03-s: Export Model to STAAD Using PipeLink (*.pipelink) command in AutoPIPE


Comments, Questions, and Answers about exporting a file to STAAD using PipeLINK

Attention: Please see the following document installed with AutoPIPE: PIPELINK_tutorial.pdf

Item #0:  Export model to STAAD using "Model to STADD using Pipelink (*.pipelink)"

Item #1:  Is the integration between AutoPIPE and STAAD.PRO software version dependent

Item #2:  Limitation with exporting loads to STAAD

Item #3:  Are Beam structures exported to STAAD using Pipelink?

Item #4:  Does the Information exported include weight and stiffness so modal analysis can be with structural in STAAD? 

Item #5: No loads from AutoPIPE are not being exported to STAAD. Why?

Item #6:  Log Message dialog appears and cannot be closed

Item #7:  'Hydrotest' load combination was not exported to STAAD, why?

Item #8:  Supports are not aligned in STAAD as were seen in AutoPIPE, why?

Item #9:  IF STAAD is Not installed on the computer, can AutoPIPE still export a file using PipeLink?

See Also

Import and Export - AutoPIPE

AutoPIPE to STAAD Pipelink Database Conversion

Bentley AutoPIPE