General interface

• Set defaults for your general unit system, language, pipe material and other preferences in the Startup Control window
• Import data from Excel using keywords
• Use Excel to make changes to multiple scenarios at once
• Load large models faster than before
• Add additional rows to the data tables (like Cv vs. Open Percent, etc.)

 Model Import

• • Import from a CAESAR II neutral file
  • Import from a Piping Component File (.pcf)
  • Import or export a EPANET file

 Excel Export

• Export output using the new Excel Export Manager
• Export single values, columns, rows or entire output tables
• Export data from a Graph List item
• Define specific starting cells and target worksheets
• Ability to include headers and units
• Automatically export data after the model is run or during a batch run of scenarios

 Standards and Codes

• Ensure code and standard compliance through new output area
• Standard references are updated to current versions where applicable

 Workspace

• Draw using an isometric grid
• Differentiate between scenario generation through additional background color options
• Alter background opacity levels to make annotations stand out
• Zoom and pan with new keyboard shortcuts
• Draw attention to pipes with fittings & losses through symbols

 Pipes

• Automatically calculate free and forced external heat transfer coefficients for air and water
• Calculate buried pipe heat transfer
• Model trace heating on the pipe surface
• Enter intermediate pipe elevations as length from the pipe beginning
• Added many EN and DIN pipe standards to the available pipe materials
• Increased ability to select pipe materials in the Database Manager

 Junctions

• Enter data more easily on the Pump Property window for rotodynamic (centrifugal) and positive displacement pumps
• Link pumps to simulate a pump with an intermediate pressure extraction flow
• Define a relief valve effective orifice based on API 526
• Calculate acceleration head loss for positive displacement pumps
• Enter the Preferred Operating Range (POR) and Allowable Operating Range (AOR) for a pump and display it in the Pump vs. System Curve
• Set Power or Efficiency as the default for pump curves
• Set default for Always Control Never Fail on Control Valves
• Gives a cautionary message if flow is outside of resistance curve range

 Output

• Export data to specific cells within Excel
• Create Design Alerts by simply right-clicking on cell or column header to create a Design Alert, add to the Excel Export Manager, copy data, find on the Workspace, sort and change units
• Identify Design Alerts through highlights on the transient pipe, junction and summary tables
• Added additional heat transfer parameters

 Model Data

• Create more accurate models through additional parameters such as insulation thickness
• Find any object on the Workspace by right-clicking a pipe or junction

 Visual Report

• Toggle between image and data options in a user-friendly interface

 Fluids

• Includes a new extensive fluid database NIST REFPROP which supports pure fluids and mixtures

 Modules

• XTS
  • Multi-condition event logic allows an event to be started based on logical conditions using ‘and’, ‘or’, and ‘not’
  • New Event Manager allows events to be created, named and then used at many junctions at the same time