Composed Names

It is quite frequent that certain object types should be identified (and in most cases referred to) by numbers (set by the designer) rather than by the full names by which they are stored in the data banks. Examples of such object types are the traditional main hull curves (frames, waterlines, buttocks), longitudinal and transversal frames, seams and butts, These objects are always either curves in the sculptured surfaces of the ship or based on such curves.

The numbers of these objects must always be given by the designer but the name by which they are stored in the data-bank is formed by AVEVA Marine concatenating a prefix (a "group name") with the user-given number. The group names are individual to different object types. The used numbers should always be smaller than 10000 (with individual deviations for certain object types).