Stiffener Connections

The automatic generation of panels in Structural Design is based on RSOs with defined properties. One of the properties made use of in the modelling is standardized stiffener end connections. These may be of type SNIPE, TIGHT or OVERLAP and will contain sets of combinations of connection and endcut codes. Once the designer has selected any of SNIPE, TIGHT or OVERLAP for a stiffener connection AVEVA Marine will automatically, based on the profile type, pick a suitable endcut and connection code

When defining a profile end connection, both CON and CUT must be given in order to get the profile end connection correct. The combination of CON and CUT are very often a standard used by the yard. It is possible to define those standard connections as any arbitrary name to be used in the continuing detailed design.

The underlying connection between these keywords and the profile endcuts and the connection codes is defined in a standard object named __SBED_STIFF_ENDS__.

The standard object is created using a TIL input file and the interpretation of this file is made in Inithull.