NAME

Every element in Marine can be named. Whether named or not every element will have a unique system-generated reference number. If a name is not specified, then a hierarchy description will be displayed in the Design Explorer or Members List (see Navigate to a Given Element). Internally Marine uses the reference number since this cannot change. A table of names against reference numbers is maintained for this purpose.

All Marine names begin with a forward slash character (/), which is considered to be part of the name. In order to save you the effort of typing this, all of the forms you encounter will add the forward slash for you when you press the Enter key after typing a name. The forward slash character is not shown in the Design Explorer or Members List. The WORLD has a special name in PDMS, /*.

Names cannot contain spaces and are case sensitive. For example, /E1302A is a different name from /E1302a or /e1302A. Elements in a Marine database are unique, that means, they cannot have the same name or reference number.