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AutoPIPE New User Guide [TN]

Soil Identifiers are Templates from Model to Model

Like Pipe Identifiers, Soil Identifiers can be a template and used over and over again in the model without having to re-define the properties. Use the new Soil and Soil ID grid to check and make changes to global soil properties quickly.

Distance Calculator as a Productive Tool

Use the graphical distance calculator to check distances and clearances between pipe to pipe or pipe to structure.

1. Select Tools > Distance or click the distance icon on the View toolbar.
2. Point and Click the TO and the From point. You don't have to enter the point name.
3. The DX, DY, and DZ offsets as well as the straigh-line distance are displayed in the status bar:

HINT: The DX, DY, or DZ offsets can be read or copy/pasted to Excel or text file

ReferencePointtoEvaluateEquipmentLoads

UsetheInsert>Xtradata>ReferenceNodefeaturetodefinereferencepointstoevaluateloadsatvesselsorrotatingequipment.

WorksineitherGlobalorlocalcoordinatesystems.Soanytimethenozzleisataskewedangletothevesselandtheallowableloadsatthenozzlearegivenrelativetothenozzleaxisthenusethelocalcoordinateaxissystem.

Youcandefinemultiple"ReferencePoints"atanypoint.

HINT:Usefulforevaluatingin-linepumpnozzlesandmanufacturerstatedlimitsonvesselsorequipment.

ProductiveGraphicFeatures

Colors

 Ifyouareexperiencingdifficultyviewingcolorplots,youcanchangecontrastinglegendson-the-fly.Simplydouble-clickanlegentcolortodynamicallychangeit.

Scale

Ifyouwishtochangethescaleofsupportsorothercomponentsforprefferedviewing,youcandosofromtheViewSettingsdialog.

RenderedSupportGraphics

ShowRealisticSupportArrangementstoClients,ContractorsorCADDesigners.

TeeTypes

QuicklycheckTeeTypesontheplotusingtheShowTeebutton.

Viewports

SwitchbetweenSingle/DoubleorQuadviewportstoeasilyworkinaviewwhichisconvenientthenswitchbacktosingleview.ViewportsareavailableforeditingthemodelANDviewingresultse.g.codestressesinplan,isoandelevationviewsasbelow:

Viewportsaresavedevenwhenamodelisclosedandthenre-opened.

 

 

Graphical Point Editing

Caesar users are used to looking at the model, then reading and entering the point name. In AutoPIPE like CAD use point and click, point names are automatically taken care of.

Productivity Example - Add a Support

AutoPIPE	Caesar
Click on the Support Point Select Support Type (Friction & Gaps)	Look at the Graphic Plot & Read Point Name Go to the data sheet Click on the Restraint Option Enter the Point Name Select Support Type (Friction & Gaps)
2 way gaps permitted all supports Guide - Both Horiz. + Vertical	Only 1 gap permitted 2 supports required for Guide + Y

PipeStressWorkinvolveslotsofIterations

99levelsofUndo/RedoareavailableatalltimesinAutoPIPEsuchthatdifferentsupportconfigurationscanbetriedandifstressesorequipmentloadsareworsethencaneasilyrevertbacktosomepreviousstate.ButinCaesarundo/redoisalwayslostwhenexittheINPUTmodule.

Alphanumericnodenumberingbysegments-easytoidentifywhichnodesrelatetowhichparts/linenumbersofthemodel.

 

 

 

Comprehensive Automatic Code Combinations

VCR buttons allow fast navigation to sorted multiple maximum stresses across multiple stress categories including maximum sustained stress, thermal range and all occasionalstress combinations which Caesar does not calculate automatically.

Code Combination Comparison

AutoPIPE Stress Plot	Caesar Stress Plot
Thermal case 1 to 4	What stress case is Row 18-21?
AutoPIPE Benefits: Clear Stress Plots Automatically Sorted Max Stress for all combinations Click & Point for all Results Automatic Thermal ranging & occasional stress combinations

 

AutoPIPEResultGridsprovidepowerfulfilteringandsortingofdisplacements,forces,supportloadsandstresses.

ClearComponentSymbols

JacketedPiping-UseTransparentSettingforPipe

EasilycreatetheJacketbyusingthegraphicalSelectandcopy/pastefunctions.Selecttherangeofcarrierpipeincludingvalves,flanges,reducersetcandpastingthenconnectingbackontoitself...coveredinadvancedtraining.

