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Maxsurf 20.0 V8i
ReadMe 19 August 2013
Release Note
This ReadMe file describes the changes in this release of Maxsurf 20 V8i suite of
software.

System Requirements:
- 32-bit versions will run on Windows XP/Vista/7, and
- 64-bit versions will run on Windows 7 64-bit.

Contents

Software updates ................................................................................................................ 2
Maxsurf Modeller .................................................................................................... 2
6483, 6748: Windage surface groups definition ............................................ 2
6720, 6753: Units dialog ................................................................................ 2
6730: New Markers features .......................................................................... 3
6727: Export render mesh .............................................................................. 4
Bug fixes and minor changes ......................................................................... 5
Maxsurf Stability (Hydromax) ................................................................................. 5
6483, 6748: Windage surface groups definition ............................................ 5
Bug fixes and minor changes ....................................................................... 12
Maxsurf Structure (Workshop) .............................................................................. 12
Plate clash detection ..................................................................................... 12
Maxsurf Mtions (Seakeeper) .................................................................................. 13
Second Polar Graph view............................................................................. 13
Ochi Hubble Spectrum ................................................................................. 14
User defined heel and trim for panel method ............................................... 15
Maxsurf Resistance (Hullspeed) ............................................................................ 16
Korean Register Barge Resistance ............................................................... 16
Maxsurf VPP (Span) .............................................................................................. 17
Maxsurf Link (Hydrolink) ...................................................................................... 17
Maxsurf Fitting (Prefit) .......................................................................................... 17
Problem Reports ..................................................................................................... 17

Maxsurf 20.0 V8i ReadMe

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Software updates
The following section describes the changes that have been made to the various
programs.
Maxsurf Modeller
6483, 6748: Windage surface groups definition
The windage profile may be displayed in Modeler by turning on "Windage Profile" in the
Display | Contours dialog (see section on Maxsurf Stability for further details):

6720, 6753: Units dialog
The units dialog has been updated so that masses may be displayed in kilopound-force
(kip). The dialog clarifies that values displayed in tones, kg, etc are in fact mass and
not weights; that said when using kilopound-force, the masses are multiplied by standard
acceleration due to gravity (9.80665m/s
2
) to yield a weight. This option applies to all the
Maxsurf applications.

Option to display mass as a weight in kip.
For example:
Item mass = 1000 kg; g = 9.80665 m/s
2
Item weight = 9806.65N; N per lbf = 0.45359237*9.80665 = 4.448221615
Item weight = 2204.622622lbf
Item weight = 2.204622622kip

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6730: New Markers features
Several new features have been added to the Markers which are designed to assist when
fitting surfaces to large Marker datasets (for example from laser scans).

The first is an option to color-code the Markers by their distance from their assigned
surface. Ensure that all the markers of interest have the correct surface associated with
them (Markers table, or Markers properties); then select Measure Surface Error from the
Markers menu:

Measure the distance of the Markers from their associated Surfaces.
Then in the Edit Preferences dialog, select Show Marker Error with color gradient


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Markers are now color-coded according to the distance from the surface (dark blue: closest; red: furthest away)
The second option is to hide markers that are below an acceptable distance from the
surface. Enter the acceptable distance in the Markers table (the fill-down option can be
convenient to do this). Then choose Hide Acceptable Markers from the Display |
Markers menu:

Hide Markers that are within an acceptable distance of their associated surface.
6727: Export render mesh
The render mesh can now be exported in three new file formats *.obj, *.x and *.stl:

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Bug fixes and minor changes
- 6739: When porcupines are displayed a modeless dialog will now be displayed for
adjusting the porcupine length.
- 7108: Symbol for knots has been changed from kts to kn across all apps
according to ISO standards.
- 6893: Users are warned when trying to bond edges that have grouped control
points.
- 6737: Cutting surfaces are now duplicated when a surface is duplicated.
- 7093: An issue where trimming gets lost when merging designs has been fixed.
- 7097: An issue where the Frame of Reference and design grid was not getting
scaled with the design using Quickstart has been fixed.
- 7052: An extruded linear surface has stiffness =1 (should be 2). Fixed.
- 7006: Crash in parametric transformation dialog if waterline length is 0m (i.e fully
submerged). Fixed.
Maxsurf Stability (Hydromax)
6483, 6748: Windage surface groups definition
A range of enhancements to the way the windage areas and underwater projected areas
are defined and calculated have been added to the Maxsurf vessel model. These data may
be defined and edited in both Maxsurf Modeler and Maxsurf Stability via the Windage
Surfaces dialog in hte Data menu.

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Windage Surfaces dialog (Data menu)
If no Windage groups are defined, then the older system for the calculation of windage
and lateral projected underwater area is used. That is the hydrostatic sections are
projected into the transverse plane. The outer perimeter formed by joining the upper and
lower limits of these projected sections is then used to calculate both the windage area of
the hull and the underwater projected area. The zero-trim waterline at the current midship
draft is used to determine which part of the projection is underwater and which part is
windage area. Because of these limitations, the effects of vessel trim and "holes" in the
model are not accounted for by this older method. The new method overcomes these
limitations as well as adding new features.

