CHAPTER page

Application flow chart 1

Directory to store ARQNs projects 2

General Data and new folder for a new project 2

Create Body Lines Plan 6

Define individual hull sections 6

Use a table of offsets in Excel 7

Read data from Excel and Draw Body Lines 8

Create a New Table of Offsets 11

Enter the coordinates of the 12

points of the various curves

Obtain the coordinates of 13

points from an existing body
lines plan.

Draw a traditional 2D body lines plan in AutoCAD 15

The Coordinates System 15

Give codes curves 16

Getting other hull lines 23

ARQN Models 29

Creating 3D models 30

3D Regions 30

Solid Model 31

ANNEX 34

Frames Bonjean Values 39

Hydrostaics 41

Cross curves of stability 45

 Application flow chart

Core Modules
Projects General Data

Create a new folder for the new

project

Create Body Lines Plan

Create 3D Hull Model

Regions Solid

Bonjean Values

Hydrostatics

KN Values

Generates set of data needed

to calculate the equilibrium
waterplane in Load Condition

Adoption of Stability Criteria

Definition of Key Points

Tanks definition.
Sounding tables

1st Load Condition :

Ligth ship

Other Load Conditions

GZ & DN curves

Complementary studies of
stability

Outputs in Word, Excel,

AutoCAD

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 1.-Directory to store ARQNs projects

We will create a generic directory to store all

projects calculated with ARQN.

This is done directly in the directory tree in

Windows Explorer

Generic Directory name : ARQN Projects

2.- General Data and new folder for a new project

Click button Selectinterfacelanguage

Locate at Tab New Project

Click to search for the Directory ARQN Projects

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 Click on the directory tree until the
text box

display the desired directorys name

Now click

Look at the status bar

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 In the text boxes we introduce following ships data :

Project Identificaction : Project 124

Total Length : 18.29 m
Length between perpendiculars : 14.758 m
Water line Length : 14.864 m
Max.Moulded Breadth : 4.800 m
Height to deck at ships side :2.786 m
Moulded Draft amidship : 2.039 m
Hull Type : mono hull
Language for this Project : english

The button allows to select the type of hull. By double clicking on the box we can select
the projects language .

This should be the final situation

Now we click on to save data. The application will create a new folder for this project and it
will save the entered data.

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 If you want to quickly check how ARQN works, go to APPENDIX at the
end of this Quick Guide.

Later, you can continue from step 3 on the next page.

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 3.- Create Body Lines Plan

(module Formas)

Use icon in AutoCADs Tool Bar to start working with

Formas.

Module Formas provides the specific tools to work with hull

lines.

The goal is to draw the Body Lines plan, fair it and create the 3D models ARQN uses in its calculations.

To draw body lines plan ARQN offers 3 posibilities :

1. use particular modulus in FORMAS to define each one of the sections of the hull
2. create a table of offsets in an Excel worksheet, from where Formas will read the data.
3. draw a traditional 2D body lines plan in AutoCAD.

3.1.-Define individual hull sections :

We will use header menus

Each one of menus gives us

access to specific module for
giving data (point coordinates)
of each section on the hull.

Each of these modules

operates exclusively with its
specific lines :

- Long. Prof.
- Tangentials
- Trans. Sections

Only Body Plan module deals

with all types of sections.

Later well discuss this option more in depth.

NOTE :

When loading Body Plan module, the application will report that did not find some files.
Do not worry, click "Ignore" and continue

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 3.2.- Use a table of offsets in Excel

Before starting this exercise :

In the directory where ARQN was installed,

sub folder Tutorial

TAN S.L.\ ARQ 2014\ Tutorial

youll find the file "Cartilla.xls".

Copy it to directory :

C: \ ARQN Projects \ Project 124 \ formas

Now :

Use the header menu "Body Plan" (seepicture in previous page) to access this module.

In the new window that opens, use the header menu Working with Excel

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 This opens a new window where you can :

Create a new table in Excel Open an existing Excel table

to enter Offsets values and draw the curves

Read data from Excel and Draw Body Lines

The button opens the table of offsets of the boat, if this has been previously
created.

Now click on . ----- > Ships Table of Offsets appears

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 After opening the table, select the options to apply when drawing the curves :

Lines type : spline

Red color for curves

3D model (draw curves in space)

You can get the typical 2D body lines drawing or a 3D wireframe.

