Profile Features

By the term profile features, all additional properties are included. This includes:

• Holes

• Notches

• Cutouts

• Marking information

• Signing information

Each of these feature types is supported by a separate type of form, in which its main characteristics are displayed. Along with this, the feature in question is highlighted in the drawing.

Before the features of a specific type are displayed, the profile in the main form is checked for validation.

In case the current form (of any feature type) does not represent any existing feature, the message field at the bottom of the form will indicate this.

Common information for all types of features is:

• Dist along

  Distance from end 1 to the origin of the feature. for example, for cutouts this indicates the point of intersection, thereby the actual needed hole will depend on the intersecting profile's mould line

• Dist above

  If relevant, this will indicate the distance from the trace line to the origin of the feature.

Common operations for all features are:

• First / Next / Prev / Last

  Retrieves the wanted feature of the specific type. If found, the form will display the feature specific data and the feature will be highlighted in the profile view.

  Features of a specific type are sorted by increasing coordinate values along the trace line of the profile.

• Reset

  Resets all the current form fields. Doing this while editing an already stored feature might cause strange behavior since all values will be set to 0 or empty strings, all while the feature still exists. Useful though when creating new features and wanting to get a fresh start.

• Copy

  Allows the user to pick an already existing profile from the profile data bank. After doing this, all features of the current type will be copied into the current profile.

• Delete

  Delete the current feature. The form will position itself on the next feature, if any. If that was the last feature on the specific type, the previous will be selected.

• Create

  A blank form will appear in which you can specify data for a new feature of the current type in question. After specifying the relevant data, pressing OC will reveal if the keyed in data was sufficient for the creation. If so, the feature will be sorted into the current list according to distance along trace line.

  In case the first field is left empty (thereby leaving out the geometry of the feature) when pressing OC afterwards, the standard drafting identification procedures are invoked to let user indicate geometry/text to form the feature.

  The user is thereafter asked to indicate on which surface (web or any of the flanges) that the feature should be positioned. This means that it will be possible to define holes, markings on the flanges as well.

  Note: Please note that AVEVA Marine in general does not support this yet, though.

• Exit

  Return to the main form.

• OC

  Used when creating brand new features. The contents of the current form are checked and the feature gets registered with the current profile.