To Digitize a Bodyplan

Once the digitizer is calibrated it may be used for data entry. Press New and enter the longitudinal position of the section in the Section position box. Press the Digitize button, and then digitize each point on the hullform, start at the lowest point and working up towards the highest. The four buttons on the digitizing puck perform the following functions:

• Button 1 enters an ordinary point

• Button 2 enters an ordinary point

• Button 3 enters an knuckle point

• Button 4 terminates the digitization process

At the end of digitizing each section, turn the digitizer input off by pressing button four on the digitizer puck. Start a new section by entering a new Section position and continue the digitization process.

Sections must be entered from the baseline up, so that the points form an anticlockwise arc. For ships with a large flat of keel, enter a point mid-way along the flat of keel to help the definition.