Release Notes M3 SP4

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Release Notes Tribon M3 SP4 Basic Design

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Extracting from Components Groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Block update. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Tribon XML Hull Basic Design Improvements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Tribon XML Surface Export . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Registering Surfaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Functional Structures - RSO Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Functional Structures - RSOs Created in Basic Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Functional Structures - Generate Panels on RSOs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Disconnect Panels from RSOs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Extract Blocks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Functional Structures - Batch utilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 RSO from Backdrop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Log Viewer Menu Structure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Basic Design Menu Structure. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

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Extracting from Components Groups

Description
The functions Split STI, Modify STI End and Delete in the Planar menu of Basic Design and Planar Hull have previously only accepted to update groups of components. This is now changed, allowing the user to toggle within the function to select either an individual component or a group of components. Furthermore, the function Modify STI End is updated to use the users indication point to select which end to be modified, In cases when this is not possible (e.g. when indicating in a cross section view) the end is asked for as previously.

Benefits
The changes simplifies the modelling activities.

Compatibility Constraints
None.

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For further Information

See Basic Design / Functions in the Planar Menu or Hull / Planar Modelling / Interactive Hull Modelling Functions.

Affected Programs
Basic Design Planar Hull sj700 sj001

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Block update
Description
The function Block / Create in Basic Design has been updated. Whereas it previoulsy only was possible to create new blocks from a definition in a CSV file, it is now also possible to update existing blocks as well. See also the release note "Extract Blocks".

Benefits
The changes simplifies the block definitions.

Compatibility Constraints
None.

For further Information

See Basic Design / Functions in the Project Menu.

Affected Programs
Basic Design sj700
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Tribon XML Hull Basic Design Improvements

Description
Tribon XML Hull Basic Design (TXHBD) schema has been improved. It now also contains 2d cross-sections at any user given X location. The GUI for exporting the XML file has also been improved.

Benefits
Adds flexibility when exporting model data from Basic Design to other applications, such as class society calculation applications etc.

Compatibility Constraints
None.

For further Information

See Basic Design deocumentation about TXHBD.

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Affected Programs
Basic Design.

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Tribon XML Surface Export

Description
It is now possible to extract curves representing a surface into XML from Basic Design. There is a new export feature, Export Surface, and a corresponding XML schema, TXSUR.

Benefits
Adds possibilities to have surfaces available in XML format to be used by other, third party applications.

Compatibility Constraints
None.

For further Information

See Basic Design documentation on TXSUR.

Affected Programs
Basic Design.
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Registering Surfaces
Description
A new Surfaces function has been added to the Project menu. This opens the Register Surfaces dialog, which lists surfaces previously registered by Initiate Hull Standards or by Basic Design. It also lists other native surfaces released from Tribon Lines or Tribon Surface/Compartment, which have not yet been registered for use by Basic Design. These can be registered using this dialog.

Benefits
Previously, surfaces released from Lines or Surface/Compartment had to be registered using Initiate Hull Standards. It is now possible to register them from Basic Design where native surfaces are listes.

Compatibility Constraints
None.

1993-2005 AVEVA AB

For further Information

See Basic Design / Functions in the Project Menu / Surface.

Affected Programs
Basic Design sj700

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Functional Structures - RSO Properties

Description
The Reference Surface Objects (RSO) are objects normally created in Surface/ Compartment e.g. to represent boundaries of a Compartment. Since before, these RSOs have been used for location and references when generating planar steel. It is now also possible to turn the RSOs into Functional Structures, with properties such as its function, the material data, end connections, etc. This functionality forms the basis for the automatic generation of panels described in a separate release note. The properties of the RSO are added using the new function Functional Structure / Edit, which presents all RSOs in a tree browser and makes them available for this edit operation. The data structure of the RSOs is with this service pack changed to fit the new functionality. To get this functionality on existing RSOs created in Surface/Compartment, they have to be released again from the SP4 version of Surface/Compartment.

Benefits
Properties on the RSOs are the basis for automatic functions such as the automatic generation of panels.

Compatibility Constraints
None.

For further Information

See Basic Design / Functions in the Functional Structure Menu / Edit.

