Feature 2 | CAD/CAM UPDATE FORAN evolves to next step
Spanish-based Sener has launched its latest version V70 of its FORAN computer aided design (CAD) soſtware bringing new tools to the user that will create better work flow and definition in 2D and 3D, through its latest general arrangement module.
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major development of the latest version of FORAN V70 is the new general arrangement
module (FGA) for spaces and general arrangement definition, both in 2D or 3D environments, with all data stored in the database and being possible to obtain the general arrangement drawing in an efficient way. Sener has also added an advanced
2D kernel that is based in the QCAD application and is fully compatible with AutoCAD. Te kernel, a bridge between applications and the actual data processing that manages the system, is used in the module for norm and standards definition (FNORM) and in the FGA. It will also be used in the future for the definition of electrical and P&I diagrams. Other developments have also been added to the interim product’s drawings, the symbolic drawings and the 3D model views, reducing the design time. The latest development of the software
now supports Unicode characters, which will allow localisation of the system. It will mean that users can now enter text and generate production information in languages using characters such as Chinese, Japanese, Russian and Korean, allowing for a wider use of the software. Also, a virtual reality module FVIEWER has replaced the VISUAL3D
New FVIEWER, a new visualization module in FORAN.
Detail of the new module FNORM.
that now allows the user a walk-through experience of the design. The application takes advantage of the latest graphic card capabilities and allows for better management of large amounts of data. The module for the probabilistic
damage stability calculations (FSUBD) now offers the possibility to consider intermediate stages of f looding, according to SOLAS Chapter II-1, Part B-1, Regulation 7-2, while the automatic assignment of spaces to subzones has also been improved. A new module FNORM has been
developed to replace the previous NORM for the definition of standards of structure, with a new user interface, including multi dock windows, snap points, geometrical restrictions and a layer management. The increase of the lengths of the identifications and descriptions of blocks, materials and
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geometrical norms, and the hierarchical structure for the definition of the standards and geometrical norms are other new capabilities. Adding to this, other features have
been added to improve the hull structure modelling. As an example, the new modelling algorithm allows corrugated parts to be represented more accurately, thereby, improving the performance of the reading, recalculation and storing operations. New commands to allow an easy graphic checking of the edge preparation of plates and profiles, options for the definition of face bars at any angle with respect to the web supporting it and a modelling algorithm to represent more accurately curved shell and deck plates are other new capabilities. Regarding profiles and plates nesting,
the NEST module in FORAN allows, under global build strategy nesting, the
The Naval Architect January 2011
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