Windage Groups
The concept of a Windage Group has been added. This groups together model surfaces
which should be treated as a single object. There are always at least two Windage Groups
and the first one defines the surfaces that should be used to calculate the underwater
lateral projected area. Individual surfaces may be included in multiple Windage Groups.
Apart from the underwater group, Windage Groups have various factors associated with
them:
- F_drag: winage drag factor; default value 1.0
- F_shield: shielding factor; default value 0.0
- F_user: a user-defined factor; default value 1.0
- ( )
user shield drag total
. 0 . 1 . F F F F =

Windage Groups may be added and deleted with the respective buttons in the dialog. The
surfaces to be included in each group are defined in selected by double clicking in the
"Surfaces" cell in the table, in a similar manner to the selection of boundary surfaces for
Tanks and Compartments.

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Windage Group definition and Surface selection
The color of the Windage Profile outline can be changed in the Colors dialog; the
underwater profile is shown using the "Immersed Sections" color.

Color selection

Wind direction

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The Windage direction specifies the projection direction used for the surfaces: 90deg.
gives a projection in the lateral plane; 0deg. gives a direction in the longitudinal plane.
Angles between 0 and 180deg are allowed since the sign of the projection vector does
not matter.

Note that to improve performance, the projected windage contour uses a fairly coarse
surface mesh. This may result in the projected windage contour not exactly
corresponding with the surface edges, but the effect on projected area and center of area
is negligible. Due to the calculation method used for the projected conoturs, it is possible
that some visual artifacts may be present but again these have negligible effect on
projected area and center of area.

Windage projections viewed in profile at 90deg (upper) and 70deg (lower)
Display
In Maxsurf Stability, when the vessel is at the DWL, the normal windage profile view is
shown and the wind profile groups may be modified. However once a Large Angle
Stability analysis has been performed, it is possible to select the windage profile used for
any of the defined velocity profile wind heeling arms (see below for deails).

Display | Windage Profile dialog
Effect of heel
Maxsurf Stability has the option of using just the upright (zero heel) projected windage
profile or calculating the actual projection of the heeled vessel. The option is specified in
Edit | Preferences dialog. It should be noted that calculating the projected windage
profile at each heel angle can add significantly to the time required to complete the
analysis. For criteria evaluation, the underwater lateral projected area and center of area
for the upright (zero heel) vessel is always used; however the wind heeling moment will
use the actual inclined (including heel) projected windage area if this option has been
selected in the Preferences dialog.

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Upright or heeled/inclined projected windage area calculation preference

Windage profile calclated for the upright vessel and used for all heel angles

Windage profile calclated using heeled/inclined projected windage area method
Criteria: Velocity profile wind heeling arm

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A new criterion wind heeling arm has been added that allows the definition of a vertical
velocity to be specified. This heeling arm is always velocity-based (not pressure-based);
furthermore only the model-defined windage profile is used (there is no option for
additional area).

Wind heeling arm with velocity profile option
The velocity profile is defined by a series of horizontal strips parallel and above the
waterline. Each strip has a factors which is applied to the base velocity. This is done so
that the same velocity profile can easily be maintained for different base wind velocities.
To apply a uniform velocity profile (constant velocity at all heights) then simply specify

Uniform velocity profile
For a variable velocity profile simply specify the number of heights and the factor for
each height range: When entering the data for the velcity profile enter: "height , factor".
Heights must be in descending order. A height can he changed by typing "height"; a
factor can be changed by typing ", factor"

Variable velocity profile
When a variable velocity profile is selected for display, the different height zones are
displayed.


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Wind profile showing height zones defined in the selected variable wind velocity heeling arm
The wind heeling moment is calculated by dividing the windage profile in to the defined
height zones and applying the velocity profile. This is done for all the windage groups
whose contributions are then summed to give the total wind heeling moment. This is
divided by the vessel displacement to obtain the total wind heeling arm. Thus the wind
heeling arm,
wind
arm , is given by:
( ) | |

)
`
A
=
heights groups
group group group total
2
height wind
) .( . .
.
) ( cos .
arm H h A F f v
g
a
n
|

where:
a is a constant (typically half the density of air);
) ( cos |
n
defines the shape of the heeling arm (typically this would be 0.0 if the
calculation of the actual windage profile at each heel angle option has been selected);
A . g is the weight-force of the vessel;
{ }
heights
... accounts for the summation over all the height intervals specified for the
velocity profile, with a base velocity of v and a factor at each height
height
f ;
| |
groups
... accounts for the summation over all the defined windage groups;
group total
F is the total factor for the windage group defined as
( )
user shield drag total
. 0 . 1 . F F F F =
group
A is the area of the windage group
group
h is the vertical height of the center of area of the windage group
H is the height to be used for the assumed center of lateral resistance of the underwater
part of the hull.