Affected Programs
Basic Design sj700

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Functional Structures - RSOs Created in Basic Design

Description
The Reference Surface Objects (RSO) are objects normally created in Surface/ Compartment e.g. to represent boundaries of a Compartment. With this release it is now possible to also use Basic Design to create RSOs consisting of one face in principle planes, thus forming the main structures of a ship. It is possible to turn the created RSOs into Functional Structures by assigning them appropriate properties. They are also accessible for usage in Surface/Compartment. RSOs created in Basic Design can be Moved, Recreated and Copied. All functions described above are available by a click on the right-button on the mouse when in the function Functional Structures / Edit.

Benefits
Simplified handling of RSOs.

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Compatibility Constraints
None.

For further Information

See Basic Design / Functions in the Functional Structure Menu / Edit.

Affected Programs
Basic Design sj700

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Functional Structures - Generate Panels on RSOs

Description
A Reference Surface Objects (RSO) can now be assigned finctional properties, thus turning it into a Functional Structure. These structures can form the basis for a first steel model with planar panels. The new function Functional Structure / Generate Panels reads all RSOs, checking if a functional description is set and if automatic generation is requested . If this is the case, panels are automatically generated. The generated panels can be used as a first modelling attempt. All the planar hull tools for creation and modification are thereafter available for further modelling activities.

Benefits
A first steel structure is generated with very little effort.

Compatibility Constraints
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None.

For further Information

See Basic Design / Functions in the Functional Struceture Menu / Generate Panels.

Affected Programs
Basic Design sj700

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Disconnect Panels from RSOs

Description
A new function Functional Structure / RSO / Disconnect is added that disconnects an indicated or all panels that are depending on the RSO for their location. 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. Internal references to the RSO (within e.g. the Boundary of the panel) are not translated. These changes must be made manually by the user.

Benefits
Simplifed usage of RSOs.

Compatibility Constraints
None.

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For further Information

See Basic Design / Functions in the Functional Structure Menu / RSO.

Affected Programs
Basic Design sj700

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Extract Blocks
Description
The new Basic Design function Project / Block / Extract extracts the definition of the current block structure into a CSV file. This created CSV file is accessible via the Log Viewer.

Benefits
More functionality.

Compatibility Constraints
None.

For further Information

See Basic Design / Functions in the Project Menu / Block.

Affected Programs
Basic Design sj700
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Functional Structures - Batch utilities

Description
As described in several other release note the M3SP4 version of Basic Design contains new interactive functionality for the handling of Reference Surface Objects (RSOs). In addition to the interactive functionality, corresponding batch functions are also available. These batch functions are accessible via the Log Viewer under the following names: Extract RSOs to CSV Update RSOs from CSV file Generate Steel from RSO.

Benefits
Flexibility added to the working procedures for Functional Structures.

Compatibility Constraints
None.

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For further Information

See Basic Design / Batch Utilities.

Affected Programs
Extract RSOs to CSV Update RSOs from CSVl Generate Steel from RSO sj703 sj704 sj705

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RSO from Backdrop

Description
The function to turn a drawing view into a model view as a backdrop for modelling work has been updated. The function now also allows the user to set the scale of the view. Once the Backdrop view is created, the new function Functional Structure / RSO / From Backdrop can be used. The function will generate a RSO based on the view information and add all geometry information within this view as marking on the RSO. The resulting RSO can be used as any RSO, presenting the geometry information in any selected projection.

Benefits
Better visualization tools.

Compatibility Constraints
None.
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For further Information

See Basic Design / Functions in the Functional Structure Menu / From Backdrop.

Affected Programs
Basic Design sj700

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Log Viewer Menu Structure

Description
The menus of the Log Viewer are now reorganized. All functions within the Intial Design menu and all Basic Design functions within the Hull menu are now moved into a new menu named Early Design.

Benefits
Better organization of menus.

Compatibility Constraints
None.

For further Information

None available.

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Basic Design Menu Structure

Description
The menus of Basic Design as well as the corresponding documentation have been reorganized. All functions are now grouped within six main menus: Project menu Functional Structure menu Planar menu Quick Panel menu Curved menu XML menu Analysis menu With functions for set-up and project work. With functions to handle functional structures, functional panels (in M3SP5) and the transition to Detail Design. With tools for planar modelling. With template scripts for quick panels. With tools for curved modelling. With tools for export and imporrt of XML based data. With analysis tools.
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Benefits
Better organizations of menus.

Compatibility Constraints
None.

For further Information

None available.

Affected Programs
Basic Design sj700

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