The following Release Notes are provided as a reference by Bentley's Technical Support Group.
Version Number: 33.02.01.08
Date Posted: 4/1/2014 11:56:13 AM
Application Group: SELECT Released Products
Language: English
Operating Systems:
Windows Vista
Windows Vista x64
Windows XP x64
Windows 7
Description
Bentley AutoPIPE Vessel V8i is a stand-alone, Engineering application for the comprehensive calculation of pressure vessels, heat exchangers, tanks, and air coolers to ASME, European, French CODAP, German ADM,and Russian GOST standards. It is the only program to perform truly optimized vessel design in minutes and produce fully automated detailed drawings and cost estimates.
This is maintenance release 2 for AutoPIPE Vessel V8i which includes several bug fixes, cost estimate in U.S. units plus the following new features including the latest ASME 2013 code update and support for Solidworks 2011 to 2014 from maintenance release 1.
Design Codes
- Code Update PD5500 2012 Amendment A2:2013
- Code Update EN 13445-3 A1:2012
- Code Update EN 13445-2+A2:2012 Issue 5 (2013-07)
- Standard Update EN 1092-1:2007+A1:2013
- Calculation angle for saddle according to TEMA 8th Ed. RGP
Full list of Enhancements and Defects
Enhancements
- #74113: Code Update PD5500 2012 Amendment A2:2013
- #74732: Code Update EN 13445-3 A1:2012
- #79942: Code Update EN 13445-2+A2:2012 Issue 5 (2013-07)
- #74766: Standard Update EN 1092-1:2007+A1:2013
- #65794: Calculation angle for saddle according to TEMA 8th Ed. RGP
Defects
- #73031: Opening under external pressure on Heat Exchanger in ASME VIII div.2: wrong calculation of allowable hoop compressive membrane stress of a cylinder.
- #73857: Problem of read of Nozzeloading.doc
- #74728: Anchorage with standard ATK Qmax and Qmin are 0.
- #76465: Using standard brackets with GOST R 52857.5 and EN 13445-3 16.10: g-value equal to zero
- #72529: Number of longitudinal welds for shell in Cost Estimate
- #77718: Calculation of uplift resistance force in API 650
- #78578: Vertical loads are taken 2 times into account for vessel with intermediate skirt
- #78846: Wrong weight of insulation for vertical vessel
- #74664: Calculation of anchors using CODAP method
- #74664: Loading Cases for ASME UHX 2013 (a loading condition with a null pressure and the other negative is not generated)
- #82850: Foundation Loads Summary: loads, which are not weight, are not included in the vertical loads in operating
- #82578: Wrong values edited for lbo and eb in nozzle report in EN 13445
- #83337: The period calculation of a vertical heat exchanger and a vertical jacketed vessel is wrong
- #83338: Horizontal vessels: Moments input by users are not considered
- #72506: Cost Estimate in U.S. Units
AutoPIPE Vessel Readme - download here
Download, Install, and License AutoPIPE Vessel:
The following procedure is perfectly suited for installing the newer version, only change being the version of the software being downloaded should be 33.02.01.08:
How do I download, install, and license AutoPIPE Vessel 33.02.00.06 on Win 7
Limitations:
This version is supported on AutoCAD 2014 and lower