1.1 Objectives.....................................................................................................................5
1.2 Prerequisites..................................................................................................................5
1.3 Course Structure............................................................................................................5
1.4 Duration........................................................................................................................5
1.5 Using this guide.............................................................................................................6
1.6 Overview.......................................................................................................................6
1.7 The Graphical User Interface.........................................................................................7
1.8 Tool bars......................................................................................................................8
2 The basics............................................................................................11
2.1 Opening an existing project........................................................................................11
2.1.1 Opening multiple projects...................................................................................... 11
2.2 Closing a project.......................................................................................................12
2.3 Opening a new project..............................................................................................12
2.4 Saving a project........................................................................................................12
2.4.1 Renaming a project.............................................................................................. 12
2.5 Viewing a model........................................................................................................13
2.5.1 Interactive view rotation......................................................................................... 13
2.5.2 View options.......................................................................................................... 14
2.5.3 Creating a new graphics window............................................................................ 17
2.6 Zooming and Panning.................................................................................................17
2.6.1 Interactive zooming................................................................................................ 17
2.6.2 Area zoom............................................................................................................. 17
2.6.3 Interactive panning.................................................................................................. 17
2.6.4 Reset the default window........................................................................................ 17
2.7 Project tree.................................................................................................................18
2.7.1 Full tree.................................................................................................................. 18
2.7.2 Compartment tree view........................................................................................... 19
2.8 Undo and Redo............................................................................................................19
2.9 Conventions.................................................................................................................20
2.9.1 Axes........................................................................................................................ 20
2.9.2 Units........................................................................................................................ 20
Exercise 1...................................................................................................21
3 Primitives..............................................................................................23
3.1 Creating 3D Primitives.................................................................................................23
3.2 Boolean operations......................................................................................................26
3.3 Transformations...........................................................................................................27
Exercise 2...................................................................................................30
4 A New Compartment Project...............................................................31
4.1 The Envelope.............................................................................................................31
4.2 Sparse Data...............................................................................................................31
4.2.1 Data handling features............................................................................................ 31
4.2.2 Creating a bulbous bow........................................................................................... 33
4.2.3 Stepped deck.......................................................................................................... 34
4.2.4 Difficult sections...................................................................................................... 34
4.2.5 Transom stern......................................................................................................... 35
4.2.6 Britfair File.............................................................................................................. 35
4.3 Manual envelope creation...........................................................................................37
4.4 Designating a surface as an envelope........................................................................39
Exercise 3...................................................................................................40
5 Internal Surfaces..................................................................................41
5.1 Defining the frame table..............................................................................................41
5.2 Selecting the envelope................................................................................................41
5.3 Creating Internal Surfaces...........................................................................................42
5.4 Editing internal surfaces.............................................................................................42
5.4.1 Changing extents (constraints tab).......................................................................... 43
5.4.2 Position, Sheer and Camber (geometry tab) ........................................................... 43
5.4.3 Generating a symmetrical starboard bulkhead........................................................ 54
5.5 Corrugated bulkheads and stools...............................................................................55
5.5.1 Converting an existing surface................................................................................ 55
5.5.2 Generalised method of defining complex corrugations............................................ 57
Exercise 4...............................................................................................59
6 Compartments......................................................................................63
6.1 Creating compartments...............................................................................................63
6.1.1 Simple compartments.............................................................................................. 63
6.1.2 Complex (merged) compartments........................................................................... 64
6.2 Editing compartments.................................................................................................65
6.2.1 Simple compartments.............................................................................................. 65
6.2.2 Complex compartments.......................................................................................... 65
Exercise 5............................................................................................66
7 Compartment analysis and export......................................................69
7.1 Compartment report...................................................................................................69
7.2 SAC viewer...............................................................................................................70
7.3 XML export..............................................................................................................70
7.4 Changing the envelope................................................................................................71
Exercise 6...................................................................................................73
Appendix I, 2D Primitives........................................................................75
Working coordinate system (wcs)........................................................................................75
2D Primitives (Clines)..........................................................................................................76
Manipulating Clines.............................................................................................................78
Generalised Surfaces..........................................................................................................79
Swept surface.................................................................................................................... 79
Formed surface.................................................................................................................. 80
Extruded surface................................................................................................................ 83
Manipulation of Generalised Surfaces..................................................................................85
1 Introduction
This course is intended to introduce the user to the Compartment module of Tribon.
The first part provides an introduction to the Basic Surface functions necessary to be able to use the Compartment functions efficiently. It is not intended as an introduction to Surface for modelling purposes.
The remainder of the course deals with the actual creation of the compartmentation arrangement including the definition of the major internal surfaces.