Surfaces and Rooms
- Last UpdatedDec 06, 2023
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The user is able to calculate areas within the hull in two different ways:
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Calculation of surface |
A surface may be either a plane or curved panel or a part of a surface (the shell or a shaped deck). A panel may or may not be restricted, a surface must always be restricted. |
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Calculation of the area of a room |
The room is always defined by limits which do not necessarily coincide with any physical walls. Normally the parts within a defined room will be selected automatically by the system. Optionally, panels may be manually included or excluded from the calculations, and the side to be painted of a selected panel can be chosen. For panels in the restricting planes, normally only the surface facing the room will be included. |
In both cases, the surfaces/panels to be calculated will be restricted to the limits of the surface or room that have been given by the user.
Consequently, parts (plates and profiles) contribute only with the part of their area within the given limits.
Calculated areas of surfaces and rooms may be combined into larger units. This facilitates the partitioning of rooms with complicated topology into smaller, simpler units.