The application of AutoPIPE Vessel in pressure vessel design drawing

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This post was last edited by QUYANHUA on 2021-4-12 08:09. To date, no software exists that can provide a perfect integration of pressure vessel calculation and drawing. An efficient and practical approach remains to use drawing software (AutoCAD, Creo, Soliwork…) and calculation software (Sw6, PVElite, Compress…) separately, which facilitates modifications. The modification effort must be at least 50% (for example, modifying 3 versions). 1. The variations in the drawings are random. The internal and external attachments of the container contain a large amount of drawing content. Currently, only drawing software such as ‘Smart’ can effectively solve these problems, along with methods like image libraries and dynamic blocks. 2. Graphic software is very convenient to modify. Changing the size and adding a part is a matter of a minute. With calculation software, you need to modify the data, run the entire calculation again, and then the modified graph will be generated. Although some modifications are not important for the calculations, such as weight, you still need to run it again to generate the revised drawings. Like ‘taking off one’s pants to fart’ (I don’t know how to describe it). AutoPIPE Vessel sales has no answer to the questions I posed. 3. Many of the results of strength calculations are related to the design pressure; therefore, strength calculation software can use the design pressure to ‘control’ the calculation results. But the shapes are different; they are all random and non-standard. (Items such as internal components and ladder platforms cannot be created using drawing software), and it’s not possible to control them with just a few parameters as is the case in strength calculations. AutoPIPE Vessel aims to combine calculation and drawing. Graphics related to pressure are controlled by parameters (the front view accounts for at most 10% of the total drawing volume), while graphics unrelated to pressure are created using drawing software (which is essentially a mechanical combination of calculation software and drawing software). It’s really awkward to use in practice. Weld joint diagrams, pipe end lists, technical specifications, detailed views, and cross-sections cannot all be managed through computational software. If the drawings produced by AutoPIPE Vessel still require additional work using drawing software for refinement and modification (keeping in mind that the amount of work needed to modify the drawings during the approval process is much greater than that required for the initial design), then its drawing capabilities are essentially useless, as they hinder the efficient use of its calculation functions. As far as I know, among pressure vessel manufacturers in Southeast Asia (where the design of foreign pressure vessels is carried out by manufacturers), I have not encountered anyone who uses AutoPIPE Vessel. It is certain that Singapore doesn’t have it. Is there anyone who uses AutoPIPE Vessel for the design and drafting of pressure vessels? I hope we can discuss this and share our experiences. Thank you.