General about Functional Descriptions

Parts in the AVEVA Hull Product Information Model are identified by names and by different identification codes, used internally in AVEVA Marine. The names may carry some information about the part. At least when it comes to part names (the production oriented names) the name normally contains some information about which assembly the part belongs to.

To support more explicit description of parts AVEVA Hull also allows descriptive name tags to be assigned to Reference Surface Objects, to Panels or to parts of a panel. These tags are called functional descriptions and they are strings that follow the parts throughout the development of the project. In this document the term Functional Description is normally abbreviated to FD.

In addition to serving as pure name tags (which might be valuable in request functions like Info/Model and in parts lists), the FD:s may also be used to control certain automatic evaluations. An example of such a use is that the functional properties may control the automatic calculation of weld sizes or the automatic generation of steel (hull panels) from the Reference Surface Objects.

The pre-defined Functional Descriptions (documented below) are used to specify the function of a specific structure, normally a panel. If however set on a steel component, for example, a deck stiffener is specified as a deck girder, then the symbolic view is considering this and draws the stiffener as an abutting panel.

Below is given a general description of the functional descriptions in AVEVA Marine and the pre-defined descriptions built into AVEVA Marine.