ShipConstructor gets in sync
ShipConstructor Soſtware Inc (SSI) has developed its latest WorkShare Design product enhancing the ShipConstructor design suite
soſtware, opening up new possibilities for parallel design and engineering amongst distributed teams. WorkShare Design allows users of
S
ShipConstructor’s CAD/CAM application to capture, reuse, change and then sync back portions of a design along with the associated production documentation. Tis latest functionality has many practical applications including increased capabilities when working with sister ships, design tests, recovery from errors and for general reuse of design data to increase efficiency. “WorkShare Design is built on a
technology that allows what we call ‘intelligent capturing’,” says Denis Morais, chief technology officer for SSI.
“The
capturing of design data is intelligent in that it involves more than just copying and pasting of simple geometry; all of the complex relationships within a design are preserved as well. Tis intelligence is further displayed aſter changes are made on the copied portion of the design since
hipConstructor Software Inc has expanded the capabilities of its Autodesk based shipbuilding
these changes can later be synced back, automatically updating the original project.” Engineers can select and then reuse
various portions of a design complete with production documentation such as assembly drawings, arrangement drawings and isometrics while preserving all the associated linkages to other aspects of the ShipConstructor Marine
Information Model (MIM)
including stock and catalogue information. Any modifications to the copies can then be synced back into the original design with all the complex relationships intelligently updated. Te ability to reuse design data in this
way addresses a variety of cost-cutting requirements identified by shipbuilders. An advantage of this is when modelling sister ships because these also require parallel engineering on copied design data. In a sister ship scenario, engineering teams have to start modelling the second ship in a series even before the work on the first ship has been completed. Te WorkShare Design product reduces engineering time by allowing the
WorkShare Design expands on the design reuse capabilities
engineers to copy and reuse the design of the first ship for use on the sister vessel. As the design advances, more of the first vessel will be modelled and other changes may be made to the original design. Te engineering team for the second vessel can then chose to incorporate those changes into the design of the sister ship. Another efficiency of WorkShare
Design is the ability to reuse design data when modelling blocks (or any smaller units)
that repeat. The product also
provides a method for recovering from human errors because duplicate copies of sections of a project can be created and then synced back if later needed. A further key point to note is that these
latest capabilities of the soſtware continue to keep making complex engineering software as intuitive as possible, says ShipConstructor. Tere is no requirement for multiple different programmes with varying interfaces, and data is not stored in multiple locations. A familiar central interface is used and all design information is captured and collected into a single package. NA
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