Get Stress Data into AVEVA E3D Design

To get data back into AVEVA E3D Design, select a Stress Group from the Existing Groups part of the Pipe Stress Interface window.

This Stress Group must have been stressed in CAESAR II and have a corresponding Neutral and Report file in the output folder.

With the Export/Import tab highlighted, select Convert Stress Data. If this is successful a new XML file (StressGroupNameRet.XML) will be created and saved to the Return folder which is located at the same place as the input and output folders.

If for any reason the process fails, for example, if the CAESAR II report file is missing, an error will be displayed.

A HTML log (_RetLog.html) is created and stored in the logs folder every time Convert Output is selected. The log gives more detail on what the conversion process has found and where, if any, problems have occurred. Any Errors will be highlighted in Red, Warnings in blue and Restraints in green.