Developed Plate View

This function is used to create a view of one or several developed shell plates (that may be planar). If the select list contains any plates, these will be displayed. Otherwise, you are prompted to indicate seams in a view, forming the outer contour of the plate. Cancel (the global one, not the one in the form below) may be used to toggle between defining a new plate by seams or picking an already existing plate. When Operation Complete is given the system will develop with options the indicated plate or a general one from the indicated seams. Before the development is done, a form is displayed to give additional data to refine the plate definition. This form need not be filled in, if the purpose is to make a preliminary check of the plate size, but for a plate to be stored for production purposes it is essential. If an existing plate has been selected for the development, the form will not be displayed at all.

The form has the following contents: