Principles of Documentation

For each of the endcut types this document contains the following information:

1. A sketch showing the shape of the endcut so that the right codes can be picked and relevant parameters defined.

2. A table showing all the instances of the endcut types with parameters, both those open for user setting and those defined via the endcut table (for examples, see below) and those that may be affected by the end user. The in-built parameters shown in the tables below are those delivered in the standard set-up of AVEVA Marine. A customer may create new instances (endcut codes) of a the endcut types.

3. Traditionally, endcut angles are designated a1, a2, a3 (and a4) in the modelling phase but V1, V2,V3 and V4 in production output. In most cases, there is a simple one-to-one relation between the modelling parameters and those used for production.

4. Regarding end cut angles there are some facts to consider:

   • The angle in the web may almost always be changed by the user and is by default 90 degrees.

   • The angle in the flange may be changed if the default angle is 90 degrees.

   • In all cases when an endcut angle may be changed by the user it will always be calculated automatically if the profile end is connected to another part.

   • However, if in these cases the user has given any angle explicitly then this will always take over the automatically calculated one.

5. Additional comments on the use of the endcut may be added in some cases.

The table associated with each endcut type has a varying number of columns.

Column 1 contains always the endcut code (i.e. an instance of the endcut type) with a list of parameters that may be explicitly given. Parameters within brackets ( [… ] ) are optional and need not be given.

As mentioned above parameters that are connection angles are normally calculated automatically by the system (in case the profile end is connected to another part) and need not be given. They are always optional even if not surrounded by brackets.

Columns 2, 3 etc. specify those of the endcut parameters that are set-up in the endcut table. They can normally not be overridden by the end user with the exception of flange angles angle 90 degrees in the endcut table.

For example, specifying the input CUT=2100,0,75 means that a2 will be set to 75 instead of the default 90 degrees.