Corrugated

Create a corrugated (swage) surface by transforming an exisiting planar surface into a parametric surface (PSURF).

Create a corrugated surface

Before you begin, you must have an existing planar surface you wish to corrugate/swage.

1. On the Common Reference tab, in the Create group, select Surface, then select Corrugated from the dropdown list.

   The system prompts you to select a surface unless the current element is already a planar surface.

   The Create Corrugation Surface dialog opens, showing the selected surface name in the Surface box:

   

2. To choose a different surface, enter the name of surface in the Surface box, or select Select and choose the surface in the 3D view.

3. The default Corrugation Start Location is the lower-left corner of the surface. To set a different start location, select Select and choose the location interactively in the 3D view. Select Default to return the values to the default start location.

4. The default Corrugation Direction/Symmetry is Positive. Select Negative to reverse the direction.

5. The Corrugation Definition section is pre-populated with default values. Adjust any of the following corrugation parameters as needed:

   Swage properties:

   • W1: Swage Width Top

   • W2: Swage Width Bottom

   • H: Swage Height

   • Slope: Slope Length

   • Radius1: First Swage Radius

   • Radius2: Second Swage Radius

   • Symmetric: Enable symmetric corrugation about the ship centerline (Y=0 mm).

   Other corrugation parameters:

   • Initial Swage Direction: Direction of the first swage from the start location

   • Linear Segment Length: Length of each linear segment

   • Swage Count: Number of swages to be created

6. Select Apply.

   The system transforms the planar surface into the corrugated (or swage) PSURF surface.

   

You can modify the corrugated/swage surface at any time in the Properties window. For more information, see Properties.