In both cases the user will improve the model created with this command as much as desired.

Typically working with the 2D model to create the final shapes, and from them , create the necessary
3D models for naval architecture calculations.

Later we will see examples of how to work with the module Plano Formas to better complete the
forms and smooth lines for the final design.

Select the 3D option and click on Draw Curves (this button will not be activated until you have
selected the type of curve)

3D Model

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 Save this drawing and open a new empty one or delete that lines.

Now select the 2D option and click again on Draw Curves

2DModel

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 Create a New Table of Offsets

Quit ARQN and Formas.

In the folder :

TAN S.L.\ ARQ 2014\ Tutorial

Youll find a file named :

Plano de Formas.dwg.

Copy it, without changing its name, in the folder C:\ARQN Projects\Project 124\formas.

Go directly to Plano de Formas module, clicking on the button in

AutoCADs Toolbar.

The same window chapter 3.2 opens and in it, click the menu
Working with Excel.

We have two possibilities:

1. Enter the coordinates of the points of the various curves in the Excel table, then applying the
draw.

2. Obtain the coordinates of points from an existing lines plan, CREATED WITH MODULE "Plano
de Formas" of ARQN

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 1.- Enter the coordinates of the points of the various curves

The table of offsets must be created by cutting the frames and the longitudinal profile with as many
water lines as you want to use.

In the central tablel, the window should indicate the various intervals and the spacing between them.

What you see in the figure means that it will create the following water lines:

Between 0 and 200 mm from the base line, every 50 mm

Between 200 and 1200 mm, every 100 mm
Between 1200 and 2600, separated 200 mm
And a last water line at 2600 mm from base line

Dont forget to save data in this table

In this case, the application, by default, will create a table with 15 frames : 11 evenly spaced Lbp/10
distance plus two intermediate frames in each of the forward and aft ends. There, by hand, introduce
the coordinates of the points.

The final file must be saved in the project directory, in the subfolder "forms".
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 2.- Obtain the coordinates of points from an existing body lines plan.

We should have on AutoCADs screen the Plano de Formas.dwg whose table of offsets we want to
get.

This time we must also indicate the water lines necessary but, unlike explained in 1, the application will
find out how many frames are in the plane and will prepare the Excel table accordingly.

To allow the application to do all that is necessary the Plano de Formas have been created with the
Forms module. Thus each line have been assigned a code to distinguish them from the others and
module "Formas" clearly knows how to treat each.

PROCEDURE:

1. Open in AutoCAD the file Plano de

Formas.dwg
2. Indicate water lines you need

3. Click button
4. Click button

5. Wait patiently until the Excel data table is

complete

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 we get the following :

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 3.3.- Draw a traditional 2D body lines plan in AutoCAD

The last option is to hand draw in AutoCAD, traditional 2D shapes drawing.

But for this we have a wide range of support, which make the job much simpler and more flexible

However, you must follow two important rules:

1. Draw shapes in the coordinate system required by ARQN

2. Give each curve codes that allow ARQN recognize and give the treatment required by each
one.

3.3.1.- The Coordinates System

Fig. 1 - When drawing the Body Lines plan

Fig. 2.- For 3D models created by ARQN, hydrostatics values, localization of c. of g..

That is, when drawing th lines plan, we place the frames and the other curves as shown in Fig.
1, the X axis at baseline and the origin of the coordinates at Lbp / 2

Instead, ARQN places the 3D models with baseline as X axis but the origin located in the Ap.

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 3.3.2.- Give Codes to curves

For this exercise we will define a new project called "Tug", of the following main particulars:

Total Length : 36,9 m

Length between perpendiculars : 32,5 m
Water line Length : 35,67 m
Max.Moulded Breadth : 9,5 m
Height to deck at ships side : 5,2 m
Moulded Draft amidship : 4,42 m
Hull Type : mono hull
Language for this Project : english

Closes modules and set up the new project with

the module INICIO

Go to New Project tab

Complete the text boxes and click

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 Copy file ARQN\Tutorial\Tug\Plano de Formas.dwg into ARQN Projects\Tug\Formas

Click the Formas icon to start this module

And then click Body Plan menu

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 You will receive two messages alerting you that a couple of files were not found.

