Autodesk //Labs_

OVERVIEW

Designed to fit the existing workflows of piping system designers and engineers, Piping Design Technology Preview provides tools for defining complete piping systems and performing structural simulation to determine static and dynamic stresses and to ensure compliance with piping code allowable stress values. Piping Design Technology Preview helps designers and engineers create better, more reliable piping systems faster by offering capabilities for design, simulation, and reporting. Key features include:

• ability to define piping layout directly in the built-in, Windows-native spreadsheet
• a library manager to add, modify, and remove data for pipe size, material properties, allowable stress, valves, flanges, wind loads, seismic loads, pump allowables, hangers, and plastic pipe properties
• linear static stress, natural frequency (modal), response spectrum (single and multiple), frequency response, and time history simulation tools
• ability to display deflected shapes, forces and moments, mode shapes, support reactions, and stress contours including code stress, principal stress, longitudinal stress, and hoop stress
• built-in checking of all results for compliance with industry-standard piping codes including:
  • ASME B31.1-2007 Power Piping
  • ASME B31.3b-2006 Process Piping
  • ASME B31.4a-2006 Pipeline Transportation Systems for Liquid Hydrocarbons and Other Liquids
  • ASME B31.8a-2000 Gas Transmission and Distribution Piping Systems
  • ASME Section III Division 1 - Subsection NC Class 2 Components (2002)
  • ASME Section III Division 1 - Subsection ND Class 3 Components (2002)
  • British Standard BS 806 (1993)
  • European Standard EN 13480-3:2002
• formatted, customized reports which summarize input, equipment data, and simulation results including piping code allowable stress values and stress ratios

To ensure the best experience for those participating, the download of the technology preview is limited to the following geographical locations: Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, New Zealand, Singapore, South Africa, Switzerland, United Kingdom, and United States. We hope to expand to other locations in the future.

The Piping Design Technology Preview software expires on June 30, 2010.