Parts from Plane Panels

When a panel is "split" the part components of the panel will be stored as parts of their own in their respective data-banks. The names of these extracted parts are always generated quite automatically and they are built up as specified below.

The following types of panel components may result in parts of their own:

• Plates

• Brackets

• Clips (collars)

• Stiffeners

• Flanges

• Pillars

Each of the parts has a unique sequence number within their type of part within the panel. for example, plates are numbered 1, 2, 3, likewise stiffeners are numbered 1, 2, 3,… (S1, S2, S3, ..), ("holes" in the number series are allowed). These sequence numbers are used when forming the AVEVA Marine names of the parts.

When extracting parts from symmetrical panels (that means, when the panel is stored in one copy that is a valid for both the portside (PS) and starboard (SB) side) there is an option regarding how to extract parts. By default individual occurrences are stored for PS and SB. Optionally one part may be stored, valid for both PS and SB in the same way as the panel. Slightly different naming rules are required in these cases.

The rules for names in different cases are described by examples in the table below. The panel name is AA123-4 and the parts are all supposed to have sequence number 9.

The second column contains the names when the parts should be stored like the panel regarding symmetry, that means, with no individual copies of parts for PS and SB. Columns 3 and 4 show the names of the PS and SB part, respectively, when individual copies are stored PS and SB. These rules will apply also if the panel itself is valid for example, only PS. for example, the parts from a panel valid only PS will be named as in column 3. The name as in columns 3 and 4 is the normal situation.

Column 4 contains (within parenthesis) a further addition to the names of plate parts in (or symmetrically over) the center line. for example, if AA123-4 is a center line girder the plate name will be AA123-4-9SP.

Table 0: 1.

Built profiles may optionally be split into two different parts, one from the web of the profile, the other from the flange. The names the resulting parts are formed by adding a W (for the web) and F (for the flange) to the end of the profile name as in the table above.

For example, if profile AA123-4/S9P should be split into a web part and a flange part their names will be AA123-4/S9PW and AA123-4/S9PF, respectively.

In addition to the "normal" plate piece parts as described above it is also possible to extract so called "assembly parts" consisting of several piece parts. Such parts may be extracted from both plane panels and (at least almost) planar shell panels and they are used to generate NC information for panel lines via the PLCM module. The names of assembly parts are formed by concatenating the panel name with the name of the lowest assembly of the involved piece part plates separated by a dash (-).Suppose that there is a seam with number 123 in an additional surface with surface suffix C and that the group name for seams is AAS. Then the name of that seam will be AASC123.