Integrity of Input Scheme, Model and Panel Picture

One and the same panel can, at any moment, be generated separately or in view (in this context, it does not make any difference if the panel is generated separately in interactive or in background mode). This might cause problems.

Suppose, for instance, the following sequence of events:

• The panel is generated separately and the receipt picture of the panel is stored in the data bank.

• The panel is then included in a view that is created.

• The panel is further updated via generation in that view. The updated version of the panel is stored in the data bank.

As pointed out above, the panel picture generated in the view is not exchangeable for a panel picture separately generated. Therefore, no panel picture is stored in the latter case. To ensure integrity between the model and the panel picture, Planar Hull Modelling deletes an already existing panel receipt picture in the data bank (and the bracket picture belonging to it, if any).

Here follows a short summing-up of different actions to maintain integrity between the panel model and the picture of the panel:

• When storing a panel generated in a view, the separate panel and bracket pictures are deleted from the data bank, as just described.

• When afterwards generating such a panel separately, the panel picture is missing. Planar Hull Modelling then automatically regenerates the picture from the model.

• Likewise, when modelling an existing panel in UPDATE mode in a view, and it is possible that the picture is older than the stored panel model, Planar Hull Modelling regenerates the panel picture.

Nevertheless, it is possible to get inconsistent versions of models and pictures in different ways, for example,:

• To generate in a view (drawing), update it and store the view (drawing) without ever storing the updated model. Planar Hull Modelling does not detect this and later updates in the view may cause problems.

• A usual (and "normal") way is to update a panel separately or in one view and to forget to have the picture updated in all occurrences in other views, for example, a longitudinal bulkhead that occurs in many webframes.

• However, each time the panel is updated in a view, the system detects this and regenerates the picture.

In all cases the situation can be straightened up by:

• Regenerating the model (not necessary in all cases).

• Regenerating the picture(s) of the panel from the model (for example, in the functions Planar > View > Recreate or Planar > View > Modify). This operation is possible to do in batch, see documentation on TBHMDWG.