Function to Find and Remove Dangling MANU Parts

Description

When a panel (planar or curved) is removed from the model, any corresponding production parts are automatically removed. If this, for example, due to a restricted database access, cannot be done, the result will be dangling plate and profile parts which should not be manufactured.

A PML function has been developed to clean up the database and take care of this situation. The function searches for elements of type MPLATE, MPROF and MBPRO and removes all those for which a corresponding panel does not exist.

The function, hullDeleteUnrefMANUParts, can be found in the installation directory, under PMLLIB\hulldesign\functions.

Benefits

The risk of manufacturing unnecessary parts (and thus increasing production cost) is reduced.

The function does not need any parameters when called and is quite easy to use. All parts to be removed will be found automatically, which is more efficient than searching for them manually.

Compatibility Constraints

None.

For More Information

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Affected Programs

None.