Create Curved Panel

Purpose:

To create or modify a curved panel.

Prerequisites:

Shell plates and shell stiffeners to be included in the panel must exist.

Instructions:

• In create mode, you must first enter panel name and select block and symmetry information. Note that the panel symmetry must correspond to the symmetry of plates to be included in the panel. This means that a symmetric panel may only contain symmetric plates and a portside or starboard specific panel may contain (the corresponding instance of) symmetric plates or portside or starboard specific plates. A CL panel may contain plates of any symmetry, and all panels may contain stiffeners of any symmetry.

  The next step is to select what parts to be included in the panel. You are first prompted to indicate (in any order) all shell plates to include, and then (after Operation Complete) all shell stiffeners. After that, the panel will be created.

• In modify mode, you may change symmetry information, block name and panel name. You can also add or remove shell plates or shell stiffeners by using one of the Plates or Stiffeners buttons. Click Handle Holes to add, change or remove holes in the curved panel.

Options:

Not available.

Result:

• In create mode, a new curved panel will be created and selected. The Select Submenu - Apply function must be used to commit the creation of the panel.

• In modify mode, the curved panel will be updated with the new definition data. To make changes permanent, Apply must be used. Using the Select Submenu - Deactivate function before the changes have been applied will undo them.