Creating a Shell Expansion View

Shell Expansion lets you generate a shell expansion view by expanding the shell plate surfaces in the transverse direction.

Before you begin:
  • Clear the Disable generative view style usage check box in Me > Preferences > App Preferences > 3D Modeling > Mechanical Systems > Drafting > Administration.
  • Set the ShellExpDrawingTemplate resource of the Structure Resource set in Data Setup.
  1. Open the structure system and draw a reference line parallel to the center line of the ship.


  2. Click Shell Expansion .
  3. In the Shell Plates box, select a shell plate.
  4. In the Reference box, select a reference line.
  5. Optional: In the Geometric Curve(s) box, select the curves on the shell plates.
  6. Optional: Set the shell expansion options:
    1. Click Preferences...
      The Shell Expansion Preferences dialog box appears.
    2. In the GVS Template list, select a generative view style template.
    3. In the Select Plane of Symmetry box, select a plane.
    4. Select the Starboard or Portside option depending upon the selected shell plate.
    5. Click OK.
  7. Click OK in the Shell Expansion dialog box.

The progress bar appears indicating the shell expansion view generation. A new node is added in the tree indicating the generated shell expansion drawing of the structure system. You can double-click the drawing node to view the shell expansion drawing.

Notes:
  • Expansion of the shell panels is possible only on any one side of centerline i.e. starboard or portside.
  • Multi-selection of the shell panels is possible. However, the selected panels should lie only on any one side of the centerline i.e. starboard / portside.
  • The shell expansion operation is performed individually per structure system. Therefore, the shell panels from different structure systems may get overlapped in the shell expansion drawing.

 

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