OrcaFlex Manual - Orcina

Automation, Batch Processing
PolarTheta[2] = 45.0
Select Line2
PolarR[1] = 20.0
PolarTheta[1] = 90.0
PolarR[2] = 340.0
PolarTheta[2] = 90.0
Select Winch1
PolarR[3] = 0.0
PolarTheta[3] = 90.0
PolarR[4] = 10.0
PolarTheta[4] = 90.0
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For lines and links an index of 1 means End A and an index of 2 means End B. For winches the index identifies the
winch connection point.
Colour data
Drawing colour data items can be set through batch script in a variety of ways. The simplest is to use the pre-defined
colours as follows:
Select "Line Type1"
PenColour = Red
Select "Line Type2"
PenColour = Green
The full list of pre-defined colours is: Black, Maroon, Green, Olive, Navy, Purple, Teal, Gray, Silver, Red, Lime, Yellow,
Blue, Fuchsia, Aqua, MoneyGreen, SkyBlue, Cream, MedGray and White.
If you want more control over the colour then you can specify an RGB value as an integer. The following example has
the same effect as the previous one:
Select "Line Type1"
PenColour = 255
Select "Line Type2"
PenColour = 65280
Using decimal values for RGB value is impractical. Instead a neat trick is to specify the colour as a hexadecimal value
by prefixing it with a $ sign as follows:
Select "Line Type1"
PenColour = $0000FF
Select "Line Type2"
PenColour = $00FF00
Select "Line Type3"
PenColour = $FF0000
This sets the colours to red, green and blue respectively. Each pair of hex digits controls the amount of red, green
and blue. So white is $FFFFFF and black is $000000. A value of $C0C0C0 gives a light grey and $808080 produces a
darker grey.
Fatigue Analysis data
Fatigue analysis data is quite simple in the script. The only complication is that you must to select S-N and T-N
curves before assigning their data.
NewFatigue
DamageCalculation = "Homogeneous pipe stress"
AnalysisType = Rainflow
ArclengthIntervalsCount = 1
FromArclength[1] = 0.0
ToArclength[1] = 30.0
SCF[0] = 1.5
SNcurveCount = 2
SNcurveName[2] = ProjectSteel
Select SNcurve ProjectSteel
SNDataEnduranceLimit = 0.0
4.2.6 Handling Script Errors
As with other computer programs, OrcaFlex batch script files can easily contain errors. It is therefore wise to check
your script file for errors before running it as a batch job. To check for errors in your scripts, use the "Check Files"