1 Initialising a Tribon Project....................................................................5
1.1 Initialising the Form data bank (SB_CGDB)...................................................................6
1.1.1 Creating a Hull Reference Object................................................................................6
1.2 Initialising the Structure data bank (SB_OGDB)...........................................................9
1.2.1 Creating a Structure Reference & Hull Structure Object.............................................9
1.3 Defining Frame / Longitudinal positions......................................................................11
1.3.1 Frame numbering in Tribon.......................................................................................11
1.3.2 Longitudinal position numbering in Tribon.................................................................11
1.3.3 Creating the SBH GENTAB object............................................................................13
1.3.4 The contents of the TIL file........................................................................................14
1.4 Creating a Block Object.................................................................................................16
2 Hull program defaults...........................................................................19
2.1 Planar Hull Modelling (sj001).........................................................................................19
2.2 Curved Hull Modelling (sh700)......................................................................................20
2.3 Basic Design (sj700).......................................................................................................20
2.4 Plate Nesting (se001).....................................................................................................21
2.5 Generic Post Processor (sf001)....................................................................................22
2.6 Hull PPI Programs..........................................................................................................23
2.7 Plane Part Generation (sf416d).....................................................................................24
2.8 Parts Lists (sf101d)........................................................................................................25
2.9 Profile Sketch and List (sf628d)....................................................................................26
2.10 Weight and Centre of Gravity (sf102d)......................................................................27
2.11 Curved Plate Generation (sf831d).............................................................................28
2.12 Bending Templates (sf820d)......................................................................................29
2.13 Jig Pillars (sf824d)......................................................................................................30
2.14 Plate Jigs (sf821d)......................................................................................................31
2.15 Profile Nesting (sf605d)..............................................................................................32
3 Customising a project...........................................................................33
3.1 Cutouts and Clips...........................................................................................................33
3.1.1 Cutouts......................................................................................................................33
3.1.2 Tribon External Cutout Definition Facility ..................................................................33
3.1.3 Cutouts via Macros....................................................................................................35
3.1.4 Automatic setting of Cutouts......................................................................................35
3.1.5 Clips...........................................................................................................................37
3.2 Profiles............................................................................................................................38
3.2.1 Profiles for projects....................................................................................................38
3.2.2 U and I bar set-up......................................................................................................39
3.3 Connection codes..........................................................................................................41
3.4 Endcut set-up..................................................................................................................43
3.4.1 Endcut table...............................................................................................................44
3.4.2 Endcut selection........................................................................................................47
3.5 Profile restriction file......................................................................................................48
3.5.1 General information section.......................................................................................48
3.5.2 Type specific section.................................................................................................49
3.5.3 Shell stiffener curvature.............................................................................................51
3.5.4 Raw profiles...............................................................................................................53
3.6 Brackets..........................................................................................................................54
3.6.1 1.8.2 Bracket Instance Object, Create.......................................................................56
3.7 Bevel................................................................................................................................59
3.8 Shrinkage........................................................................................................................60
3.9 Swedging.........................................................................................................................62
10 Knuckled panel bending control...............................................................................63
3.11 Folded flanges.............................................................................................................65
3.12 Material Qualities........................................................................................................67
3.12.1 Defining Qualities ......................................................................................................67
3.12.2 Quality exchange.......................................................................................................69
3.13 Customising Dialogues in Tribon Hull......................................................................70
3.14 Creating parent plates................................................................................................73
3.15 Nesting.........................................................................................................................74
3.15.1 Burning sketches.......................................................................................................74
3.15.2 Defining a new nesting drawing form ........................................................................75
3.15.3 Modifying an existing nesting drawing form...............................................................75
3.15.4 Deleting a drawing form.............................................................................................75
3.15.5 Defining a new hook..................................................................................................76
3.15.6 Modifying an existing hook........................................................................................76
3.16 Automatic position numbers.....................................................................................77
3.17 Part name control.......................................................................................................79
1 Initialising a Tribon Project
After copying the relevant directories and files and editing the d065 file it is now necessary to initialise the Form data bank (SB_CGDB) and the Structure data bank (SB_OGDB). This involves the creation of various objects and tables in both the SB_CGDB and SB_OGDB. These objects and tables will inform the Tribon system which hull form to use, what the frame spacing is, what the prefix for the naming of seams and butts should be, etc, etc…
This object and table creation is done using the Tribon M2 Initiate Hull Standards utility.
Use the Project Selection tool and select your new project.
Start the utility by clicking on Start Menu > Programs > Tribon M2 > Hull > Initiate Hull Standards
In the tree structure on the left-hand side of the resulting application expand the Initiate Hull Model node and the following nodes will be displayed.
Hullref, create --- Creates a Hull Reference Object in the SB_CGDB
Structref, create --- Creates a Structure Reference Object in the SB_OGDB
Blocks, manipulate --- Creates Block objects in the SB_OGDB
Frame/long positions, create --- Creates an __SBH_GENTAB__ object in the SB_OGDB
The purpose and use of the above four functions are explained in the following chapters.