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- Tanks, compartments, non-buoyant volumes, etc. are now referred to collectively
as Rooms.
- It is no longer necessary to select File | New when starting loadcases, room
definition etc. Simply start adding (Edit menu or Ctrl+A) rows.
- 6647: Fuel densities according to ISO 8217 have been added to the standard list of
fluid densities.
- 6815: The incorrect units for the Compact version of the cross-referenced heeling
arm criterion: ratio of GZ above heeling arm has been corrected to % (from m).
- 6731: Keypoint labels are now the same color as the keypoints (to facilitate
differentiation from Loadcase load items)
- Some issues with the visibility of tanks in rendered mode have been fixed
- Fixed issues with GHS imported models containing linked negative tanks, these
now remain negative components when changing the parent rooms to
compartments and back.
- Improved the "extent of damage" command which determines whether or not a
room intersects a damage space; previously some false positives were generated.
- The Add Keypoint menu item now has the correct wording.
- 6447: Autoballast, warn if attained CG does not match required CG.
- 5968: Section not forming correctly when Skin Thickness option is activated,
model specific. Fixed.
Maxsurf Structure (Workshop)
Plate clash detection
A warning dialog will now be displayed when two plates created on the same surface
overlap. Plate clash detection can be turned on and off from the preference dialog ( Edit
| Preferences).

Strucutre will warn which plates are overlapped by the newly correctly plate:


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- 6933: Inclined frames can now be exported to Rhino file.
- 7058: Rhino files can be exported from Structure in two forms now. Firstly with all
parts as NURBS surfaces, secondly with all parts as trimeshes. To execute choose
File | Export | Rhinoceros 3dm file | NURBS Surfaces/Mesh Surfaces.
- 6715: String cutout not extending with stringer angle to frame. Fixed.
- 6959: Deducted frame not working correctly - model specific. Fixed.
Maxsurf Mtions (Seakeeper)
Second Polar Graph view
The original polar graph view has been renamed the Polar view, since in this view iso-
level contours of the selected result data are displayed on a polar plot with speed as the
radial axis. A new Polar Graph view has been added where the plot shows the same
selected result data plotted on the radial axis (against heading) with one curve for each of
the speeds tested.

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Polar plots of selected result data

Ochi Hubble Spectrum
The Ochi Hubble two parameter spectrum has been added to the standard list of sea state
spectrum. The Ochi Hubble spectrum is unique in that it allows for the generation of a
sea stat that has two peaks, one representing the swell (long period) and one representing
the sea (short period). A typical spectrum may look like this:


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User defined heel and trim for panel method
The model can now be placed at any attitude by using the trim and heel dialogs. A panel
analysis can then be run on the oblique underwater shape. The Heel and Draft and
Trim dialogs can be accessed from the Analysis menu. They are only available if the
analysis type is set to Panel Method. Once the heel and trim has been set the analysis
mesh will need to be recalculated.


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- 6918: User can now specify the upper and lower limits of the frequency range for
motions to be calculated at.
- 6825: A water depth can now be set for the Panel method analysis.
- 6695: Ocraflex Drift Force File export has been added to the File | Export menu.
- 6658: Ocraflex motions files can now be exported directly from Motions via the File
| Export menu.
- 6931: COM interface has been updated with Panel Method functionality.
- 6814: A problem which prevented calculation of added resistance using Havelocks
method has been fixed.
- 6503: Angular velocity and accelerations are always given in rad/s and rad/s/s,
irrespective of user selected units for angle or frequency.
- The maximum number of frequencies that can be calculated has been increased to
500.
- Some issues with the data plotted in the Polar contour graph have been addressed.
- 7116: Roll phase was incorrect for Wave Excitation forces of a Panel method
analysis.
- 6977: Added resistance for panel method is now calculated (Havelock method).
- 6744: Stringers added on a surface in the section plane not rendering correctly.
Fixed.
- 6777: Cancelling a panel method analysis part way through was leaving temporary
files on disk. Fixed.
- 6837: Adding incorrect parameters to a section in the library was displaying a
blank dialog. Fixed.
Maxsurf Resistance (Hullspeed)
Korean Register Barge Resistance
A new barge resistance algorithm has been implemented. The method is based on the
resistance prediction algorithm in Rules for the Towing Survey of Barges and
Tugboats 2010 issued by Korean Register of Shipping and is suitable for box shaped
vessels operating in displacement mode.

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Maxsurf VPP (Span)

Maxsurf Link (Hydrolink)

Maxsurf Fitting (Prefit)
Problem Reports
We greatly appreciate any bug reports or suggestions you may have. Please report any
bugs or anomalies you find through www.bentley.com/serviceticketmanager .

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