NAPA Steel Integration

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Integrate a NAPA Steel model. With this function you can transfer a complete NAPA Steel model to a CADMATIC Hull 3D model, maintaining the topology. In the integration process, NAPA Steel structural entities are converted to CADMATIC Hull structural entities.

Integrating a NAPA Steel model

Note: Before you can use the Napa Steel Integration function, you must define the general NAPA integration settings in System Management > Projects > NAPA Steel > Integration Settings.

Important: NAPA Integration works only with converted models from 2025H1 onwards. To be able to use the functionality, open the NAPA database using NAPA software and type CONVERT ST MODEL to convert the NAPA Steel model.

Start the NAPA Steel model integration in the 3D-Contek application, Tools > NAPA. The database that was last open is now opened - if it is present.

Do the following:

  1. Select the NAPA Steel database to integrate by browsing to its location. The default is the last opened database for the given user.

  2. Select the limits for the part of the NAPA Steel model that you want to convert:

    • NAPA block system – Use the limits from the block system of the NAPA Steel model. The exact block definition limits are used, not the limits of the bounding box surrounding the block. This allows for correctly importing blocks with slanted block definitions.

      Select a block in Block. The limits of the selected block are shown in the Min. and Max. fields.

    • Hull active block – Use the limits of the currently active Hull block. The limits of the selected block are shown in the Min. and Max. fields.

    • Free limits – Use custom limits. Enter the limits in the Min. and Max. fields. The last used values are prefilled.

      Note: If the minimum height is 0, it will be changed to '-100'.

    • No limits – Import the entire NAPA Steel model into the current active block. The Min. and Max. fields are disabled.

  3. Select the NAPA project Version.

  4. Options – Select if shell plates are excluded from the integration (Without shell plates), included in the integration (With shell plates), or if only shell plates are imported during integration (Only shell plates).

  5. Click OK to start the integration process.

Related settings:

  • System Management > Projects > NAPA Steel > Connection Settings – Define how specific structural entities in the NAPA Steel model are converted to CADMATIC Hull structural entities.