Description Previously, the seams had to be generated first and then the plates. If the seam arrangement had to be changed the result could be that the plates had to be deleted and then regenerated. This is now changed to the dependency between the seams and plates being handled automatically by the system. When generating seams the plates will be automatically updated. This update includes the user-defined point given in the plate definition. If a plate is defined and later on divided by a seam it will become two plates inheriting the attributes (thickness, quality, ) from the original plate. When deleting a seam the plates bounded by that seam will be merged with the corresponding plate on the opposite side of the seam. When moving seams the system will make sure that the number of plates is correct and that their definition points are updated. For example, a simple square panel originally with no seams and one plate defined.
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Now add a seam on Z=500 cutting the existing plate in two. The plate statement has now become two, with points added automatically by the system:
Adding another more complex seam along a curve will split the two plates into five plates:
Tribon M3
Tribon M3 Release Notes
Basic Design
The scheme now looks like:
While generating, the order between the plates and seams in the scheme does not matter, but after storing the panel the seams are placed before the plates in the scheme due to the internal topological sorting.
Tribon M3
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Tribon M3 Release Notes
Basic Design
Benefits Automatic definition, deletion and modification of plate geometry when adding, deleting and moving seams.
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Compatibility Constraints The panel has to be regenerated using the new program version in order for the integrated plate-seam handling to work.
For Further Information
See User's Guide, Hull / Planar Modelling / Design Language.
Description Previously, when creating an RSO, a number of panels had to be activated. The activated panels were the ones to form the RSO. In that process both instances of a symmetrical panel were used, if the panel was not located parallel to CL. However there was no way to pick only one instance from a symmetrical panel. Now panel instances are picked and highlighted rather than panels. In the dialog the string "(reflected)" after the panel name indicates a reflected panel instance. The panel location is updated only if the non-reflected panel instance is included in the RSO.
Benefits Improved control of the created RSO when using symmetrical panels.
Compatibility Constraints None. 1993-2004 Tribon Solutions AB
For Further Information
See Hull / Planar Modelling / User's Guide / Interactive Model Functions / RSO.
Description Previously when deleting an RSO, the location of the panels referred from the RSO was not changed even if it was depending on the RSO. This was then up to the user to change if the RSO was permanently deleted and not created again. Now the panels are updated provided that they are referred from the RSO and that their location is defined by the RSO. The new location will be derived from the panel plane and will be either a position along one of the principal axes, or three points.
Benefits Panels with location by an RSO are automatically updated when deleting the RSO.
Compatibility Constraints None.
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For Further Information
See Hull / Planar Modelling / User's Guide / Interactive Model Functions / RSO.
Description A new function, ReCreate, has been added to the RSO sub-menu. It is intended to be used when the panels forming an RSO has changed in shape. By picking the RSO the same dialog will appear as in the Create function listing the referred panels. The geometry of the RSO will then be adapted to the panel boundaries. It is necessary that the panels are noted in the RSO as they would be for example if the RSO was once created from the panels and the panel location was then updated to refer the RSO. Otherwise the RSO cannot be recreated. Previously this had to be done via the Create function manually picking all the panels to form the RSO.
Benefits Easier to recreate an existing RSO from the referred panels. 1993-2004 Tribon Solutions AB
Compatibility Constraints None.
For Further Information
See Hull / Planar Modelling / User's Guide / Interactive Model Functions / RSO.
Description The modelling of planar panels is to a large extent built on references to the surrounding structure. Many of these references are to the plate surface of panels intersecting the plane of the modelled panel or to stiffeners on such panels. However, if substantial modifications are made to the referred panels, such as moving boundaries between panels, the references may become invalid. One way to overcome this and make the reference more stable is to refer an RSO containing these panels rather than the panels themselves. The RSO is supposed to cover for example a whole deck and will be unaffected by the panel subdivision. This is similar to the use of SF and SL terms inside a panel to make the stiffener references stable. So an RSO can be for panels something like what a longitudinal position can be for stiffeners. If such a reference is made to a panel that is positioned by an RSO (,LOC='<RSO name>',), the reference can be made via the RSO instead. If a stiffener is referred via RSO it has to be via SF or SL terms. The RSO reference above can be used when defining a boundary, when setting cutouts for stiffeners, when connecting stiffeners or brackets to intersecting stiffeners or to a plate surface. Also the RSO can be used when defining topological points and fillet curves in the situations mentioned above. Finally, also pillar end against plate surface, flange end against stiffener and seam for panel can use RSO reference.
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Benefits More stable references when using RSOs instead of panels.
Description From Tribon M3 Reference Surfaces (RSOs) can be used both to cut the panels in the block to split and as block boundaries. Also a stiffener offset can be defined. When selecting the cutting objects RSOs can now also be selected. Unlike the planes and RSO is limited in space. In order for an RSO to cut a panel it must intersect the panel boundary twice, cutting the panel in two. The RSO will be used a s part of the definition of the boundaries of the two new panels. By using RSOs the panels can be cut by complex shapes. Also the blocks can use RSOs to defined its extension. Apart from the limiting box an RSO can be assigned to eahc of the six limits (Aft, Forward, Portside, Starboard, Top and Bottom) as a refinement. When comparing a panel against the block in the Block Division process, the box is used initially but then also a check is done against the optional RSO. The user interface now also contains a dialog collecting what was previously a numer of questions. 1993-2004 Tribon Solutions AB
In this dialog also an option is added to define stiffener offsets (shift) around the cutting plane. A number of offset values can be chosen from a drop-down list. The values in the list originate from the connection code setup (SBH_CONCODES). All matching pairs of gap/ overlap from connection codes of type 4 ( profile end/ profile end) will be included. Picking e.g. 200 will make the sitffeners be cut 200 mm from the plate edge in the direction of the normal vector of the plane (normally in the direction of a principal axis). Picking -200 will cut the stiffeners 200 mm from the plate edge in the opposite direction.
Benefits RSOs can be used in Block Division. A stiffener offset can be defined.
