The File menu contains commands for opening and saving files, exporting data and printing.

Selecting Open will open a Maxsurf file for measuring.

Selecting Close will close the Maxsurf file. Note that, since you cannot edit the Maxsurf design in Hullspeed, you cannot save the Maxsurf file.

Selecting New will clear the current set of measurement data in anticipation of a new set. If the current data has been changed since it was last saved, a dialog box will appear asking whether you wish to save the current set of data. If you select Yes, the current set of data will be saved to the disk before the Data window is cleared.

Opens a data file previously saved from Hullspeed.

Select Close Measurement Data when you wish to finish with the current set of data. Before closing, a dialog box will appear asking whether you wish to save the current set of data. If you select Yes, the current set of data will be saved to the disk.

Saves the measurement data in a file for later recall. If the data was changed after selecting New Measurement Data, Hullspeed will prompt the user to specify a name for the new file.

Saves the current Hullspeed data file with a different (user-specified) name.

If a free surface wave pattern has been calculated and saved previously, it may be reopened with this command to save having to recalculate it.

If a free surface wave pattern has been calculated it may be saved in a text file or DXF mesh file. It can then be reopened at a later date. The free surface file is a simple text file and can be imported into Excel or other applications for plotting wave cuts etc. See Saving and Loading Wave Patterns on page 35.

As in the other Maxsurf applications, this command may be used to export a bitmap file of the rendered perspective view.

The Page Setup dialog allows you to change page size and orientation for printing.

Choosing the Print function prints out the contents of the foremost Hullspeed window. See the Maxsurf manual for more information.

Exit will close down Hullspeed. If Hullspeed has a set of data open that has not been saved to disk, you will be asked whether you wish it to be saved.