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Here, we consider the problem of how one goes about building a model of the compartments of a vessel. In
MOSES, one of the compartments is the "exterior" or skin of the vessel, and this is more difficult to model than
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the interior ones. The reason for the complication is that the exterior model serves double duty, it is used for both
the computation of hydrostatic forces and diffraction forces. With hydrostatics, one can have several pieces that Common Questions
touch and, aside from the wetted surface, the results will be quite acceptable. For diffraction, however, the panels
must form a single, closed surface. Reference Manual

Any definition of a compartment in MOSES defines a set of plane areas called panels. The total model of a
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compartment can be composed of several subsets, each one of which is called a piece. There are two ways to
define a piece in MOSES: Technical Information

One can define the intersection of the piece with a set of planes (the PGEN method), or
One can define each panel.

The PGEN method is quite easy and powerful. For example, the model of this body

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contains about 25 modeling commands. Its shortcoming, however, is that it can only define models for simply-
connected pieces. For example a vessel like this

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requires a panel definition. Instead of requiring that the user manually define each panel for such a model,
MOSES has a special menu, the &SURFACE menu, which allows one to combine pieces. In this way, the user
can define complicated shapes with easy to define pieces.

In contrast to many programs, you do not have to define small panels to obtain good accuracy. The hydrostatic
calculations in MOSES are exact for any panel model, provided that the panels exactly describe the body
exterior. For diffraction computations, MOSES will automatically refine a coarse panel model to achieve any
desired degree of fidelity. For example, when asked, MOSES will take the model above and turn it into

for diffraction calculations.

Thus, based on the above, in MOSES one should have as few large panels as possible. There is an exception
to this rule. When performing a structural analysis, the total force on a panel is distributed to a set of nodes. By
having large panels, one can miss some local details of the hydrostatic and hydrodynamic force.

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