General HydroStatics
Ship Stability Software
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(New or interesting aspects of GHS that you may not know about)

Deadweight Scale (review)

The DWSCALE wizard creates a detailed deadweight-scale graphic designed to be printed and included in a final report. It doesn't require much input beyond a geometry model with a deck-edge marking. Of course, the ship's weight and VCG (exclusive of deadweight) are also required inputs. Trim is taken to be zero.

In the main dialog, you can specify the range of drafts and an alternate draft reference line. The deadweight scale is comprised of up to nine columns or panels. You can select the vessel characteristic to be displayed in each panel. Leave the drop-down box empty to omit one or more panels.

Once you have the desired arrangement, press Go, and wait just a few moments while the wizard does its magic. A print preview will appear showing the resulting deadweight scale and the optional hydrostatics. The wizard output is placed in the current report -- or else it creates a new report file.

If you've ever tried to create a deadweight scale in a graphics program, you'll appreciate the amount of work the DWSCALE wizard performs in about 10 seconds flat.

GHS (and BHS) include many other useful wizards. To see the full list, click the Wizard drop-down menu and choose All.

Questions, comments, or requests?
Contact Creative Systems, Inc.

support@ghsport.com

USA phone: 360-385-6212 Fax: 360-385-6213
Office hours: 7:00 am - 4:00 pm Pacific Time, Monday - Friday

Mailing address:
PO Box 1910
Port Townsend, WA 98368 USA

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