I know this is a CAESAR forum and not a NozzlePro forum, but I'm hoping the knowledgeable minds of the group might still be able to help.

When modeling a hillside nozzle, the mesh complies with the dimensions I've provided. However, despite the input of a hillside dimension, the mesh persists to place the hillside structural attachment aimed at the CL of the vessel.

For offsets very small compared to the diameter of the vessel, this is a fine approximation, but it seems strange that this field will not affect the mesh.

Of course, this might just be a bug in the version I'm using. Has anyone run into this problem before? Or do you know that you've modeled a structural attachment to your vessel that has a hillside offset successfully? Which version did you use?

Thanks.

Michael,
The people at Paulin Research ask that you send you model to "support at paulin dot com" along with a note describing your situation. They wish to review your specific issue. OK?

Thanks. Will do.

A followup to this, for those interested.

NozzlePro cannot handle this natively, but you can pass ownership of the NozzlePro file to FE/Pipe in the options dialogue to do this.

• Once you have your Nozzlepro file set up, make a backup.
• Plot your file. Click View>Stamps>Plate points. Note the points on your plates that are in the wrong location.
• Hit the Options button.
• Activate all the FE/Pipe options in the lower left corner. Once you do this, you cannot undo this, and you are forever tethered to FE/Pipe input for this NozzlePro file.
• Click Plot, and instead of plotting, it'll open FE/Pipe.
• Click 7-Plate Geometry
• Click Plate Points [F7]
• Note several tabs with Point IDs. Note that tab number is not the same as point ID number.
• Adjust the values here to reflect reality. S=Surface, C=Centerline, D=Delta, and A=Absolute

It seems like one might be able to make some interesting geometry that's not really covered by NozzlePro default. For example, if you welded a brace to a mainline and a pipe.