MOSES vessel modelling

Hi all.. I a trying to learn MOSES the hard way, from the reference manuals, online tutorials and looking at the files from vessel library. I am creating the model of a semisubmersible of arbitrary dimensions, for hydrodynamic analysis. I have reached this stage after few trial and error. I have been writing commands in the command line. I have also given those steps below. I have tried a lot but, still not been able to figure out how to create DAT file and CIF file. Is there any command to save the current status of the model to a DAT file? Also, I have used the &SURFACE command till now. Should I define panels separately from here or create a mesh? I know these are lot of questions but, I am really stuck here. Any help or hint would be appreciated. Thanks.

>&device -g_default screen
>&surface
>block pont -loc 0 28 0 0 0 0
>plane -50 -40 -30 -20 -10 0 10 20 30 40 50 -rect 0 8 14
>end block
>&pict iso pont
>block pont2 -loc 0 -28 0 0 0 0
>plane -50 -40 -30 -20 -10 0 10 20 30 40 50 -rect 0 8 14
>end block
>union pont pont2 pont3
>delete pont pont2
>&pict iso pont3

>block col_f1 -loc 40 28 8 0 270 0
>plane 0 8 -rect 0 14 14
>end block
>block col_f2 -loc 40 -28 8 0 270 0
>plane 0 8 -rect 0 14 14
>end block
>union col_f1 col_f2 col_f
>delete col_f1 col_f2

>block col_a1 -loc -40 28 8 0 90 0
>plane -8 0 -rect 0 14 14
>end block
>&pict iso
>block col_a2 -loc -40 -28 8 0 90 0
>plane -8 0 -rect 0 14 14
>end block
>union col_a1 col_a2 col_a
>delete col_a1 col_a2

>block brace1 -loc 33 -21 8 0 0 90
>plane 0 42 -circular 0 0 1.5 0 45 5
>end block
>&pict iso
>block brace2 -loc -33 -21 8 0 0 90
>plane 0 42 -circular 0 0 1.5 0 45 5
>end block

>list_blocks
+++ B L O C K S +++
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BRACE1 BRACE2 COL_A COL_F PONT3

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