These are supporting files that are used in the process of creating forms, but are not needed at this
moment. Pres Ignore.

The application automatically loads the Plano de Formas.dwg for this project that supposedly have
drawn on our own.

In this drawing the frames are shown, the longitudinal profile, the line of the main deck and the bulwark
with their frames.

Marine engineering calculations must be made only for the closed volume situated below the main deck.
Therefore, all that is above it, for these calculations, it is not of interest and delete now.

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 These are the lines you are going to work with :

For Forms, at this time, these lines do not make sense. We must tell the application what each line and
any more information that identifies or position in the hull. So we must indicate:

frames: their distances from aft peprpendicular .

longitudinal profile: the case of the bow or stern.
deck lines: if an elevation or if they are traces in the transversal plane.
knuckles : as decks.

The module "Body Plan" that just opened, has a large number of buttons according to multiple
commands that may be eeded.

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 One of them , allow us to indicate what each line is.

Click that button. The window module is minimized in order to leave active AutoCADs display, where
will point to identify the line. Beside each frame you can see a text indicating its distance from the aft
perpendicular.

Indicate, for example, the one with the text 16250.

Now you can access an auxiliary window where you

indicate that this is a frame whose distance from AP is
16250 mm.
Click

You can see that in the indicated curve has been

written the following code

That is, the line is identified as frame to 16250 mm of
Ap.

Click now and then another frame in the AutoCAD screen.

Select again and write its distance from AP. Then click

To stop this process, click

Similarly we proceed with all other frames in the picture.

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 We will now define the lines forming the deck
Click once more

Now indicate in screen, the line # 1

Fill in the boxes as shown in figure

and click

Click on

Now indicate line # 2.1

Fill in the boxes as shown in figure

and click

Same procedure with line # 2.2

Then click

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 Now define profiles
Click once more on button

Now indicate in screen, the line # 3

Fill in the boxes as shown in figure

and click

Click on

Now indicate line # 4.

Fill in the boxes as shown in figure

and click

Now

Once defined the base curves of the boat, we can draw other lines to help us smooth forms.
It is not a perfect straightening but to correct possible errors to create a 3D model good enough.

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 Getting other hull lines

Now let's get water lines. The program will draw the lines we ask. For example, water lines between
drafts and 7000 mm -400 mm baseline, separated every 200 mm.
This is requested by typing in the text box, the following -400,5200, 200, ie :

Lower waterline (-400)

comma
upper waterline (5200)
comma (,)
distance between waterlines (200)

PROCEDURE

1.- Click so that Formas could gather the information of lines in the drawing.

2.-Click

3.- Fill in text box

4.- Click

You can decide the color of the lines to draw, acting on

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 This is what we get

At the stern, about 590 mm from center line,

is a place that seems very irregular.

To better determine the significance of this

irregularity, we will request a drawing of a
longitudinal section at 550 mm center line.

The longitudinal sections can be obtained by

cutting the frames or water lines. The
program prompts you to choose the lines you
want to use

Click

write 550 in the text box

Click and then point at any frame.

This is the way to tell Formas to use frames to calculate the water lines.

The result shows a longitudinal section sufficiently correct at the stern area (red line in the figure below)

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Later, when the solid model was built (see the solid model creation a few pages later), we could
check that, indeed, the model has some slight inaccuracies in this area.

The top of the stern could also be improved.

However, these defects do not affect at all the naval architecture calculations.

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 Get the traces of the Main Deck

We have previously identified decks traces in the vertical plane (curve 1) and in the transverse plane
(curves 2.1 y 2.2).

Let's get the trace of the deck in the horizontal plane.

To do this click the button

And selected in AutoCAD curves 2.1 and 2.2, in the order you want.

Delete the trace on the vertical plane, marked in red in the figure, because it is much worse than the
existing one.

Kcnuckle Lines
Procedure exactly like the cover. Each knuckle will be assigned a name that distinguishes it from the
others, if any.

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 Draw Bilge diagonals

You have to draw the desired line in the transverse view in body lines plan.
Trace lines more or less marked as "BD 1" BD 2 "and" BD 3 "in figure

Click button (inBodyPlanmodule) and then select in the screen, in the order
you like better, the three diagonals.

