Project Database

A Marine Project consists of the complete collection of information which relates to a single design project. The project is identified by a name, allocated by the Project Administrator when the project is first initiated. The project name is used to identify the project to the system whenever you want to work in the project using Marine which allows access rights and use of system resources to be monitored and controlled. For further details of these functions, see Access Rights.

There are 12 different types of database which can go to make up a complete Project:

Design and Drawing Databases

• Outfitting Design database

• PADD (Outfitting Draft) database

• ISOD (Spooler) database

2D Design Databases

• SCHEMATIC database

• ENGINEERING database

Reference Databases

• CATALOGUE database

• Lexicon (Dictionary)

• PROPERTIES database

Administration Databases

• SYSTEM database

• COMMS database

• MISC database

• TRANSACTION database

Each Marine module requires access to one or more specific database types, and entry to the module may be prevented if appropriate databases do not exist or if the user does not have the appropriate access rights. New databases can only be created by the Project Administrator. Refer to the Administration User Documentation for further information.

The functions of each type of database are summarized in the following subsections.