Feature 3 | CAD/CAM upDAte
Mastership moves Dutch designs forward
Rotterdam-based Groenendijk & Soetermeer, consulting engineers and naval
architects purchased Mastership’s CAD software in August last year so that it
could offer further design options to its customers.
T
he main activity of Groenendijk
& Soetermeer is the design and
engineering of seagoing ships and
inland waterway vessels such as chemical
and gas tankers, container ships, coasters,
passenger vessels and ferries.
Until its recent purchase of Mastership,
Groenendijk & Soetermeer has been using
design software AutoCAD LT. “Although
AutoCAD LT has its limitations, its
possibilities were sufficient for our needs.
However, over time we realised that we could
better suit the needs of our clients by offering
more than design drawings alone,” said Robert
Gerritsen, Groenendijk & Soetermeer.
Along with the 2D drawing’s that it provides
to its customers, Groenendijk & Soetermeer
also aim to supply workshop drawings and
cutting codes, etc. to be able to have better part of the assembly of the mid-shipsection from a type ‘C’ inland waterways chemical tanker.
control over each stage of a project, from
3D AUTOCAD BASED
early design to fabrication at the yard.
De tail Design sof t ware
“We made an inventory of different design
programmes that were able to suit our
FOR SHIPS AND OFFSHORE PROJECTS
needs.
A key feature we wanted to be incorporated
in the new software was specific shipbuilding
functionality. Most 3D design programmes
are generic programmes, and for us this
would have no advantages over AutoCAD.
Another feature was compatibility with
AutoCAD, to be able to work on old
projects, and have a shorter learning curve
Technical parTiculars
Type ‘C’ Chemical tanker
length ...................................................135m
Breadth ..............................................14,20m Render of the parts of a Webframe from the type ‘C’ chemical tanker.
Depth ...................................................4,80m
Draught ................................................3,90m
cargo tanks .............................................. 14 and, therefore, maintain productivity while price, specific shipbuilding features and the
cargo capacity ................................5155m³ switching to the new software. The specific compatibility with AutoCAD it said.
engines .......................................... 2x1600kW shipbuilding functionalities of the software Mr Gerritsen commented on the
service speed .................................. 25km/h should help us save time during a project,” improvements that Mastership will be able
class notation ... lloyd’s register a1, 1WW added Mr Gerritsen. to offer: “Because we are a relatively small
tanker type ‘c’, aDnr After assessing and considering all options design company we don’t have the manpower
steelweight .................. casco±1150tonnes from other design systems Groenendijk to make all the workshop drawings and
& Soetermeer chose Mastership based on cutting codes for large ships. So another great
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