• Introduction
  • About the User’s Guide
  • Context Sensitive Help
  • Contact Information
  • General View of the ShipWeight System
    • The Breakdown Structure Systems
  • Definitions
  • Unicode Compliance
• ShipWeight Basics
  • Starting ShipWeight
  • Creating a New Project
  • Enter Parameter values
  • Opening an Existing Project
  • Moving through the Hierarchy
  • Finding the Right Weight Group
  • Global Filter
  • The Item Window: Entering Weight Information
    • Adding Items
    • Deleting Items
    • Cut, Copy and Paste
    • Filtering
    • Sorting
    • Item History (Recover Previous Versions of an Item)
    • Deleted Items (History of...)
    • Change Weight Group Code
    • Code Enveloped Items
    • Set Codes by Mapping
    • Set Field Values
    • Set SFI Codes
    • Set CoG by Code Envelopes
    • Local Coordinates
    • Split Item
    • Check CoG
    • Auto CoG
    • Copy/Paste Log
    • Cell Formula in Items Window
    • Frame Conversion (entering frame numbers in Items Window)
    • Marking Changed Values in Items Window
    • Easier Formatting of Values in the Code Definition Window
    • Description and Indentation of Custom Codes in drop lists
    • “Quick Dump” to Excel from Items Window
      • Export
      • Import
    • Color Coding for Code Groups
    • Merge Item Function
    • Change Field Value in Items Window
    • Estimate Items
  • Playground Area and Workset
    • Using the Playground Area without Worksets
    • Using Worksets with the Playground Area
    • Checking a Workset with Weight Items out to the Playground
    • Working with Checked Out Items in the Playground Area
    • Reviewing Worksets (Rejecting or Approving Worksets)
    • Running a Report of the Net Changes
    • User Permission Settings for Playground Area
  • Making the Project Ready for Export to the Historical Database
    • Filling in Missing Parameters
  • Exporting to the Historical Database
  • Log Activities and Results
  • Adding Comments to Specific Weight Groups
  • Reports and Documentation
    • Standard Reports
      • Filter Settings on Standard Reports
    • Crystal Reports in ShipWeight
    • How to Run a Crystal Report
    • Executive Summary Report
    • Modular Weight Distribution Report
• Estimating Weight and CoG
  • Starting a new Estimation
    • How to paste lightship weights directly into the historical database
  • The Estimation Window
    • The Graph Area in the Estimation Window
    • Coefficient Selection
    • The Project List in the Estimation Window
    • The Comparison Area in the Estimation Window
  • Filter Coefficients in the Graph
  • Graph Options
  • Saving your Settings in the Estimation Window
    • Quick Load/Save of Estimation Settings
    • Importing Estimation Settings
  • Taking Uncertainty into Account
  • Using the Remainder Group in Estimation
    • Combining Known and Estimated Weights
    • Dynamic Remainder: Freezing the Values Above
  • Automatic Calculation of Weight Groups as Percentage of other Weight Groups
  • Starting a New Project Based on Earlier Estimation Results
• Additional Features
  • Weight Distribution
    • Weight Distribution Calculations in ShipWeight
  • Gyradius
  • Comparing Projects
    • Tree view in Compare Dialog and Total CoG Impact from Changes
    • Column for Checking Change Impact
  • The Auto Estimation… Window
  • User-Defined Estimation Methods
  • Mapping Between Code Types
    • Code Mapping Sample
  • The Code Envelopes Window
    • Plotting Multiple Envelopes in Envelope Window
  • Move CoG
  • Frame Calculator
  • Importing and Exporting Data in ShipWeight
    • Importing from a ShipWeight Database (SQL)
    • Importing Weight Items from a Spreadsheet
    • How to use the Project Parameter Export and Import in ShipWeight
      • Exporting Project Parameters
      • Importing Project Parameters
    • ShipWeight Data File Import (Excel, Text & Access)
      • The Data File Import Window
      • Checking Values during Data Import
      • Test Import for Data File Import
        • Checking the import
    • ShipWeight Custom Import
      • Import Collections
      • Source Data and Import Setting
        • Define Import Setting
          • Connect Field
          • Start and End Row
          • Connect Code Mapping
          • Save Setting
          • Import Setting
      • Item Test Table
      • Item Table
        • Import
          • Import Logging
  • Libraries in ShipWeight
    • Equipment Database
    • Import/Export Weight Data between the Equipment Database and the Item Window
    • Address Library
    • Default Coefficient Library
  • Changing the Top Weight Group
  • The Code Definition Window
    • Create a New Code Type
    • Calculated Codes
    • Formatting Codes
    • Field Type Codes
    • Default Value for Custom Code
    • AutoSum for Custom Code
    • Add a Code Value
    • UnitWeight Function
    • Import Codes
    • Tutorial: Add Custom Codes
    • Tutorial: Define Calculated Codes
  • Loading Conditions and Hydrostatics
    • To Input Values and Import Values
    • Setting the Load Type
  • 3D Plot of Weights
• Administration and Customization
  • The Options Window
    • General
    • Wgt.grps.
