Create

This function is used to create views from cutting the hull surface (with its belonging objects like shell profiles and seams/butts) and the internal hull structure with a plane. The plane can be defined in a number of ways. The view can be restricted in space via defining a box and via filtering on block, panel or assembly names.

The panels are presented in a symbolic way, normally used on steel drawings. Depending on the angle between the panel plane and the drawing plane the panel can either be projected onto the view plane or intersected by the view plane. The presentation of components on the panel for example, stiffeners and brackets is also depending on their orientation relative to the drawing plane.

The created view may be inserted into the current drawing.

The input is given via a tabbed dialog box, Create View.

1. The first tab Plane defines the view plane.

   

   1. Optionally a view name can be given.

   2. The scale determines the size of symbol components and should indicate the target scale of the view when inserted in the drawing. The initial value corresponds to the system default scale used when inserting model views in drawings.

   3. When defining a plane first the type must be chosen using the radio buttons at the top of the Plane section. Depending on this choice certain fields will be available either to give coordinates or an object name.

   4. If the plane is defined by a panel, it is possible to let a bracket, or the web of a stiffener or flange define the plane. In this case the number of this component must also be given. The Only Current Panel check box is used to exclude everything from the view except the panel defining the plane.

   5. If the plane is defined by an RSO, the face number must also be given. Key in the face number in the field for component number. Furthermore, if viewing plane is defined by an RSO, the user can select to create a view based on all the faces of the RSO. The faces will then represent a number of restricted planes from which a combined stagged view will be created. The depth values (from the Limits definition) will be used along all the faces of the RSO.

   6. The viewing direction can be controlled in the Looking section. If not given the system default will be used (or viewing directions defined by the customer via default parameters).

   7. The view definition can be picked from an existing view using the Pick button at the bottom of the dialog.

2. The second tab Limits contains the limits.

   

   8. In the Limits section a box restricted by principal planes can be specified to exclude all outside objects from the view. A clipping window will also be derived from the box. The buttons on the side are only quick ways to set/reset the box relative to CL.

   9. The Depth values are related to the drawing plane and exclude objects outside the given depth.

3. The third tab Select contains the selections.

   

   10. To start with two kinds of views can be created, a Design View and an Assembly View. If an Assembly View is defined the selections are limited to giving the names of assemblies and to select whether plane views and/or intersections of panels should be drawn.

   11. For a Design View the shell can be represented by shell curves, shell profiles and shell seam symbols. If the Existing button is chosen for Curve, the system tries to find an existing shell curve that is close enough to the drawing plane. If found, this curve will be included, otherwise the main hull surface will be cut to obtain a shell curve.

   12. For the Planar panels there are a number of options to control the contents and the appearance.

   13. If Automatic selection is used all panels will be included that are inside the limiting box and the drawing depth. If not, panels have to be selected by giving the names of Blocks or/and Panels. Blocks and Panels can also be excluded when Automatic selection is used.

   14. Panels can be drawn as plates rather than as an outer contour and seams. For Assembly Views panels are always drawn as plates.

   15. RSO's can be included in the view. RSO means Reference Surface Object and they are created during the initial subdivision of the ship. As the position of panels can be defined by RSO's, they will often coincide. To make a view containing only RSO's, make sure the Automatic selection is not checked while the Draw RSO's is checked.

4. The fourth tab Outfit contains the outfitting selections.

   

   16. Via this tab it is possible to optionally select outfitting items to be included in the view and what type of items. The outfitting items to be included in the view will be represented by their 3D representations, sliced to the depth of the view. For certain view types presentation of the outfitting elements in the Hull Symbolic View has some limitations.

   17. Using these view types, no slicing is applied which means that all elements found in the desired area are fully visible even if only part of them lies within the limits of the view.

   18. As a consequence even if there are limits defined or depth of a view modified all outfitting models that exist in the view plane are fully visible.

       The limited view types are:

       • Wireline

       • Wireline Hidden Line

5. In the last tab Misc it is possible to include:

   • Coordinate axis showing the main directions in the view. The position of the axis is selected in the drop-down list where there are nine predefined positions to select from. The coordinate axis is a subpicture of its own and can later be moved to any position.

   • Cross section symbols automatically created in the view. For explanation the different cases see the picture below.