Compartment Editor Basic Page

The ID field is used to enter the identifier for the compartment (Create mode only). Remember that the maximum length of IDs in Hydrostatics is 8.

Note:
If however the supplied ID already exists a number will be appended to it to generate a unique ID. (If the supplied ID ends in a number then this will be incremented.) The ID can be changed at a later stage via the tree.

The Title field enables the long description to be altered (only one compartment at a time).

The Category drop down list is used to select the required category (see Compartment Categories) to be assigned to the compartment.

In the Permeability panel, two permeability factors Structural and Damage can be set. These design factors are used within Hydrostatics.

Each basic compartment has six bounding constraints (aft, forward, lower, upper, starboard, and port), these can be changed by either

1. Clicking the Required button and interactively selecting the boundary in a view.

2. Dragging the required boundary from the tree view and dropping it on the Appropriate button.

3. Selecting the appropriate boundary from the drop down list.

   IDs of the current boundaries are displayed in the drop down lists, where ‘*’ means the envelope and ‘-- different --’ indicates that the selected compartments have different boundaries. The Clear button resets the boundary constraint to be the parent envelope.