Using Internals to Position Bays

The above example set the aft position of the bay to 100, and the base-line of the bay to 2. These values are absolute, and so the location of the bay will never change unless the bay is edited, these values changed and the bay regenerated.

However, it is possible to link the bay to a transverse bulkhead and/or a deck. If the internal surface is then regenerated or simply moved, then the bay definition can be automatically regenerated at the new location.

This procedure can be accomplished via the command language, for example:

BAY "newbay" CREATE CONTAINER "20'_ISO_TYPE_2" TBHD TB1 5.0 DECK DK1 0.0 5 4 6 8 10 10

This will create a bay called "newbay", at x=5 units from transverse bulkhead TB1, z = 0 units from deck DK1. It is again based on container "20'_ISO_TYPE_2" with 5 tiers containing 4, 6, 8, 10 and 10 containers respectively.

Alternatively, having already created the bay definition, then the bay definition can be updated using the commands:

BAY "newbay" SET TBHD TB1

BAY "newbay" SET /X 5.0

BAY "newbay" SET DECK DK1

BAY "newbay" SET /Z 0.0 /REGENERATE

Note:
The last command includes the /REGENERATE flag, which forces the bay to be generated at the new location.

Alternatively, if the link to an internal surface is no longer required, then it can be removed as follows:

BAY "newbay" SET TBHD OFF

BAY "newbay" SET DECK OFF

Obviously, this functionality may also be performed from the Basic page of the Bay Definition Editor, by selecting the bay(s) of interest from the Bays: list, clicking the Edit button, and selecting the required bulkhead, deck, X and Z positions and clicking on the Apply button.