Well get something like that :

which gives us an idea of the quality of the frames drawn, showing some area (aft of BD 1) that may
need improvement.

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 NOTE :

The aim with all these tools and procedures is to obtain a very good 3D model, adjusted
exactly to the boat we are projecting, that allows to perform calculations as accurate as
possible.

It is not intended to carry out a final fairing of the hull as it takes to get the construction
drawings of the parts of the hull.

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 ARQN MODELS

One way or another, we need to draw the frames, the longitudinal profile and the main deck.

Our goal with these modules is to get enough information for the application to build the 3D models
used by ARQN in its calculations.

These models are:

Regions

Used for mono hulls

Solid Hull

Used in multi hulls

and
open bottom dreggers.

Surfaces

Not used b y ARQN buy

may be be used to export
them into other programs
that work with surfaces.

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 GETTING THE 3D MODEL

REGIONS

Load Plano de forma.dwg in AutoCAD

In Formas module, use header menu Create Bonjean Sections

This is what we get :

Delete this object : is an auxiliary section used to draw the body lines, which is not used in the
calculations of the hull.

This is the final model to be used when calculating Bonjean values for frames.

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 3D SOLID MODEL

We will get using two auxiliary models, one for the hull and one for the deck.
Deck model is substracted from hull model

All this is done automatically by Formas : creates the two models and discounts the deck from hull.

The only thing the user must do is prepare the lines plan to create the model of the hull that, as shown
in the figure, is a bit higher than the actual hullt.

PROCEDURE

In Formas module go to Body Plan.

1. Do extend frames and profile at a

height slightly above the main
deck, for example 8500 mm above
base line.

2. Now we order to draw water lines between -400 and 8500 mm from base line, every 100 mm

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 This is what we get :

3. We redraw correctly the longitudinal profile (see), cutting lines that exceed the main deck.

4. ExitmoduleBodyPlan

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 5. Use header menu Create Solids by lofting Water Lines

FinalResult

NOTE:
Both the model of the regions as the solid model
has been saved with the name "Bonjean.dwg" :

The model of the regions is stored

directly in the project folder.

The solid model is stored in the

subfolder 3D, created for this purpose by
the application within the project foloder.

From this point, you can follow the procedure outlined on page 37 and following
of this Quick Guide.
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 ANNEX

QUICK VIEW OF ARQNs PROCESS

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 Quit ARQN.

Go to the "forms" folder, created at the beginning of this Quick Guide

Delete all the files existing in this folder except the file "Project 124.gen"

In the folder :

TAN S.L.\ ARQ 2014\ Formas\Tutorial

Youll find a file named :

Plano de Formas.dwg.

Copy it, without changing its name, in the folder C:\ARQN Projects\Project 124\formas.

Click the Formas icon to start this module

And then click Body Plan menu

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 You will receive two messages alerting you that a couple of files were not found.

These are supporting files that are used in the process of creating forms, but are not needed at this
moment. Pres Ignore.

The application automatically loads the boat's lines, the drawing Plano de Formas.dwg.

All curves contained therein have some codes that identify them, section type, distance to the after
perpendicular, etc. ..
In the working window, click the button

The window is minimized to allow pointing curves in AutoCADs screen.

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 Select, for example, the first red curve parallel to the Longitudinal Profile (labeled pf. Bow)

We are shown a text which tells us that this is a longitudinal section 400 mm from the centerline.

At the top left of the screen you will see a small window

allowing you to identify other curves. For That, click and then the desired curve.

Click to finish identifying curves.

The current plane contains all the elements necessary to obtain the 3D model with the regions of the
frames and the Longitudinal Profile.

Click Exit

to return to the main window "Formas".

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 Click now on the menu Create Bonjean Sections

An automatic process that generates the drawing "Bonjean.dwg" starts. This is the model used by
ARQN to perform all naval architecture calculations.

Quit FORMS DEFINITION

and start Bonjean module

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 Calculation of Frames Bonjean Values

Use the button in the figure.

The window is minimized so that we can

identify the frames of the ship in
AutoCADs screen.

In the drawing there could be many other

curves and we must tell Bonjean which
ones are the frames.

We can point one to one or in groups

using any of the methods available for
selecting objects in AutoCAD.

