Setting the Load Type

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Setting the Load Type

Additional Features > Loading Conditions and Hydrostatics

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In the Weight area in the Load Conditions window you may select between load types WgtGrp, Tank or Load.  

A WgtGrp load type gives you the opportunity to refer to any weight group in MassTrack and get the weight and center of gravity from here.  This may be the Lightship, a deadweight group or any other SWBS in MassTrack.  The weight group you want to refer to is written in the Source column of the Weights table.  See marks 1 and 2 in the figure above.  When assigning a WgtGrp load it is important an update it needed to initialize the value.  This is done by right-clicking the table and selecting Update item(s) from the submenu.

A Tank load type represents a tank that can be defined with content and sounding table.  

A Load type is a defined static mass load to be included in the loading condition.

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The picture above shows the input tables for hydrostatic properties, tank definitions and sounding tables, both windows are shown by clicking the corresponding buttons in the Load Conditions window.

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