    • Quantity
    • Decimals
    • Database
    • Log
    • Report
    • Item
    • Estimation
    • Workset
    • Layout
    • Hydrostatic
    • Security Warning
    • Weight Distribution Curve
  • User Permission Setup
    • The Users Tab
    • The Groups Tab
    • The Password Policy Tab
    • The Create New User Window
    • Change your Password in ShipWeight
    • The User Group Window
    • Permission Settings per Custom Code
    • Deploying Permissions to Other Projects
  • The Project Settings Window
  • The Project Statistics Window
  • The Project Type Window
    • Import Project Type Window
    • Project Type Definition Window
  • The Item Setting Window
    • Using the Item Settings Window
    • Import Item Settings
  • Database Administration
    • Restore Project/Database
    • Delete Project / Database
    • Execute SQL Commands on Database
    • Utilization of the Log Database in ShipWeight
    • Project and Log Database Table View
  • Changing the SQL Server in ShipWeight
  • Parameter Definition
    • Parameter Types
  • Define Weight Groups
    • Navigating in the WBS
    • Understanding the Grid Columns
    • Changing Sort Order and Icons in the WBS
    • Changing a Weight Group
  • Create Sets of Estimation Methods
  • Backup and Restore Projects in ShipWeight
  • Exchanging ShipWeight Projects (Import/Export Complete Projects)
  • Create Your Own WBS
    • Changes to Crystal Report Templates when adding WBS
  • Set up a Secondary WBS in ShipWeight
    • Define the WBS Codes and set up SystemCodeVariables
    • Define the Secondary WBS Structure
    • Giving a Name to the New WBS
    • Activating the New WBS
• Hints and Tricks
  • Show Frames
  • Frame Calculator
  • Convert to Item / Convert to Weight Group Sum
  • Calculating Parameters
  • Fix Item Weight Group Coding
  • Using the Secondary Coordinate System
  • Company Logo in Reports
• Introduction to the Databases
  • Overview of the Databases
  • About the SW0x_Project Database
  • About the SWSystem Database
  • Administration of System Database
• Introduction to Crystal Reports
  • The Crystal Report Viewer in ShipWeight
  • The Main Window of Crystal Reports
  • Developing Own Crystal Reports
    • The Report Creation Wizard
    • Filtering Data on ProjectID
    • Formatting a Report
    • Displaying Data in US-units
    • Summarizing a Code-field
  • Upgrading Existing Reports to include ProjectID
    • Replace Datasource
    • Adding a ProjectID Parameter Field
    • Create Record Selection Formula
    • Change Sub-report Links
• Training Manual
  • Proposed Agenda
  • Table of Contents
  • ShipWeightOverview
  • Customizing the ShipWeight System Database
  • Starting a New Project
  • Customizing ShipWeight Project Options
  • Setting Up Custom Codes and Item Settings
  • Enter Weight Data Manually
  • Import of Weight Data
  • Filtering, Sorting and Changing Data in ShipWeight
  • Getting Results and Output
  • Quality assurance (QA) – Compare and Vetting Projects
  • Playground Area
  • Export to Historical Database
  • Parametric Estimation
  • Loading Conditions, Hydrostatics & Global Filters
  • Phase Codes
  • Permission Settings
  • ShipWeight Plugins
  • Crystal Reports
• Training Excersises
  • Basic Weight Followup
• Quick start Manual
  • SetUpExcelFileForDataFileImport