Setting up the Clip Standards

The normal way to establish a clips standards of a yard is via geometry macros that are supposed to be created by the customers themselves. This facility is in principle very similar to the corresponding facility for cutouts.

For backwards compatibility reasons the hull application retains support of a simple facility for in-built clips with simple geometry and with fixed and glued-in rules for positioning and size. This facility is described in a separate section In-built Clips Facility. Customers are encouraged to use the more advanced facility via geometry macros.

When generating clips via geometry macros the geometry of the clip is created but also the welding geometry and bevels along different intervals along the clip contour. The macro can also select plate thickness and material quality as a function of that of the "mother" plate, Most of the attributes optionally available from the macro can be overridden by user input.

The end user selects a certain clip by a number - thus each clip macro must be associated with a number.