Both the strength and weakness of MOSES is its flexibility; there is virtually nothing that one cannot accomplish provided they are willing to spend the time. While the flexibility allows one to analyze everything, the price one pays is the cost of learning. If, however, one is willing to establish some rules and to decide on a fixed objective for a given analysis, then that analysis becomes routine. We will call the structure imposed by the rules and the standard objectives a template. Templates for the analyses of the installation of a jacket or deck are provided with the software. Our objective here is to describe how to use these templates.

Here one defines all of the data necessary for a transportation, launch, upend, lift or loadout analysis of a structure in a single data file with each analysis using the same data. There are two general rules here to which one must adhere: The dimension cannot be changed during the analysis One must use a barge which conforms to conventions

The way these templates work is to rely on basic data one defines by "setting variables". This basic data is then used to deduce all of the other data needed. By a barge conforming to conventions, we simply mean that all of the basic variables have been set. A library of vessels is provided which conform. If one of these is not suitable, you can prepare a model of your own. In preparing this model, you should use the data file SAMPLE.DATA in /ultra/hdesk/tools/vessels/barges, which is a template for barge data.

To use these templates you should first read the documentation and then copy files install.dat and install.cif to your working directory.