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*Panel,Auxiliary

Purpose

To specify nodes which are connected by an auxiliary panel.

Theory

Refer to Auxiliary Bodies for further information on this feature.

Note also that the old auxiliary body keywords (*NODE,AUXILIARY, *ELEMENT,AUXILIARY, *AUXILIARY, *PANEL,AUXILIARY and *PANEL SECTIONS,AUXILIARY) keywords have effectively been superseded by the integrated vessel/body features which provide a range of standard vessel and subsea component profiles. Refer to *VESSEL,INTEGRATED and *BODY,INTEGRATED for further information.

Keyword Format

A single line which may be repeated as often as necessary:

Panel Number, First Node, Second Node, Third Node

Table Input

Notes

(a)The order in which you define panel nodes is important from the point of view of defining the front and back face of the panel. Flexcom assumes that the order of the nodes is clockwise, and determines the front face normal based on this assumption. In the dynamic display, the front face of a panel reflects light (that is, appears bright), whereas the back face reflects no light (appears very dark). This is worth bearing in mind in order, for example, to produce a realistic display of a vessel.

(b)You must assign a unique panel number to each panel in the model. However, the panel numbers do not need to be entered in any numerical order.

(c)It is not necessary (but it is possible) to define auxiliary elements where an auxiliary panel has been specified.

(d)If it is required that a panel can be viewed from both sides, you must define two panels; one defined in reverse order to the other. For example, Panel 1 {Node 1, Node 2, Node 3} and Panel 2 {Node 3, Node 2, Node 1}.