Modeling Capabilities: * Native 32-bit Windows application with an acclaimed user interface *Multiple, independently resizable windows * View Results, Graphics, Input and Details – all at the same time * Industry standard OpenGL® graphics, capabilities include: * Zoom, pan and rotate * 3D Rendering * Selective showing and plotting of various entities * View from any direction (automatic iso and plan views) * Color coded stress contour mapping * Copy image from the graphics window to the clipboard * Several graphics output formats – HPGL, DXF, EPS, EMF * Plot of single line graphics to AutoCAD format * Specify title for plot separate from model * Print in color (Low/Medium/High Resolution, and Black/White background) * No anisotropic graphical distortions upon window resizing * Easy model generation and powerful editing features including numerous shortcuts * Instantaneous error checking of input data Various element types: * Pipe * Elbow/Bend (Flexibility factor, User SIF, Different material, Thickness, etc.) * Miter bend (Flexibility factor, User SIF, Different material, Thickness, etc.) * Jacketed pipe (with concentric core pipe being routed automatically along with jacket pipe) * Jacketed bend (with concentric core bend being routed automatically along with jacket bend) * Reducer (concentric and eccentric) * Rigid element * Valve * Bellows * Slip joint (with friction) * Hinge joint (with friction and rotation limits) * Ball joint (with friction and rotation limits) * Beam (end releases, beta angle, shear deformation) * Elastic element * Tie rod (with different stiffnesses and gaps in tension/compression) * Cold spring (cut short or long) Various support types: * Tag names for all supports (including Anchors and Nozzles) * Rigid and flexible anchor * Release anchors during hanger design * Two-way rigid restraint * Skewed restraint (translational or rotational) * Guide (with gap, friction and stiffness) * Hangers * Variable spring support * Constant support * User defined * Rod hanger *Limit stop (with gap, friction and stiffness) * Snubber (rigid or flexible) * Generic Support * Supports can be connected to other nodes Other useful data: * Flange * Force and moment * Jacket end cap * Spider (ties core pipe to jacket pipe) * Nozzles attached to cylindrical and spherical shells * Weld * Threaded joint * Concentrated mass * SIFs (tee, branch, and such) as per Piping Codes listed below and ASME B31J Built-in databases: * Pipe sizes (ISO, ANSI, JIS and DIN, including bend radius data) * Insulation materials (densities) * Over 30 spring hanger catalogs * Flanges (weights, SIFs) for ASME and DIN * Large Valve library (types, lengths, weights); User-definable too * Material libraries for commonly used materials and codes (user-definable too) * B31.1 and B31.3 Material libraries with over 400 materials * Nozzle flexibilities according to WRC 297, API 650 and PD5500 * SIF values for different components from each piping code * AISC library of beam sections (user-definable too) * Spectrum Libraries corresponding to EL Centro, Uniform Building Code and Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) Guide 1.60 Piping codes: * B31.1 * B31.1 (1967) * B31.3 * B31.4 * B31.5 * B31.8 * B31.9 * ASME Section III, Class 2 (1980, 1986, 1992 and 2015) * European EN 13480 * French RCC-M and CODETI * Swedish * Dutch Stoomwezen * Norwegian * British BS 806 * Canadian Z183 * Canadian Z184 * Canadian Z662 Rotating equipment: * NEMA SM-23 (Turbines) * API 610 (Vertical and Horizontal pumps) * ANSI/HI 9.6.2 (Rotodynamic pumps) * API 617 (Compressors) *Internal and External Pressure Design of pipe and pipe fittings as per SS EN 13480-3 (2017) * Flange stresses as per ASME Sec. VIII Div. 1 * Calculation of allowable loads on nozzles to spherical and cylindrical shells as per EN 13445-3 (2009) Non-linearities: * Friction in Ball, Hinge and Slip joints * Gaps and friction in Limit stops and Guides * Rotation limits in Ball and Hinge joints, * Tension/compression stiffnesses and gaps in Tie rods *Nozzle stiffnesses * WRC 297 * API 650 * PD 5500 Units in any combination: * SI * Metric * English * Any combination of above List window – Fully editable and printable: * Display/edit itemized listings of components/materials/sections/etc. with all details * Many keyboard shortcuts for quick and efficient operation * Node search feature * Comments in the model (make as many comments anywhere) Block and Edit operations: * Generate new piping from existing piping * Change material, pipe size, and temperature and pressure in one click * Changes immediately updated in all open windows * Edit, split and combine elements * Merge models interactively * Copy and Paste single or multiple elements with supports (including user defined allowable loads) * Extensive Find and Replace command * Powerful multiple UNDO and REDO command * Finding and Editing of Comment texts Additional Features: *Automatic backup and periodic saving of model data *Default settings for ease of use * When a bend is input, by default, the radius, radius type, thickness, material and flexibility factor from the previous bend are used. * When a hanger is input, the defaults are set from the previous hanger. *Conversion of a time function to a force spectrum *Local coordinate system shown for most elements including a nozzle *Automatic node number increment (can be turned off) *Specify slope for an element *Large model sizes (7,000 elements with node numbers up to 99,999) *Redefining a model’s vertical axis without affecting the layout *Rotate sections of piping model