CommonCaesarmodelingtechniquesandequivalentinAutoPIPE

MakeGlobalChangese.g.changingcoefficientoffrictionsforpipesupports,globalchangestopressures,temperatures,materials,etc

ChangeTemperatureinModel 

Caesar

UseListspreadsheet

 

ChangeREDvaluee.g.482to555.Thischange‘Ripples‘downtonextREDvalue.Difficulttoidentifywhichpart(s)ofthemodelhaschanged.Needtokeepswitchingonthecolortemperatureplot.Maybeotherpartsofmodeltochangeto555also,needtofindthem.

Thischangecannotbeseeninlegendnoronthecolortemperatureplotunlesstheplotisreset.

AutoPIPE

MakeGlobalchangestopressure,temperature.OptionAisbestforperformingglobalchangesacrossthewholemodel.OptionCallowsbestmethodtocheckallvaluesbeingchangedpointbypoint.

OptionA-

1. SelectOperatingLoadbyValuefromtheModifymenu.
   
2. Selecttheexistingtemperatureandenterthereplacementvalue.Thiswillreplacealltemperaturesinthewholemodel(482with555,inthisexample).
   

OptionB-

1. Selecttherangeinthemodeltochangetemperature
2. SelectPressure&TemperaturefromtheModifymenu.
3. Enternewtemperature(555forthisexample).Thenewtemperatureisshowninbluetoindicatewhichvalueshavechanged.
   
4. ClickOK.Thecolorplotandlegendareupdatedimmediatelywiththenewvalue.
   

OptionC-UseInputGrids

1. SelectView>Show>Temperaturetoseecolortemperatureplot.
2. DoubleclickCase1Tempcolumntosortit.
3. Selectthecellswiththistemperature.

4. Enternewvalue(e.g.-555)andpressCTRL+Enter.

   HINT:Dragdownorcopydowncommandsusingrightclickmenu,arealsoavailableformakingglobalchangeslikeExcel.

5. TheselectedcellsimmediatelyhighlightREDontheplottoseewhichpartsofthemodelaretobechanged.

ChangeSupportFriction

Caesar

Youmushchangefrictionvaluesonebyone:

AutoPIPE

1. IntheSupportGrid,doubleclickcolumntosortdata.

2. Selectmultiplecellsyouwishtochange.

   or

   SelectthecompletecolumnandthenselectonecellwhileholdingdowntheCTRLkey.

3. EnternewvalueinfirstcellandthenpressCTRL+Enter.

   NOTE:OneCTRL+Zstepwillundothecompletechange.

 

UpdateMaterialLibraries

WARNING:RecommenddonotusetheTools>Libraryfunctiontoupdatelibraries

Materiallibrariesareorganisedinto2tables,table1withgenericmaterialse.g.CS,HCetcwhichonlyhavephysicalproperties(noallowablestress).Table2hasCodeSpecificationmaterialse.g.A106-B,A312-TP316whichhavetemperaturevs.allowablestressdata

NOTE:Version9.0moreexoticalloysteelslikeduplexstainless,Haynes556,incoloy825,copperC12200-B88andHastelloyC22forB31.3library.

OptionA

ProvidesourcedatatoBentleyincludingtemperaturevs.expansion&modulus,density,poissonsratio,plustemperaturevs.allowablestress(sometimesalsoyieldstress-requiredbysomecodeslikeB31.3).BentleywillcreateacustomlibrarybutnotnuclearQAtested.

OptionB

RequestthelibrarysourceforthepipingcodeyearandinstructionsfromBentley,enterowndataandrecompilethelibrary.

FRP/GRP/Plasticmaterials-refertoModelingFRPandPlasticPipinginAutoPIPE

FollowingFRPlibraryisavailableforusetypicallywithB31.3

PipePropertiesorPipeIdentifiers-templatesforcompleteproject

Materialsareselectedforeachpipeidentifierdefinedinthemodel.

PipeIdentifierscanbedefinedatthebeginningoftheprojectorjobandusedastemplatesforeachmodeli.e.thepipepropertiesincludingmaterialsdonothavetobere-definedoverandoveragain.Pickandchoosewhichpipeidentifierstobeappliedoveranyselectedrangeofpipes.

SettingtheGlobalCoordinatesforStartoftheModel

OptionA

1. Inthepointgrid,gotofirstentry.
2. Entertheoffsetsorglobalcoordinatesofthefirstpointinthemodel.

OptionB

1. SelectModify>Pointatthefirstpointinthemodel.
2. EnterstartingoffsetsfromtheOrigin(0,0,0).

Similarlyfordisconnectedorindependentpipingsystems(segments)setthestartingcoordinates.Note:Anewsegmentcaninserted(Insert>Segment)andentertheOffsetpointe.g.B10(notOfororigin)andcorrespondingoffsets.Sothenewsegmentwillbeinsertedoffsetfromaknownpointinsteadoftheorigin(O).