TRIFLEX®Windows 2.2.0 has added 18 new Enhancements to this release. Among the major Enhancements are:

TRIFLEX®Windows has added to its database the entire range of AISC structural steel sections, including W, M, S, HP, C, MC, and L designations. In addition standard flat and round bar as well as rectangular and round structural tubing are included along with an option allowing the user to specify custom dimensions for these types. Areal properties including cross sectional area, B and C axis and polar moments of inertia, and extreme fiber distance from the centroid are automatically calculated.

The user’s options in selecting components and forming a selection set has been greatly expanded. This new capability includes the ability to Copy-Paste, Cut, Redo, “flip” the copy about an axis, renumber the components being copied, increase the “undo” capability, a new pin element, among other improvements.

Errors in modeling are easily noted in RED.

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TRIFLEX® Windows 2.1.2 has been released and it contains the following new features:

Response Spectrum Analysis - TRIFLEX® Windows has the ability perform analyses based on defined vibration spectra, adding the loading so induced into the occasional load considered for one or more case definitions. As a byproduct of this addition, the ability to store, recall, and edit specific spectral definitions was included, as well as the ability to view the spectrum graphically.

Time History Analysis - TRIFLEX® Windows dynamic capability has been enhanced with the ability to specify user defined or preprogrammed time dependent forcing or displacement functions at selected nodes of the piping system. The effect of the time variant function on the displacement of the system may then be shown graphically in an animation sequence. The loading so imposed has an effect on the system displacement, forces, moments, and stresses, which may be viewed on a spreadsheet at each time increment. The maximum of these system effects can be added onto the occasional loading for one or more case definitions.

Water Hammer System Reactions - Water hammer analysis has been added to TRIFLEX® Windows, automatically calculating the system response to rapidly changing incompressible fluid flow conditions. Working through the Time History mechanism, this feature calculates the forcing functions at the piping system nodes along with their time of arrival, allowing the user to simulate a water hammer event.

Input Parameter Graphic Display - Several of the parameters assigned to a component of the piping system during input including pipe sizes and properties, insulation characteristics, operating and design pressures and temperatures, wind and soil loading details, and allowable stresses, may be mapped onto the piping system as a set of predefined colors. In addition, the function of the graphic scale has been updated to translate the color code back into text.

Calculation Progress Log Control - The display of the calculation progress log can now be controlled from a dialog brought up with the CALCULATE / PROGRESS LOG PREFERENCES menu item, allowing the user to clear the log after each run or on demand and specifying whether a full, summary, or acknowledgement report is displayed during the calculation.

See features from TRIFLEX® Windows Version 2.1.0, 2.1.1 and 2.1.2.

PipingSolutions is pleased to announce that Smart Stress ISO© is now available.

Smart Stress ISO© was developed by Nor-Par a.s of Norway. The program is designed to work in conjunction with both TRIFLEX® from PipingSolutions, Inc. and I-Sketch from Alias Limited Industrial Software Products. Smart Stress ISO© utilizes the capability of both I-Sketch to generate isometric drawings and TRIFLEX® to capture node numbers, restraints and stress information in order to present a dimensioned ISO.

PipingSolutions is pleased to announce the addition of I-Sketch and I-Sketch Field to its suite of products.

I-Sketch, a product of Alias, LTD, provides the ability to automatically generate complete piping isometrics with bill of materials and reports in minutes based on a simple sketch

I-Sketch Field, a product of Alias, LTD, is designed as an easy to use, intuitive solution for quick and accurate capture of piping geometry and data within the plant.  I-Sketch Field is a complementary application designed to work with the full desktop version of I-Sketch.  I-Sketch Field was developed for use by plant engineers and operates on a hand held “palm”- like PC.

TRI*TANK650 and WERCO have been made available for download. You can now obtain a demonstrational copy of both programs by going to their respective pages.

Following the release of TRIFLEX® Windows 1.6.2 on April 16th, 2002, the Enhancements and modifications are now available online. You can view more general information about TRIFLEX® Windows by going to the product information page.

TRIFLEX® Windows 1.6.2 is now available for download under the download page.

