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

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

1. Export model to STAAD using "Model to STADD using Pipelink (*.pipelink)"
2. Is the integration between AutoPIPE and STAAD.PRO software version dependent
3. Limitation with exporting loads to STAAD
4. Are Beam structures exported to STAAD using Pipelink?
5. Does the Information exported include weight and stiffness so modal analysis can be with structural in STAAD? 
6. No loads from AutoPIPE are not being exported to STAAD. Why?
7. Log Message dialog appears and cannot be closed
8. 'Hydrotest' load combination was not exported to STAAD, why?
9. Supports are not aligned in STAAD as were seen in AutoPIPE, why?
10. 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