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Introduction to
NAPA System

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Contents

• How to give commands in NAPA?

• Overview of the subsystems in NAPA
• Help functions
• How to start the program & create user profiles?
• How to create a new project?
• Reference system

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General

• Handling of all types of floating

structures
• All geometry definitions based on a
3D ship model
• Single database, multi-user
environment
• Wide variety of naval architectural
calculations
• More than 40 links and interfaces

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General Information
• NAPA is originally a command oriented program
• Detailed and dynamic Graphical User Interface (GUI)
simplifies the learning process and speeds work
• NAPA contains several subsystems e.g. Geometry, Loading
Conditions, Damage Stability etc.
• Subsystems perform tasks
which are functions related
to ship design

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Subsystems of NAPA

• Simplified presentation of the subsystems:

TASK

ADM TOC REF GM HYD LD CR DAM

INST DEF SM DR LGD

• Command END brings back one level

• Command !END brings back to TASK level

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HELP functions in NAPA

• !COM relevant task-specific
commands
• !EXP command explanation
• !COM ! transparent commands

• Introduction to NAPA
• Online Manuals
• Help Viewer

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Starting a NAPA session

• Start by logging into NAPA

• Users must be defined!
– ADMI already exists
• New users are created in ADM  INST Task

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Exercise

1. Start NAPA with user name TEEK

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File names
• The units can be found as 4 separate binary files
located in Napa\pr directory
1. project.db (project database, UNIT 1)
2. project.sd (secondary database, UNIT 4)
3. sysdb.db (system database, UNIT 2)
4. napadb.db (NAPA database, UNIT 7)

• Executable file (Napa_20154-1_x86.exe) is located in

Napa\20154-1\bin directory

• 64-bit executable file (Napa_20154-1_x64.exe) is

located in Napa\20154-1\bin64 directory

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Files and Units

TASK?>!ADD DRAW_PICTURE

Calculation Results Secondary Project Run DRAW_PICTURE from Project Database

YES
database database
(Replaceable) UNIT 4 UNIT 1 Primary Ship Model
Data/Definitions
NO

System
YES Run DRAW_PICTURE from System Database
database
UNIT 2 Common to All Projects

NO

Error Message: NAPA Run DRAW_PICTURE from NAPA Database

NO YES
database
Macro Not Found Delivered by Napa Ltd: READ ONLY
UNIT 7

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Projects and Versions

• Data is organized into PROJECTS and VERSIONS
– One project can contain several versions
– One version is used as default
– List of existing versions can be seen with command !VER LIST

A NAPA session project

P1234 version A
DECKF
P1234.db

DECKF NAPA session project

B P1234 version B

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Exercise - Starting a new project

• New project is
created from File ->
New Project

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Reference system
• Each version has its own reference system which provides
basic information about the ship

• Several reference parameters are used automatically in

different calculations

• The following parameters are absolutely necessary:

– LREF reference length
– AP, FP fore and aft perpendiculars
– XREF x-coord. of midpoint (where draught is defined)
– BREF reference breadth
– TDWL design draught
– Initial frame spacing

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Reference system

• The parameters stored in the reference system are divided

into the following groups
– reference dimensions
– frame system
– names of key objects
– control and conventions
– background and identification
– various parameters

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Reference system

• The following commands can be used to see the reference

parameters
LIST
LIST ALL
LIST ALL +
• The initial reference system is created on the basis of the
installation parameters or the model reference system

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Exercise

• Check the reference dimensions

TASK?>REF
REF?>LIS
REF?>LIS ALL

• Give a name to your ship

REF?>SNAM 'MYSHIP'

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Text Editor

• A ”Notepad” in NAPA
• Tool for editing and running commands, definitions, macros
• Opened from Tools -> Text Editor

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Table Editor

• Tool for generating and editing tables

• CSV import and export
• Opened from Tools -> Table Editor

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Calculator
• Accessed with command !CAL
• Works in any task
• E.g. !CAL 3*(26.8+1.75)
!CAL VOL(’STABHULL’)
Returns the volume of the stability hull
object named STABHULL

– Lists available calculator functions with:

!COM C.F

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