progress bar when launched first time

General

• RSS feed to sort news items chronologically
• RSS Feed Client to launch by default first time AutoPIPE is loaded
• Add new menu "Online Resources" including BE Community link
• Update Applicability of Indices table in online help for ASME NB
• Option to display the Welcome screen on Startup
• RSS: The about window of RSS client says 1.0
• Making the distinction between force and weight units
• Follow product name decoration guidelines for AutoPIPE Select Series 1
• Report non-fatal errors at the end of Analyze all command
• RSS Client does not work on clients using a proxy server for internet access

Security

• Add Academic Licensing

StressISO

• Use the complete Drawing Frame for plotting if Data Tables are not selected

System Requirements

Platform: AutoPIPE is designed to run on the following platforms/operating systems. At a minimum, your computer should meet the minimum requirements for that system; for example, the amount of RAM required by AutoPIPE depends on the RAM requirements of the environment in which you will be working:
- Windows XP Professional SP2 or later OR
- Windows Vista Business or higher
- Windows 7 Professional or higher
Hard disk space: Approximately 174 MB
Graphics Card: OpenGL 3D graphics supported
Processor: Intel Pentium III or higher
RAM: minimum 256 MB
Web Browser: Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 or greater