1    Mass calculation

Now that the ship lay out is finalized, the first analysis, Mass calculation, can be performed. Incidentally, it is always possible to change the values you entered in the previous section. The child entities of Mass calculation are:

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In the previous section, you defined the names and positions for two decks. Entity The entity Decks presents a table which contains a number of parameters for each defined Deck.

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The entity “Intact stability” is only included to give an idea how a configurator can be built with a taxonomy approach. Example input values for  the entity “Intact stability” are presented below:

4.15 Trust Center settings in Word and Excel

To be able to export data to Word or Excel, the following settings need to be made both in Word and Excel:

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4.15    16    Data to Word report

At the moment you leave Entity the entity “Intact stability” with the "Accept input & Continue" button Quaestor jumps automatically in Entitythe entity“Data to Word report”. In here you do not have to provide any input values. Quaestor will directly generate (if all information from the previous Entities entities is available) a little MS Word report. When you have this document open at that moment, you will see the generation of the reports on your screen.

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• Select the parameter Report_document$ in Entity the entity “Example report” and click on “Click here for value” in the Explanation window below “Name, value & dimension”.
• Double click on the report name behind the parameter Report_document$.

Finally, it is always possible to find and open the document in your project folder on your computer. The example report document is built up from two sub documents (two chapters) that also can be watched / opened separately.

4.16    17    Data to Excel

Also the main dimensions and a table of deck data will be written to an Excel file. In here the total deck area will be calculated and the result will be send back to Quaestor in parameter “Total_deck_area”, see Figure 30. If Quaestor knows all the required data the Excel file will be made at the moment you are in Entity the entity “Data to Excel”.

Please note that the knowledge engineer (the developer) can decide whether to leave the Excel sheet (or Work document) open or close it automatically. In the case of the Excel sheet it has been chosen to leave the Excel sheet open.

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• Select the parameter File_name_Excel$ in Entity the entity “Data to Excel” and click on “Click here for value” in the Explanation window below “Name, value & dimension”.
• Double click on the Excel file name behind the parameter File_name_Excel$ (in Figure 30 “Deck_data_153402.xls”).

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