In any case, you should get a selection

which includes all the frames, but only the
frame

For example, click 1 and drag the cursor without releasing the mouse button, to 2. Then click on 3 and
drag to 4.

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 All the frames had to be selected

Practice, if desired, before clicking the button

Once you are sure, click the button, and points frames in the screen.
Bonjean processes them and adds a number that is the distance of each from AP.

Now enter the initial water line, the final

water line and the interval therebetween.

Under Options, you must check

"Calculate all frames" and then reselect
the frames on the screen.

The reason for this double selection is

because, between them, can be changed
up, added or deleted frames and, at the
time of calculation, it should be noted only
the frames remaining valid.

The first selection was used to give the

codes to frames.

The second choice is to tell the module

which should be calculate.

If you agree with what was done, click

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 With this, we have the necessary data to calculate the hydrostatic values

Quit Bonjean

Start Carrectas

Here we must consider several things:

1. Currently we are using the calculation

method with frames (regions). In other
cases use the 3D solid model.
Therefore, you must specify the method
used.
2. Drafts should be noted, to which must
be calculated hydrostatic values.
3. Sometimes you have to calculate the
hydrostatic boat with some trimming. It
should be noted, if the trim is nonzero in
the box. (the value of the trim is the
draft at the Ppopa - permeated the
Pproa in mm)
4. Once indicated all this, click the button

5. On this first occasion, and only there,

the application will ask you to point out
the longitudinal profile of the ship, the
display of AutoCAD.

Perform all these operations, click the
button, indicating the profile on the screen
and wait a bit. You can see on the screen,
more or less, what the application is doing.

Now you can list the values but you could also ask the values for
a given draft or displacement. We will ask for the values to a
draft of 1,317 m.

Mark "Give a draf '.

The window slightly changes its configuration.

Indicate the value (1.317 m) and click

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 We obtain the following listing

which can be sent directly to the

printer or taken in MS Word, using the

button

Close this window

We will list all the calculated values

clicking this button

Another window appears with the full

values.

Because many values, the list is arranged

in two sheets

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 From this window we can
quit

Send listing to printer Analize 1erst / 2scnd page Draw curves Get listing in MS Word

Click QUIT

Lets draw the curves

Click

In the next Window :

1.- Select Group 1

2.- Select Spline type

for curves

3.-Click Arrange
Drawing

4.-Click Draw
Curves.

Repeat the process, selecting now "polylines"

Then deselect the Group 1 and do the same with Group 2

Click in any drawing. Exit this window

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 Thats what we get in AutoCAD

If we plot this drawing, scale 1/1, with A4 paper size, well get a grid of 10 x 10 mm

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 CROSS CURVES OF STABILITY

Quit Carrectas

Start Isoclinas

Main options in this module

Guive codes to frames and Long.Prof

Calculate Cross Curves
Limiting KG
Load Conditions

Summary of Load Cond.

Draw Curves

Generates data to calculate equilibrium

waterplane in loading conditions

Also here we need to indicate the application the regions that form the frames and the longitudinal
profile. They may not be the same as those used in the calculation of hydrostatic

Click

The window takes the following appearance

The procedure is analogous to that explained in the module Bonjean

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 PROCEDURE

Click and point frames on the screen

Click and point Lon gitudinal Profile on the creen.

Done, click again
Now click

As indicated in the right part of the window, the KN values are calculated for the following ranges of the
angles of heel:
Between 0 and 10 , every 5 degrees, that is, to 0 , 5 and 10
Between 10 and 80 degrees, 10 , ie, to 20 , 30 , 40 , 50 , 60 , 70 and 80

These values can be changed at will

Now click

In either process, if the drawing in the screen is not the Bonjean model (regions or solid) of the
boat, the application will warn us and try to load it.

The application performs calculations, it takes some time. It can be seen on the screen what
ARQN is doing. Once finished we can list calculated values list or draw KN curves. The button
to list only active after drawing curves.

DRAW : when clicking following

window opens.

Click to select all the heeling angles,

and mark splines as type of lines.

The frame de Commands is enabled..

Click to draw curves.

will insert a stamp for final drawing

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LIST KN VALUES

Now, write

3 as Initial displacement

60 as final disp.

3 as intervale

And click to get the full listing.

See next page

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will write all

this data into a MS
Word file.

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