Create Curved Panel

Purpose:

To create or modify a curved panel.

Prerequisites:

Shell plates and shell stiffeners to be included in the panel must exist.

Instructions:

• In create mode, the user must first enter the panel and block names and specify the symmetry. The block may also be selected from a list by pressing the Select button. Note that the panel symmetry must correspond to the symmetry of the plates and stiffeners to be included in the panel. This means that portside or starboard specific panels, as well as symmetric panels, may only consist of shell plates and shell stiffeners with the same symmetry as the curved panel. In a panel extending over the center line, there are no limitations with regard to plate and stiffener symmetries.

  The next step is to select what parts to include in the curved panel. The user is first prompted to indicate (in any order) all shell plates to include and then (after Operation Complete) all shell stiffeners. After that, the curved panel will be created.

• In modify mode, the user may change symmetry information, block name and panel name. It is also possible to add or remove shell plates and shell stiffeners by using one of the Plates or Stiffeners buttons. The Handle Holes button makes it possible to add holes in the curved panel or removing existing holes.

Options:

None available.

Result:

• In create mode, a new curved panel will be created and selected. The Store function may be used to store the panel on the hull structure data bank.

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