Flexcom > User Interface > Model Building > Hydrodynamic Data Importer

Overview

The Hydrodynamic Data Importer is a very helpful utility program which accompanies Flexcom which can be launched from the Tools >> Model Building menu. It allows you to automatically import characteristic data relating to a Floating Body from a range of well-known hydrodynamic simulation packages. Prior to the simulation of floating bodies in Flexcom, important hydrodynamic data is typically sourced externally from a radiation-diffraction program, and the importer aims to streamline the data transfer process, minimising both user effort and the potential for errors in data specification. Flexcom, like most other programs, has its own set of conventions regarding the specification of input data. The importer understands the output file formats and conventions used in several third-party software packages, and can automatically read in the relevant input data, perform the necessary conversions, and create output files which are readily accessible by Flexcom as standard input files.

Further information is provided in the following sections:

•Using the Importer outlines the basic operation of the converter tool, and discusses its relevant inputs and outputs.

•WAMIT outlines the WAMIT data format and the relevant conversions necessary for Flexcom.

•ANSYS Aqwa outlines the ANSYS Aqwa data format and the relevant conversions necessary for Flexcom.

•NEMOH outlines the NEMOH data format and the relevant conversions necessary for Flexcom.

•OrcaWave outlines the OrcaWave data format and the relevant conversions necessary for Flexcom.