Near the top of the main window on the Home Tab, there is a row of buttons called the Elements Panel:
Working from left to right, the components referred are:
Cylinder - Cylindrical shell |
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Torisphere - Torispherical head |
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Cone - Conical head or shell segment |
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ANSI/Bolted Flange - Bolted body flange |
Ellipse - Elliptical head |
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Sphere - Spherical head or shell |
Welded Flat Head - Places a welded flat head. |
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Skirt - Skirt support with base ring |
We will talk about the remaining commands later as I am sure you are anxious to start building your first vessel. Before we leave this subject however, if you let your mouse cursor hover over any of the buttons, you will get a ‘tool tip’, which briefly describes the function of the button: