Preferred Profiles

Catalogues and Specifications User Guide

Structures : Preferred Profiles

Use the Preferred Structural Profile Specifications Manager window to create a list of preferred or allowable profiles for use on a project. The window can also be used to modify the preferred list.

A Confirm window is displayed, click Yes to create a PSPWL element in the hierarchy and to display the Preferred Structural Profile Specifications Manager window.

The Preferred Structural Profile Specifications Manager window can be split into four areas:

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The left hand side of the Preferred Structural Profile Specifications Manager window displays all specification, GTYPE and profile entries in the database which is read only. The right hand side of the Preferred Structural Profile Specifications Manager window displays entries to be included in the list (read/write).

General

Use the Preferred Profiles Specification (PSPWL) part of the Preferred Structural Profile Specifications Manager window to add general attributes such as a name and description for the preferred profile list.


Name	Input a name for the preferred profile list, by default the auto naming rules are applied.
Description	Input a description for the preferred profile list.
Purpose	By default, the purpose is set to STPP.
Current Selection	The current preferred profile list is displayed by default, others are available from the drop down list.
Reload All	Reloads the Preferred Structural Profile Specifications Manager window, discarding the current entries.

Use the remainder of the Preferred Structural Profile Specifications Manager window to add or remove specifications, generic types (GTYPE) and profiles to the current preferred profile list. The selection with or without its members are added/removed to the list.


Read Only:
Specifications	Displays a list of all the specifications available for selection.
GTYPE	Displays a list of all the GTYPEs available for selection.
Profiles	Displays a list of all the profiles available for selection.
Read/Write:
Preferred Profiles	Displays the specifications to be included in the current preferred profile list.
GTYPE	Displays the GTYPEs to be included in the current preferred profile list.
Profiles	Displays the profiles to be included in the current preferred profile list.

Preferred Profile Lists for Different Work Scopes on the Same Project

Although more than one preferred profile list can be created, only one list may be used at any one time on a project. If a project has different work scopes on the same project (for example, jacket and topsides) and different preferred profile lists are required for each work scope, it is recommended that a separate Catalogue DB is created for each work scope and the relevant preferred profile list placed in each DB.

Each Catalogue DB can then be added to the appropriate MDB, allowing the correct preferred profile list to be used.