PIPENET VISION 1.5
Take a look at the list of the new fantastic enhancements of PIPENET VISION 1.5 software modules to be released soon. Users with valid Maintenance, Updates and Support (M,U&S) will receive this new version automatically.


Standard and Spray/Sprinkler module enhancements

•  New elastomeric valves achieve the required input pressure, output pressure,

    pressure drop or flow rate without the need to input the valve characteristic

   data.
•  Use right mouse button menu to turn nozzles within defined area on/off (applies

   to Spray/Sprinkler only).
•  Stand-alone program to convert a results file (SRF) to a spreadsheet.
• The Edit Pipe type dialog now checks that increasing bores correspond to

   increasing flow-rate (calculated from the velocity and the pipe internal bore.)


Transient module enhancements

• New graphing tool, with improved user interface and capabilities including

   superimposition of multiple graphs.
• Open channel cavitation algorithms have been significantly upgraded - covering

   bubbly, slug, and stratified flow types.
• New simple tank types (vertical cylinder, horizontal cylinder, sphere, cone

   frustum).
• New accumulator types (vertical cylinder, horizontal cylinder, sphere).
• New surge tank types (vertical cylinder, horizontal cylinder, uniform section, cone

   frustum).
• New receiving vessel types (vertical cylinder, horizontal cylinder, uniform section,

   cone frustum).
• New pipe bundle component - a single component representing the hydraulic

   characteristics of a bundle of hundreds/thousands of pipes).
• New Signal Selector component, to find the minimum/maximum of two input

   signals, or switch from one input signal to another after a defined time period.
• Limiting Power Ramp option for Transfer function (enabling different ramp up and

   ramp down response rates).
• Receiving vessel model extended to allow the specification of various types of

   weir.
• Vacuum breakers can now be defined to operate only within a given time period,

   staying closed outside that period.
• Pressure and pressure-difference sensors are now recognized for both the

    analogue and digital options, whereas previously they were always assumed to

   be analogue.


General enhancements

• New demonstration presentations will be supplied on the CD.
• Components now only change colour from blue to black when all mandatory

  attributes have been given valid values.
• The Options>Units tab now initially appears unexpanded, to make it easier to find

   and change the units of interest.
• Formatting of decimal numbers has been improved, and the requested precision is

   now saved correctly between sessions in all cases.
• Component types now appear alphabetically in the Data View window “Browse”

   selector.
• The size of network that can entirely be displayed within the the view window has

   been increased.
•  A number of other fixes have been incorporated.