Copy

Purpose:

To make copies of existing panels at a new location.

Prerequisites:

One or more panels should be active in hull views on the current drawing. If there are no active panels, panel activation is requested before copying can commence.

Instruction:

1. In the Planar menu, click Panel, then click Copy.

   A form will appear on the screen. On this form, the names and modules of the currently active panels are already filled in.

2. Enter the names and modules of the new panels being created.

3. Alternatively, select AS OLD or NEW MODULE to reduce manual input.

   • AS OLD will copy the names and modules of the existing active panels into the fields for the new panels.

   • NEW MODULE requires a module number to be entered in the field at the bottom of the form, which will then substitute the modules in the existing panel names.

4. Direction buttons are provided to navigate through the form if the number of active panels exceeds one page.

5. After new panel names have been entered and checked in the form, a second form will appear, which requires a location to be defined for the new panels. Enter a new absolute location for the panels, or specify an incremental move along the X,Y or Z axis.

6. An incremental move is activated by the Relative position button on the location form. Incremental moves may be entered as a linear distance from the original position or as a number of Frame or Longitudinal positions. A positive number (for example, 10000 or +FR10) will move the panels forward on the X axis, towards port of the Y axis or up on the Z axis. A negative number (for example, -5000 or -LP10) will move the panels aft on the X axis, towards Starboard on the Y axis or down on the Z axis.

7. Multiple duplication is possible, either by repeating the copy command on the new panels, or by using repetition syntax as follows:

   • For panel name repetition: AB123-8<12(10)32>P will give panel names AB123-812P, AB123-822P and AB123-832P.

   • For location repetition: FR10(2)20 will repeat the active panels at every second frame from FR10 to FR20.

     If an error occurs in the generation of a component in the new panel, the component will still be copied, but a warning window will be given. The component may be modified or replaced in the new scheme.

     Note: that if a relative position is being used for the location of new panels, the distance entered should not use repetition, as the panels will be repeated with the same increment if the names are repetitive.

Options:

Not available

Result:

New panels and schemes will be generated at the new location. The co-ordinate references and name references will be updated in the panel definition data. References to hull curves, frames and longitudinal positions are also updated to correspond to the new location. Hull views are also updated, but view limits must be modified to include the new panels in the envelope of the view or the panels will not be displayed when the view id updated.