Creating a System

This task explains how to create a system.  
When you create a structure system, a CATPart document is created. This CATPart is unique to structure functional applications. It is recommended that you create a system for each major component of your vessel. For instance, to create a deck you would first create a system, and then create the deck within this system. Follow this procedure for each deck, bulkhead and other major component. See Organizing Your Document to learn how to organize systems.

When you create a system, plane systems are also created, using a sample XML file provided with this application.

The plane systems are defined by the ProjectReferencePlanes resource.

To change the values for the ProjectReferencePlanes resource in the PRM file, do the following:

In the Location field, enter the name and location of the XML files that defines the plane system. The sample file is ReferencePlanesSystem.xml and is located at: ...intel_a\startup\EquipmentAndSystems\Structure
 
NOTE: The format for the ReferencePlanesSystem.xml file has changed. It now incorporates additional attributes such as color and short names. Detailed instructions for converting the file from R16 to R17 are given at the top of the sample XML file.

 

 1. Open the Structure Functional System Design (SFD) workbench and click the Structure System button . The Structure System dialog box displays.

Enter a name for the system. You can also check the Automatic check box. In this case the application will assign a name to the system.

 

2.

 Click OK to create the system. In the image below, the system entry in the specifications tree has been expanded to show its contents.

You can add the hull in the Structure Functional Object Design workbench. Right-click on Project data in the specifications tree and, in the drop down menus that display, select Project Data Object - Add a Hull. The sample hull is added. You need to Show it if you want to see it in the viewer.

The hull is defined by project resource management (PRM) resources StructureHullModel and StructureHullFeatureName.

  • StructureHullModel: In the Location field, enter the name of the CATPart that contains the hull. The sample CATPart is Hull1234.CATPart, located in the directory: ...intel_a\startup\EquipmentAndSystems\Structure
  • StructureHullFeatureName: In the Location field enter the name of the hull feature. The sample is Hull1234.

NOTE: After you have created the system, the link between your PRM designated hull, and the hull you are using in your document, no longer exists. Changes you make in one will not be reflected in the other. You can use the Synchronize command to propagate the changes. To do so you must be in the Structure Functional Object Design workbench: right click Project Data, select Project Data Object in the drop down menu and select Synchronize the Hull or Synchronize the planes.