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Quick data access

The Quick Data Access is a module that allows you to display much of your model input data in tabular form and therefore offers a convenient way to check or modify the data. This module consists in several sets of windows containing tabs with grids associated with the different model components.

This windows module can be opened either from the pop-up menus associated with the model browser or from the tool bar icon :

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All the data in the Quick Data Access grids can be copied/pasted to/from Excel, making model and analysis creation and QA checking very fast and reliable.

Several Quick data access windows are available to display the following types of data : Analysis data, Line type data, Arches and buoys data, Drilling equipment data and Connections.

  • Analysis data : This part allows you to access all the data used to define the analyses contained in a selected set of analyses. The data will be displayed in several tabs including Analysis, Static, Dynamic, Modal, VIV, Contact, Numerical parameters, etc. Each row in the grids correspond to one analysis.

  • Link type data : This part allows you to access all the data used to define spring and flexjoint properties.

  • Line type data : This part allows the user to access all the data used to define the line segment types. You can either click the Quick data access item from the pop-up menu that displays when right-clicking the Line types folder in the Model browser. The window contains several tabs, including Flexible pipe, Rigid pipe, Cable chain, Stiffener, Tapered, Drill joint and Hose pipe.

  • Loading data : This part allows the user to access all the data to set loadings. The following loadings can be set :

    • Constant force
    • Incremental
    • Sinusoidal
    • Time dependant
    • Time dependant from file
    • Loading via dll
    • Concentrated buoyancy
    • Inertia matrix
    • Damping matrix
    • Stiffness matrix
    • Lump mass
    • Ballast

  • Displacement data : This part allows the user to access all the data to set loadings. The following loadings can be set:

    • Incremental
    • Sinusoidal
    • Acceleration
    • Time dependent
    • Dis/Connection dependent
    • Control

  • Arches and buoys data : This part allows the user to access all the data used to define the arches and buoys in your model. The window contains an Arch tab and a Buoys tab. The property to be displayed can be selected with the drop-down menu located in the upper part of the window, for instance Net Buoyancy Force, Horizontal drag global coefficient or ALL.

  • Drilling equipment data : This part allows the user to access all the data used to define the drilling equipment objects in your model. The window contains the LMRP, BOP, Wellhead and X-mas tree tabs. The property to be displayed can be selected with the drop-down menu located in the upper part of the window, for instance Dry weight, apparent weight or ALL.

  • Connections and nodes data: This part allows the user to access and handle all the connections between the objects defined in your model. Use the Type drop-down list in the upper left corner to select first the type of objects that you wish to access, i.e. buoys, lines, rigid bodies You can then select the object through its name in the Object drop down list. Then, you can choose the information displayed in the window with the filter : you can either display the Primary points, the Fairlead points or the Nodes position. The information, for example the XYZ coordinates of one line section ends, is displayed in the central grid.

  • Lines segmentation data: This part allows the user to access and handle segmentation data associated with any Line component included in the model. Getting the whole set of segmentation data displayed in the same table conveniently allows altering the segmentation for several lines and several sections. Data displayed in this table can be copied to and pasted from Excel.