Generate Panels

Purpose:

To automatically generate a first attempt of steel panels based on the available RSOs with modelling properties added.

Prerequisites:

Only RSOs with information that steel shall be generated automatically will be considered and a functional description is defined describing the function of the RSO (see function Structure Menu Functions - Properties).

Instructions:

The function brings in all the RSOs from the databank, and extracts the ones that are ordered to be generated steel on.

Once all these RSOs are extracted, the panels are generated starting with decks and then all other remaining panels. Panels will be placed in the first block that geometrically encloses the created panel. If no such block is found, the panel is stored in a default block named JUMBO (that eventually is automatically created). The names of created panels will be <block_name>-><RSO name without the prefix>_<face number of the RSO>.

The following panel components are added depending of the functional description of the RSO:

Decks (9000 - 9099):

Generated with plate material and stiffeners in the horizontal longitudinal positions. No stiffeners are placed in positions where the deck is intersected by any RSO representing a longitudinal bulkhead.

Transversal Bulkheads (9200 - 9299):

Generated with plate material. Stiffeners are generated in the horizontal longitudinal positions. No stiffeners are placed in positions where the RSO is intersected by any other RSO representing a longitudinal bulkhead. If the RSO is limited by a deck, the stiffeners are connected to this decks stiffeners and brackets are created if asked for.

Longitudinal Bulkheads (9100 - 9199):

Generated with plate material. Stiffeners are generated in the vertical longitudinal positions. No stiffeners are placed in positions where the RSO is intersected by any other RSO representing a deck. Stiffening is added (if requested via the RSO properties) to decks and bulkhead using the frame and longitudinal positions. No profiles are placed in intersections between these panel types.

General Web Frame Member (9400):

The intention of this RSO is to generate panels depending on the intersecting RSOs. The current implementation handles some possible cases:

• Floor Panels are created if the RSO is intersected by a RSO representing the Inner Bottom (9010), the Double Bottom (9011) or the Tank Top (9012) and if this deck is intersecting either the main surface, a Girder (9300) or the Inner Side (9102), then the floor panel is created with the same components as the transversal bulkhead described above.

• Hopper Transverse Webs are created if the creation of Floor Panel succeeded and if the RSO is intersected by a Hopper Tank Sloping (9104) . No stiffening are made on these panels.

• Vertical Web panels are created if the creation of Floor Panel and the Hopper Transverse Web Panels succeeded and if the RSO is intersected by an Inner Side (9102)

RSOs with other functional descriptions:

The current implementation will generate a panel with plate material only.

Cutouts:

Cutouts are added to all panel types. The definition depends on the setup for automatic setting of cutouts. See Hull / Setup and Customization / Cutouts and Clips / Automatic Setting of Cutouts.

Options:

In case the option for Fibre Reinforced Plastics (FRP) is used, the logical variable SBH_GRP_LAM shall be assigned with default laminate code.

Result:

The generated panels are stored and presented in existing views. If no views are available, a new view is created in the current drawing.