Create Feature - Cutout

Purpose:

To create one or more cutouts in a number of shell profiles.

Prerequisites:

A shell profile (and thus at least one shell stiffener) must exist.

Instructions:

• In create mode, the user must indicate one or more shell profiles in which to create the cutouts, and then give a cutout definition. If any shell profiles are already selected, they will be used as input to this function.

  The user may enter names of the penetrating shell profiles in the Positions field. Multiple profile names are separated by a comma. If Indicate Shell Profiles is checked, the user will instead be prompted to pick shell profiles interactively after the form has been closed via the Ok button. The cutout type must also be entered in the Cutout Type field.

• In modify mode (Modify was selected in the Model menu), the user may change the cutout definition. The modification will only affect the cutouts in the selected shell profile. If cutouts have been created in several profiles at once, the cutout definitions in the different profiles must be changed one at a time.

Options:

None available.

Result:

• In create mode, cutouts will be created in the selected shell profiles. The Store function may be used to store the shell profile with the new cutouts on the hull structure data bank.

• In modify mode, the shell profile will be updated with the new cutout definition. To make changes permanent, Store must be used. Using the Skip function before the shell profile has been stored will undo the changes.