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Autohydro:

User-friendly Engineering

Software for Class Approval utoship Systems Corporation (ASC) supplied Bok- CAD/CAM design program suite. sa Marine Design (BMD) with its latest Autohydro “We use Autohydro to submit stability books to classi- 6.10, offering yet more features and tools leading ? cation societies for a wide range of vessels engineered by to new ef? ciencies for calculating hydrostatic pa- BMD,” said Nick Boksa, President of Boksa Marine Design. rameters, stability and longitudinal strength. “Complicated stability issues require the Autohydro Hydro-

A statics and Strength software to analyze and solve,” he said,

BMD, a naval architecture and marine engineering ? rm adding, “to date, all of BMD’s stability books have been ap- located in Lithia, Fla., has designed and engineered more proved by the designated class society, including ABS1.” than 600 completed projects up to 740-feet for over 50 ASC has worked closely and cooperatively with BMD to clients since 2003, including leading shipyards. deliver on-time, complete engineering packages for work-

Specializing in full-scale design and naval architecture boats, pushboats, commercial ships and superyachts repre- from a blank sheet of paper for commercial marine and senting unique stability requirements. yachting clients across the world requires innovative, ma- “It’s easy to import a hull derived from different 3D rine software solutions integrating every step of the CAD/ model ? les directly into Autohydro through its Model-

CAM process, from generating hull lines to nesting of maker module with the full Windows interface and pull parts, onboard stability, load planning and an integrated down menus,” Boksa said. “We can get right to work de- ? ning tanks and selecting hydrostatic values critical for safe vessel operation. Additionally, Autohydro’s tech support is excellent, providing solutions for our questions.”

Autohydro’s current operating version has now evolved to 6.10 during its 30th year of development, representing continual software improvement with features such as ac- cidental oil ? ow performance, oil fuel tank protection, 2nd method for intermediate steps during ? ooding calculations and dynamic limit de? nition. Autohydro 6.11 is scheduled for release later this year.

For over 40 years ASC has developed premier design software solutions for naval architects and marine engi- neers on every continent. ASC also produces world-class loading instruments and load planning systems for the en- tire marine shipping industry.

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