Types of Panels

There are a few different panel types, which are handled differently by Hull Modelling:

• Ordinary plane panels.

• Knuckled panels. Knuckled panels have one or more knuckles between plate parts lying in different planes.

• Subpanels (for knuckling). A knuckled panel is built up by a number of subpanels, each of which is located in one of the planes of the knuckled panel.

  For general information about knuckled panels, see separate documents.

• Bracket panels. Such panels are used to create brackets, which are not covered by the bracket standards of Hull Modelling.

  Generating them as panels is just a way of using the powerful tools for building up arbitrary geometry, offered by the different input statements.

  Bracket panels should, therefore, be handled as brackets everywhere in the system.

• Jumbo panels are big panels, which normally are non-production units used in the design phase. However, in AVEVA Marine they are handled as normal panels.