The Idea of a Workspace

In Interactive Curved Hull Modelling the user interaction takes place in a graphical workspace. This workspace consists of the different views you have created in a drawing. The views can be of different types like 3D views, symbolic hull views, body-plan views, shell expansion views and other special Curved Hull "single-object" views such as developed plate views, profile views or curved panels views.

The picking of objects during the interaction can be made in any of these views, regardless of the type of the view. For example, a shell plate can be picked from a 3D view, a developed plate view or a shell expansion view. The selected objects will also be highlighted in all views.

In functions where objects are created, these objects will be presented in all relevant views. The single-object views are normally excluded, but for example, a created seam will be presented in the 3D view, in the shell expansion view and in the symbolic view (if it intersects the view plane).

Although the workspace is a drawing it need not contain any drawing form, but for convenience it is handled as a drawing regarding creation, deletion, storing and so on.