AUTOPIPE QUESTION
AUTOPIPE QUESTION
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Hi All,
I wonder if you can answer a question regarding supports and how Autopipe applies them.I would check this myself but do not have access to Autopipe.
Say we have a pipe that has a slope (i.e. it is not exactly horizontal) and it is supported. In Autopipe you specify a vertical restraint at the support points. Now my question is does Autopipe "adjust" tha action of the vertical support such that it is perpendicular to the pipe (i.e. not truely vertical) or does Autopipe just apply a constraint in the true vertical direction?
I wonder if you can answer a question regarding supports and how Autopipe applies them.I would check this myself but do not have access to Autopipe.
Say we have a pipe that has a slope (i.e. it is not exactly horizontal) and it is supported. In Autopipe you specify a vertical restraint at the support points. Now my question is does Autopipe "adjust" tha action of the vertical support such that it is perpendicular to the pipe (i.e. not truely vertical) or does Autopipe just apply a constraint in the true vertical direction?





RE: AUTOPIPE QUESTION
RE: AUTOPIPE QUESTION
However similar programs have two coordinate systems, a global and a local system. If you look at pipe forces, they are given in the local pipe segment coordinate system (X axis along pipe axis), whereas if you look at the reactions, they have the horizontal and vertical components of "Earth".
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RE: AUTOPIPE QUESTION
Thanks for the response. Problem was that I do not have the results from the file - only the input echo data. Anyway I got a response from Bentley Forum on this so thanks anyway.
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And if the epipe is vertical, or sloped at XXdeg then what?
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When the support is not in the right direction, you can rotate it, I think.
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Found out that if the constraint is designated by using a GUIDE then the direction of the restraint is governed by the slope of the pipe since it will always be perpendicular to the pipe.
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Tnanks.
"He's declaring war on the planet itself."- Vicente Fox
RE: AUTOPIPE QUESTION
RE: AUTOPIPE QUESTION
"He's declaring war on the planet itself."- Vicente Fox