Surfaces

Purpose

To register/view the name of the main hull form, deck form and additional surfaces.

Prerequisites

A surface (hull form) has to be released from Lines or Surface/Compartment before it can be registered for use by Structural Design.

Instructions

The Register Surfaces dialog presents a list of surfaces which have been released from Lines or Surface/Compartment or have been registered by Initiate Hull Standards. The information is listed in the following columns:

• Registered
  Indicates whether the surface is registered for use by Structural Design. If a surface is not registered, then it can be registered by selecting the checkbox. The number following the checkbox is the surface reference number used by the defaults parameter SURFACES (refer to General Purpose in the Hull Planar Modelling User Guide).

• Name
  Name of the surface.

• Suffix
  This is normally a one or two character string which is used as a suffix when creating Longitudinals, Transversals, Shell Stiffeners and Shell Profile Trace Curves. The main hull form does not require a suffix. All other surfaces must have a unique suffix. Specify the suffix by clicking in the cell and typing it in.

• Type
  The purpose of the surface which can be one of Main Hull, Main Deck, Shell or Deck. Choose a purpose for a surface by selecting the cell and choose an item from the drop down list. There can only be one Main Hull and one Main Deck

• Source
  Which application created the surface. This is for informational purposes and cannot be changed.

• Design
  The name of the design from which the surface was released. This is for informational purposes and cannot be changed.

Options

None.

Result

Any surfaces which are selected by their check-box are stored in the Hull Reference Object.