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Bulkheads/Tweendecks/Hatchcovers
Manual
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Table of Contents
1 Introduction..................................................................................................................................... 3
2 The Bulkheads/Tweendecks/Hatchcovers Window ........................................................................ 4
2.1 Access of the Bulkheads/Tweendecks/Hatchcovers Window ............................................... 4
2.2 Elements of the Bulkheads/Tweendecks/Hatchcovers Window ........................................... 5
2.3 The Buttons of the Bulkheads/Tweendecks/Hatchcovers Window ....................................... 6
2.4 Changing Panel Positions ....................................................................................................... 7
2.5 Custom Mode ......................................................................................................................... 9
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1 Introduction
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If your version of the Macs3 program has a Belco menu, you may alternatively open
a dialog showing the same window.
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Furthermore the current panel situation is show in a side view a top view.
Normally you will use the mouse to change the positions of the panels (see 2.4).
Nevertheless there some buttons for special functions on the right top part of the
window.
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stow all: Panel positions are distinguished between use positions and
stow positions. “stow all” will put every panel in an appropriate
stow position.
all offboard: All panels that are marked as “offboard possible” in the vessel
profile are put offboard. The weights of the panels are subtracted
from the deadweight. It may be possible that the weights of
certain panels are already included in the light weight distribution
of the vessel. If those panels are removed from the vessel by
putting them “offboard” this may lead to a negative weight
summary of all panels. All tweendecks and hatchcovers and
bulkheads are subsumed in the line “Hatchcovers”. So it can
happen the total weight in this line may be negative.
reset: Puts all panels to their default position that are specified in the
vessels profile.
Open… /
Save As…: You may save the current hatchcover situation to a file with the
extension .bhxml.
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In the side view and top view the panels are shown in their current positions as a
grey rectangle.
To change positions of panels you first have to select the panels you want to
change. Select the panels by mouse operation in the list or click the panels in the
side or top view.
You may select several panels in the side or top view by keeping the left mouse
button pressed and dragging a rectangle over the respective panels.
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Note: panels that are “offboard” can only be selected in the list!
When you selected one or several panels, all position that are designed for the
selected panel type are shown by violet rectangles.
To select the desired position for the selected panels, you click on it (left mouse
button) while keeping the <shift> key pressed.
You can select several position by keeping the left mouse button pressed and
dragging a rectangle over the respective panels while keeping the <shift> key
pressed.
After releasing the mouse button the panels will be moved to the selected position:
The position “offboard” is symbolised by the violet rectangels on the bottom left
corner of the graphics.
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To switch to this mode right click on a hatchcover in the list or on the ships drawing.
It is also possible to switch to another of the available modes like offboard or one of
the predifined fixed positions.
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To move a hatchcover just change the VCG, TCG, LCG in the list by double click on
the item to change.
To change it in the ships drawing hold the <shift> key pressed and drag and drop
the particular hatchcover with the mouse.
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