PypeServer currently offers four main software products:

Enterprise software to control pipe profiling machines from Lincoln Electric (Vernon Tool), Lone Star Cutting Solutions, HGG, Machitech, and pre-2020 Watts models.
Lyte software to control linear positioners and saws from TigerStop, Scotchman, RazorGage, Kentucky Gauge, and Revolution Machine Tools (RMT). We also have an even lower-cost version of Lyte for TigerStop’s SawGear Touch and any manual tool. Lyte gives any manual tool nested cut lists, advanced labeling, and cloud-based cut list transmission and fabrication status updates.
Connect is our collection of plug-ins for Autodesk’s Revit, AutoCAD MEP, Fabrication CADmep, Plant 3D, and Inventor Tube & Pipe, as well as Allplan’s SDS2. Connect lets you fabricate directly from your design model, just select the parts or assemblies you want to make and send them to your tools without the need for machine programming. We complement our plug-ins with our new desktop Connect Cloudinator app that lets you send PCF, PCD, CSV, Excel, and other files to the Cloud to add modern workflows to legacy CAD and isometric drawing software like Acorn/Spoolfab. All of our Connect plug-ins and apps are free for anyone running PypeServer-driven tools. Download them from the Autodesk App Store, the SDS2 Toolbox, and the PypeServer Portal.
Cloud is our online service for two-way data transfer between Connect and your PypeServer-driven tools. Cloud also lets you see job progress in real time, view spools in 3D in addition to uploaded 2D drawings, collaborate with others both inside and outside your organization, and monitor productivity metrics. Our Cloud web portal also gives you access to product support, training resources, and an online store for our products and renewals. Cloud is free for anyone running PypeServer-driven tools.
We also sell Microsoft Surface tablets in industrial housings that are pre-configured with Lyte, as well as Zebra label printers.

With Lyte for your manual tools, TigerStop, RazorGage, Scotchman, or RMT band saw, you’ll typically save a minimum of 20% on labor and 5% on materials at each station.

With Enterprise, it depends on how busy your shop is but there are three main sources of savings:

elimination of pipe machine programming
elimination or reduction of weld prep time
more efficient use of pipe
If you use Enterprise to get spools directly from your CAD or BIM software, your can eliminate take-offs and your machine operator can save 3 to 5 minutes of programming time per part. Similarly, Enterprise’s improved cut quality can save your welders at least a minute per cut in fit-up time or 3 to 5 minutes per part. Assuming an average fully burdened labor rate of $30/hour and a total of 8 minutes saved per part, your shop will save $4 in labor per part. If you cut 250 parts per month, that amounts to about $1000 in labor savings per month. Busier shops and/or higher labor rates realize even greater savings.

Pipe material savings vary a lot depending on the size, type, and volume of pipe you cut. However, Enterprise’s highly optimized nesting algorithms and its ability to nest into your machine’s dead zone commonly result in material savings of 5% or more.

You can get a more accurate savings estimate with Enterprise by using our online ROI calculator:

https://www.pypeserver.com/roi

PypeServer Connect is the catch-all name for our plug-ins for Autodesk’s Revit, AutoCAD MEP, Fabrication CADmep, Plant 3D, and Inventor design software. We also offer a version of Connect for Allplan’s SDS2 software for structural design. All versions of our Connect plug-ins work similarly and make it very easy to select pipe spools, hangers, plumbing, and lots of other model content for fabrication and get it to your machines with all the information necessary to accurately cut and assemble.

Connect lets you map project properties to PypeServer properties so any property in your model can be printed on a part label or used in a QR code. Connect also has functions that overcome fabrication limitations in your modeling software, including the ability to convert weld, tee, and elbow fittings into fabricated pipe, modify bevel angles and root gaps based on end conditions, and round-up hanger rod and strut lengths so you bundle them for cutting. When you’re all done and ready to fabricate, Connect can send your cut lists directly to our Cloud or can save them locally as a PypeServer-native file.

The latest addition to the Connect family is the PypeServer Connect Cloudinator desktop application. The Cloudinator can send the parts and spools in PCF, PCD, PSVR, CSV, and other formats to our Cloud so you can enjoy all its benefits, outlined below. Between PypeServer Lyte for your manual tools and the Cloudinator for your CAD files, any shop can enjoy a modern, efficient workflow with a minimum of investment.

The benefits of the Cloud are many, including:

instantaneous transmission of cut lists from your BIM or CAD model to your machines
instantaneous transmission of cut status from your machines back to a web dashboard and to your BIM or CAD software, so you’ll always know what’s been fabricated in real time
shop managers can send specific cut lists to specific machines, if desired
tracks unique part IDs to ensure that nothing’s accidentally cut twice and your machines are always working with the most up-to-date design
includes a full 3D assembly viewer from any phone, tablet, or web browser
transmits joint information to automated welders directly from the BIM or CAD model using QR-coded end labels
supports workgroups so in-house or third-party design and fabrication partners can easily send or receive designs for fabrication
all machine activity can be tracked to monitor productivity and consumable usage over time
isolates your machines from your company network, which greatly reduces their IT security risk
The concerns most commonly raised about using the Cloud are:

internet access is required on the shop floor
fabrication part data and production metrics are transmitted offsite
fab shop operations are potentially vulnerable to Cloud outages
PypeServer addresses these concerns in several ways:

PypeServer recommends that critical internet connections use Ethernet rather than WiFi. Ethernet is much less vulnerable to interference from plasma cutting torches, welding torches, and large electrical equipment.
PypeServer isolates each customer’s accounts from each other with password security and within each account, different users can have different levels of access. Further, PypeServer encrypts all fabrication data that’s sent through its cloud service.
PypeServer’s Cloud system is built on top of Amazon Web Services for high reliability. For those rare occasions when the Cloud or shop internet service is potentially unavailable, all of our software is capable of using standard flat files.

The annual fees includes the following:

• licensing
• software updates
• additional training and support as necessary, and
• support for all PypeServer-supplied computer hardware.

Now that the basic Enterprise configuration includes a remote seat and all of our importers except STEP, the likelihood of needing to change your licensed configuration is low. However, if you want to add or drop the STEP importer or additional remote seats, it can be done at any time with just a phone call. Any fee changes are pro-rated to your renewal date.