10. Import features from libraries

The identification tag for this tutorial is PDS-ACQ.

10.1. Tutorial overview

This tutorial covers:

• Importing feature libraries

10.2. Import libraries into the subsurface mooring simulation

Importing feature libraries allows the user to have a single library repository that multiple projects can use. Existing libraries can be accessed from the Beta Utilities page of the DSA website.

Note

• Custom libraries can be created using the same format as shown in any library file.

• Open a new simulation in PST
• Navigate to the Beta Utilities page by selecting the Help menu option along the top tool bar and clicking Visit Beta Utilities Page.
• Download the ProteusDS materials library and extract the files.
• In PST, select the Configuration menu option along the top tool bar and select Import Feature(s) from External Library...
• Click Open and navigate to the extracted ProteusDS materials library folder.
• Open the Wire rope 6x19 lib library file.
• Select Wire_rope_6x19_1in in the left DCableSegment tree and click Import.

Note

• If a feature already existing within the project with the same name as the feature you are trying to import, PST will prompt you to input a new feature name.

The Wire_rope_6x19_1in feature has now been imported into the project library from the Wire rope 6x19 lib file. Multiple features may be loaded at one time.