Following the release of TRIFLEX® Windows 1.6.1 on March 14th, 2002, the Enhancements and modifications are now available online. You can view more general information about TRIFLEX® Windows by going to the product information page.

As of today, the Services sections has been updated with the full range of Engineering Services that we provide, and a few more links are now available in our Links section.

PipingSolutions, Inc., and Alias Limited announced that PipingSolutions would sell I-Sketch, I-Convert, and I-Export to complement PipingSolutions' current Engineering Software tool set.

Reid P. McNally, Jr., P.E., President of PipingSolutions, said, "These products will provide TRIFLEX® Users with the ability to import a piping isometric drawing directly into TRIFLEX®, thereby decreasing the time pipe stress engineers spend in coding a piping model by increasing their productivity. These tools combined with other tools like Smart Stress ISO give TRIFLEX® a definite market advantage. To the piping engineer, these programs show an a tremendous increase in his/her productivity by allowing CAD personnel to verify the geometry of the model and the engineers to do the pipe stress analysis."

PipingSolutions, Inc., sells and supports the entire high-quality suite of design engineering software from pipe stress analysis, tank design, to converging tree piping networks and relief systems. PipingSolutions' charter is to provide piping and equipment expertise and services to the Chemical, Petrochemical, Refining, Shipbuilding, Pulp and Paper, Power-associated industries and the engineering contractors who serve these industries. PipingSolutions, Inc.'s software products are also sold and supported through a worldwide network of resellers. For additional information contact:

PipingSolutions, Inc.
6219 Brittmoore Rd.
Houston, TX 77041-5114
713.849.3366

TRIFLEX® Windows 1.6.0 has been released today

Quick overview of what's new:

Euro Code - the requirements of the new Euro Piping Code have been incorporated in TRIFLEX® Windows 1.6.0.

Smart Data Exchange File - a new data file has been developed that will enable a User to export all data available for display on a Stress Isometric Drawing.

Graphic Display of Soil Restraints - the display of Soil or Underground piping restraints are shown as radial rods or "whiskers".

Graphic Orientation - the orientation of display is made easer for the user with the ability to save oriented views.

New Export Capabilities - Users may now export spreadsheets to:

• XLS files which can be opened by EXCEL
  
• HTML files which can be put on websites
  
• TAB-delimited files that can be imported directly into databases such as Access, ORACLE, MySQL, etc.

Coordinate Entry Option Added - Users can now specify the TO Node as either an X, Y, Z global coordinate or a delta dimension.

Set Home and Go Home Functionality - The Go Home and Set Home Buttons on the graphic tool bar have been removed and replaced with View Add and View Recall buttons. These buttons will allows the user to save, manipulate, and recall up to 32 different views of the piping system.

Output Spreadsheet Copy & Paste - User can copy output spreadsheet report and pasted it into Excel.

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Reid P. McNally, Jr., P.E., President of PipingSolutions, said, "These products will provide TRIFLEX® Windows users the ability to import a piping isometric drawing directly into TRIFLEX® Windows thereby decreasing the time pipe stress engineers spends in coding a piping model and increasing their productivity. These tools combined with other tools like Smart Stress ISO give TRIFLEX® Windows a definite market advantage. To the piping engineer, these programs mean an a tremendous increase in the engineers productivity by allowing CAD personnel to verify the geometry of the model and the engineers to do the pipe stress analysis."

The history of TRIFLEX® has been published online. The version history for TRIFLEX® Windows has also been made avaiable for reading.

We have also updated our TRIFLEX® Windows screenshots section with input and output images. The input pictures show all the options for pipe input, while the output screenshots show graphically some of the available results of the calculation (i.e. deflection, forces & moments, hoop stress, etc).

Added an online chat system. If you have any questions regarding any of our programs, support services or anything else, please feel free to join the chatroom. Available hours are between 9AM to 6PM CST. People who are marked by having a "*" in front of them are our representatives.

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Data Collection For Piping Stress Analysis

In order to assist any interested persons in approaching piping stress analysis, an introductory Guide to Piping Stress Analysis has been written and published here. Reviewing this guide will provide a general orientation to the field of piping stress analysis and will define the specifics of the typical data collection effort required to have the necessary data to properly model a piping system for stress analysis.