Comments, Questions, and Answers on Importing / Exporting with AutoPIPE

Item #1, Question: 

1. What file formats can AutoPIPE Import/Export?

Note: Review Workflow in Bentley Dashboard herefor more details on how information can be import / exported between Bentley applications.

2. Is there any information on AutoPIPE Translators?

Item #2, Import Issues:

1. AutoPIPE Files:

a. Import AutoPIPE (DAT) model

b. Import *.NTL file into AutoPIPE

2. AutoPIPE Translators:

a. ADL PIPE Translator

Import ADLPIPE file into AutoPIPE 

b. PCF Translator

Import Autodesk Inventor,  CADWorx, Solidworks, Catia, or Medusa files into AutoPIPE 

c. Strait Translator

Import PDS files into AutoPIPE

3. Other Formats

a. AutoPIPE CAD To Stress Integration

b. CAESAR (cii) or Areva PDMS (cii)

c. AutoCAD DWG / DXF or MS Excel

d. AutoPlant / OpenPLANT (PXF)

->PXF Import : CADAP.MAP Options

e. ProStructures

f. Bentley STAAD Using PipeLink

g. Bentley HAMMER loads?

h. CAEPipe or Kpipe

i. After import, how to fix piping that are not all connected? 

->Example #1

->Example #2

j. Bentley PlantSPACE (PSDS)

k. PipeNet

l. Import PDMS using I-Sketch, I-Run or Spoolgen

m. SAP 2000 model file

n. TRIMBLE PIPEDESIGNER 3D

o. PTC Creo

p.  AutoDesk REVITmep

Item #3, Export Issues:

1. 1. Export AutoPIPE Batch (NTL)

   2. Interface bewteen Projectwise and AutoPIPE

   3. AutoPLANT (PXF) - Geometry/Results

   4. AutoCAD (DXF)

   5. Caesar II neutral (*.cii)

   6. Isogen (*.pcf)

   7. JSpace Model (*.jsm)

   8. DGN Model (*.dgn)

   9. Export to LiCAD (*.txt)

   10. Input Database (*.mdb)

   11. Results Database (*.mdb)

   12. Nozzle Loads to AutoPIPE Nozzle (*.pxf)

   13. Model to STAAD Using PipeLink (*.pipelink)

   14. I-model 
       
             --> Axis orientation when exporting an I-model

             -->Do I have to use I-model when exporting a DGN File from AutoPIPE for clash detection

   15. PipeLINK to SACS: SACS can read the PipeLink export file that was originally for STAAD

See Also

Bentley AutoPIPE

External Links

Bentley Technical Support KnowledgeBase

Bentley LEARN Server

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