Naming of Curved Plates and Stiffeners

Description

Handling of names is slightly changed for shell plates and stiffeners in DESI databases and curved plate parts in MANU databases.

It is no longer possible to have shell plates and stiffeners automatically renamed when adding them to a curved panel. This option (controlled by the environment variable SBH_CPAN_RENAME_PARTS) was a legacy from much older versions of the system and might cause problems if used wrongly. Shell plates and stiffeners will now always keep their initial name even after being added to a curved panel.

Secondly, it is possible to control how curved plate parts are named in MANU by use of the above mentioned variable.

In earlier versions, after parts splitting, the names of curved plate parts belonging to a CL panel have ended in SP even for PS/SB specific or symmetric plates.

It is now possible to control the plate part names in such cases, optionally having the names reflecting the actual plate symmetries.

The old naming for a panel BLOCK1-2SP with one CL-plate and one symmetrical plate (both PS and SB) was:

• BLOCK1-2SP-1SP

• BLOCK1-2SP-3SP

• BLOCK1-2SP-4SP

The new naming will be:

• BLOCK1-2SP-1SP

• BLOCK1-2SP-3P

• BLOCK1-2SP-4S

To use the new naming rules for plates belonging to a CL panel, set the environment variable SBH_CPAN_RENAME_PARTS to ‘CL’.

Benefits

Project administration becomes easier due to increased consistency in naming of shell plates and shell stiffeners as well as production parts. The plates and stiffeners will keep the names as given by the user even after they have been added to a curved panel.

The naming of curved plate parts after parts splitting will reflect the individual storing.

Compatibility Constraints

The new naming should not be mixed with the old one in an on-going project.

For More Information

Refer to User Guide Hull Model Concept / About Naming / Specific Name Rules.

Affected Programs

AVEVA Marine Detail Design

AVEVA Marine Production Programs