v17.6 Now Available

Promise made. Promises kept.  We’re committed to quarterly releases of meaningful feature and functionality enhancements.  That commitment continues on with the v17.6 release of PIPE-FLO.

Highlights include:

• New Design Factor for Pipes, Ducts, and Compressible Pipes
  
  • Increase the pressure drop on pipes by a multiple of a user defined Design Factor
    
  • Applied on a per pipe basis
    
  • Help account for extra minor losses when designing a system with unknown pipe routing
• New Annotations
  
  • Oval and Rhombus (diamond) shapes now available
    
  • Numerous options for fill style and colors
    
  • Customizable outline thickness and style
    
• New Dissipated Energy and Input Energy Calculations on Devices
  
  • Updated Pie Charts and Power / Energy / Cost Gradient
    
• Static Head now displayed in Pie Charts and System Power Cost Report
• Smart placement of Valves & Fittings icons
  
  • Bends auto-placed on bends and tees auto-placed near tees.
    
  • Icons stay in set places when a pipe is moved, reversed, disconnected or re-connected, or the system is scaled.