Index


Add Stringer On Contour........................... 98

Add Surface Plate..................................... 99

Adding & Deleting Shapes......................... 42

Adding a Frame Opening........................... 14

Adding an Inclined Frame.......................... 14

Adding Inclined Sections............................ 51

Adding Points To Stringers......................... 29

Adding Stringers........................................ 25

Animate.................................................. 101

Arrange Icons......................................... 102

Assembly.................................................. 96

Assembly UCS........................................ 100

Breaking Stringers..................................... 36

Calc All Decks.......................................... 97

Calc All Frames........................................ 97

Calc All Parts.......................................... 102

Calc All Plates......................................... 100

Calc All Stringers…................................... 99

Calc Selected Decks.................................. 97

Calc Selected Stringers….......................... 99

Calc Upstands........................................... 99

Calculating Frames.................................... 18

Calculating Part Weights............................ 79

Calculating Plates...................................... 65

Calculating Stringers............................. 38, 39

Calculating Upstands................................. 49

Cascade.................................................. 102

Close Design............................................. 94

Colour....................................................... 96

Compress................................................ 100

Contours................................................. 101

Coordinate system..................................... 13

Copy......................................................... 95

Cut........................................................... 95

Data....................................................... 102

Data Window............................................ 90

Deck Info................................................. 97

Deck Limitations....................................... 24

Deck Menu............................................... 97

Deck Opening........................................... 23

Decks

Add...................................................... 22

Add...................................................... 97

Copy..................................................... 24

Delete.............................................. 22, 97

Move.................................................... 24

Visibility................................................ 24

Deduct Skin Thickness............................... 97

Deleting Stringer Points.............................. 32

Display Menu.......................................... 100

Display Toolbar......................................... 92

Displaying Inclined Sections....................... 52

Drawing Decks......................................... 23

Duplicating Stringers.................................. 34

DXF......................................................... 79

Edit Menu................................................. 95

Exit........................................................... 95

Export DXF and IGES............................... 94

Export Plate Mesh Text............................. 94

Export ShipConstructor Files...................... 95

Exporting Parts.......................................... 79

Fabric....................................................... 64

File Menu.................................................. 94

File Toolbar............................................... 92

Fill Down.................................................. 95

Flip Horizontal......................................... 100

Flip Toe Direction...................................... 48

Flip Vertical............................................. 100

Font.......................................................... 96

Forming Direction...................................... 61

Forming Process........................................ 63

Frame Boundary Surfaces.......................... 12

Frame Clipping.......................................... 12

Frame Material.......................................... 12

Frame Menu............................................. 96

Frame Opening.......................................... 12

Frames

Add................................................. 11, 96

Calc All................................................. 97

Calculate............................................... 18

Copy..................................................... 20

Delete.............................................. 20, 97

Info....................................................... 97

Move.................................................... 20

Visibility................................................ 19

General..................................................... 61

Generate Stringers…................................. 98

Generating Stringers............................. 26, 28

Girth Centreline.................................... 37, 99

Grid........................................................ 101

Grid Spacing............................................ 102

Half........................................................ 100

Help Menu.............................................. 102

Home View.............................................. 96

Import Shape............................................. 94

Importing Shapes....................................... 44

Inclined Sections...................................... 102

Inset Lines................................................ 72

Installing Workshop..................................... 8

Joining Stringers........................................ 36

Library...................................................... 81

Library Window........................................ 91

Manual Plate Precision.............................. 64

Markers.................................................. 101

Materials................................................... 81

Materials Library....................................... 96

Menus...................................................... 94

Modifying Stringer Points........................... 33

Modifying Stringers.................................... 29

Mouse Holes............................................. 12

Moving Stringer Points............................... 31

Old Developable........................................ 64

Open Design............................................. 94

Opening a Design........................................ 8

Opening Stringer Points.............................. 83

Orientation…............................................ 99

Outside Arrows....................................... 101

Page Setup................................................ 95

Pan........................................................... 96

Part Toolbar.............................................. 92

Part Window............................................. 91

Paste........................................................ 95

Pin Jigs..................................................... 73

Plate....................................................... 101

baseline................................................. 72

centreline.............................................. 72

Template sightline.................................. 73

User Coordinate Systems....................... 71

Plate Development

Plating a Whole Surface......................... 53

Trimmed Surfaces................................. 54

Plate Info.................................................. 99

Plate Menu............................................... 99

Plate Strain............................................... 67

Plate Templates....................................... 100

Plate UCS............................................... 100

Plates

Add................................................. 55, 99

Delete.............................................. 57, 99

Precision................................................. 100

Preferences........................................... 8, 96

Print …..................................................... 95

Render.................................................... 101

Rider Bar.................................................. 17

Save Design.............................................. 94

Save Design As......................................... 94

Saving Stringer Points................................ 82

Saving your work....................................... 82

Select All.................................................. 95

Set Home View......................................... 96

Setting Shapes & Cutouts........................... 46

Shape & Cutout…..................................... 98

Shapes Library.......................................... 95

Shell Expansion

create................................................... 74

display................................................... 78

Shift Key.................................................... 8

ShipConstructor

Exporting Workshop Parts...................... 83

Importing Workshop Parts...................... 84

Shrink....................................................... 96

Skin Thickness.......................................... 19

Smooth Plate Edges....................... 64, 65, 100

Snap to Grid......................................... 31, 99

Sort Parts.................................................. 96

Status Bar................................................. 96

Strain...................................................... 101

Strain Ratio............................................... 62

Strain, Forming Direction..................... 69, 101

Strain, None............................................ 101

Strain, Perpendicular to Forming Direction 69, 101

Strain, Principal......................................... 69

Strain, Shear....................................... 69, 101

Stringer Info….......................................... 98

Stringer Library......................................... 41

Stringer Menu........................................... 97

Stringer Orientation.................................... 47

Stringer Points

Add...................................................... 97

Delete................................................... 98

Info…................................................... 98

Stringer Toolbar......................................... 92

Stringers

Add...................................................... 98

Break.................................................... 98

Delete................................................... 98

Duplicate............................................... 98

Join....................................................... 98

Mirror................................................... 98

Structure................................................. 101

Structure Toolbar....................................... 92

Surfaces.................................................. 101

Sys Info.................................................. 103

Templates................................................. 72

Tile Horizontal......................................... 102

Tile Vertical............................................ 102

Toolbars.............................................. 92, 96

Trimming................................................. 100

UCS......................................................... 71

Undo........................................................ 95

Units....................................................... 102

Upstand Cutouts........................................ 49

Upstand Orientation................................... 49

View Menu............................................... 96

View Toolbar............................................ 92

Window Menu......................................... 102

Window Toolbar........................................ 92

Windows................................................... 90

Working with Libraries............................... 82

Working With Parts................................... 79

Zero Point............................................... 102

Zoom........................................................ 96