Taps - Extension Pieces for Welding

Seams divide panels into plate pieces. When a seam passes an edge contour (that may be panel boundaries, holes, notches or cutouts) an extra piece of material may be added to allow for a good welding result. In AVEVA Marine such pieces are called "taps".

The designer has an option to define taps in the modelling phase. They will then be converted in actual geometry when the plate parts are created in the automatic plate part generation (ppanparts).

A customer may define his own standard for taps via a special set-up facility described below. It consists of a file in a special format.