The File menu contains commands for opening and saving files and printing.
Creates a new table for whichever input table is frontmost, e.g: when the Loadcase Condition is the frontmost window, the New command will create a new loading condition. When the Compartment Definition table is frontmost, New creates a new compartment definition.
When no design is open, selecting the Open command will show a dialog box with a list of available Maxsurf designs. Select the design you wish to open, click the Open button. The requested design will be read in and its hull shape calculated for use in Hydromax.
If a design is already open, the Open command will open whichever file corresponds to the frontmost input window.
The Close command will delete the data in the frontmost window. Hydromax will ask whether you wish to save any changes.
Selecting Close when one of the design view windows is frontmost will close the current Maxsurf design.
Selecting Save will save the contents of the frontmost window to a file on the disk.
Selecting Save As performs the same function as save but allows you to specify a new filename preventing the original file from being overwritten.
Selecting Export enables you to export a Hydromax file as a variety of different file formats such as:
DXF or IGES.
DXF exports sections as closed poly-lines. In addition, each tank, compartment and non-buoyant volume is exported on a separate layer (the layer name being the same as the compartment name, so it is important to have unique compartment names).
IGES exports the NURB surface data. See the Maxsurf manual for more information.
Also allows users to export Hydromax files that are compatible with earlier versions of Hydromax.
Allows you to export the rendered image as a bitmap file at the specified resolution. This command is only available when the Perspective window is frontmost with rendering turned on.
Imports criteria from the selected criteria files. Current criteria may be kept or discarded.
Exports the current criteria set to the specified file. It is good practice to save the criteria library with each project in a project folder.
Loads a density table saved in Hydromax, see below.
Saves the Fluid densities table, see Density of Fluids on page 101.
The Page Setup dialog allows you to change page size and orientation for printing.
The Print command allows you to print the contents of the frontmost window on the screen.
Exit will close Hydromax and all the data windows. If you have any data or results, which have not been saved to disk, Hydromax will ask you if you wish to save them before quitting.