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SOFTWARE SOLUTIONS

Intergraph: Helping To Blaze New Trails In Shipbuilding

Intergraph Corp. of Huntsville, Ala. provides an

Integrated Ship Design and Production (ISDP) System which is positioned as the tool for shipbuilders to use to ensure that ship production, from initial design through final outfitting, is performed as economically, cost effectively and technically correct as possible.

Intergraph's ISDP system supports the entire ship- building process, and with this software, shipbuilders are able to produce a complete 3-D ship product mod- ule that supports all engineering and manufacturing capabilities. In attempting to deliver the total solutions — rather than just one factor in the enormous equation — Intergraph's 3-D product model solution is designed to allow efficient practices such as concurrent engineering practices, which can drastically reduce production cOsts and improve accuracy.

In a move designed to maximize the ease of use of the system with traditional ship design as well as typi- cal office software, Intergraph has embraced the

Microsoft software environment as a central element of its next generation system. The next generation software is designed to provide clear, intuitive inter- faces which will, among other things, help to reduce training for new technical applications.

The object model environment is built on

Microsoft's Object Linking and Embedding (OLE) and Component Object Model (COM) technology that has been adapted by more than 400 software vendors worldwide. The company's Jupiter technology, which will be forthcoming in 1999, is an extension of the windows environment to fully utilize CAD data in a similar manner as normal office applications.

Electronic Outfitting

With the ISDP system, ship designers can model equipment and components concurrently with the development of the ship model. Intergraph achieves this using parametric libraries, enabling designers to model many variations within a family of parts by specifying the unique attributes of each component. A key financial benefit of this process is the minimiza- tion of redundant work when modeling distributive system components and other systems and equipment.

Additionally, equipment and component models can be represented in ISDP with multiple levels of detail to match the requirements of different ship design tasks.

Lighting The Path

In addition to its own technical solutions, Intergraph has assumed a leading role with- in the international shipbuilding community via its participation in multi-dimensional R&D projects.

Intergraph recently announced the first worldwide production implementation of an

Integrated Product Data Environment (IPDE).

The recently deployed system is being used by the Avondale Alliance to design and build ships for the Navy's LPD 17 Program, and IPDE will eventually be deployed on board ship.

Using the Alliance's Wide Area Network and enterprise-wide data management system com- ponents, any of the 17 current Alliance sites around the U.S. and the Navy are able to retrieve relevant program information — such as access and configuration-controlled require- ments, documents, drawings, and other deliver- ables — from a distributed, but logically cen- tralized repository at the Avondale site. Using the newly deployed Web-enabled interface "LPD Navigator", authorized users can retrieve and review files in their native format. This not only promotes concurrent engineering during ship design, but also helps manage constant engineering changes.

Using Intergraph's hardware and software infrastructure throughout the distributed enter- prise, the Alliance has deployed the first pro- duction release of the IPDE, which includes computer-aided design, engineering, and man- ufacturing, data management, life-cycle sup- port, and configuration management capabili- ties. Working within an Alliance-wide

Integrated Process and Product Development environment, Intergraph also provides system implementation and integration services for the

LPD 17 Program.

According to Albert L. Bossier, chairman, president, and CEO of Avondale Industries,

Inc., "What the deployment of the IPDE means for the LPD 17 Program is that there is now a "bridge" between design, production, and future management functions - as well as

Alliance members. We have allowed more time for conceptual design so the on going detail design will be more accurate and the actual con- struction of the ship will be faster. All of this will result in significant cost savings for the ship throughout its life cycle."

The Avondale Alliance comprises the prime contrac- tor, Avondale Industries, Inc.,

Intergraph Corporation, Bath Iron Works

Corporation (a subsidiary of General

Dynamics), and Raytheon Corporation.

Intergraph is the information technology partner to the Avondale Alliance, providing the computing infrastructure for the engineering and logistics teams designing the LPD 17. The program's information technology require- ments include workstations, servers, network- ing components, shipbuilding and data management software, and system implementation services.

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SAILOR

SALES AND SERVICE AGENTS

ANTILLES (NETHERLANDS)

Radio-Holland Caribbean N.V. • Curacao N.A.

Phone: +599 94 612577 • Fax: +599 94 612723

ARGENTINA

SEN S.R.L.- Buenos Aires

Phone: +541 361 1496 • Fax: +541 361 2606

AUSTRALIA

Rubin Marine • Artarmon NSW

Phone: +61 2 94392333 • Fax: +61 2 94392278 a.m.i. sales • O'Connor, Western Australia

Phone: +61 89 337 3266 • Fax: +61 89 314 2929

BAHRAIN

Aeradio Technical Services • Mina Salman Port

Phone: +973 727790 • Fax: +973 727811

BANGLADESH

Graphics Communications Ltd. • Dhaka

Phone: +880 2 89 2440 - Fax: +880 2 883627

BELGIUM

Antwerp Marine Radio Company N.V. • Antwerp

Phone: +32 3 202 0499 • Fax: +32 3 202 0493

BRAZIL

O.L. Naval Ltda. • Rio de Janeiro

Phone: +55 21 509 8667 • Fax: +55 21 242 7934

BULGARIA

International Marine Technologies Ltd. • Rousse

Phone: +359 82 228216 • Fax: +359 82 822230

CANADA

Radio Holland (Canada) Ltd. • North Vancouver

Phone: +1 604 293 2900 • Fax: +1 604 293 2930

CHILE

Serprotec Ltda. • Valparadiso (Deep Sea)

Phone: +56 32 232780 • Fax: +56 32 212215

Simrad S.A. - Santiago (Fishing)

Phone: +56 2 2351068 • Fax: +56 2 235 8732

COLOMBIA

Electronica Maritimar Ltda.- Cartagena

Phone: +575 663 3789 • Fax: +575 663 3643

CROATIA

BELAM-Zastupstvo i Servis • Rijeka

Phone: +385 51 672343 • Fax: +385 51 672179

CYPRUS

A. P. Hadjipieros Ltd. • Limassol

Phone: +357 5 345972 • Fax: +357 5 345973

ECUADOR

Industrial Anabra C. Ltda • Guayaquil

Phone: +593 4 309766 • Fax: +593 4 313694

Nautical del Ecuador • Manta

Phone: +593 5 628900 • Fax: +593 5 628910

EGYPT

Suez Electronics Engineering & Trading Ltd. - Cairo

Phone: +20 2 2742911 • Fax: +20 2 2745219

ESTONIA

A/SRSTA-Tallinn

Phone: +372 6 312082 - Fax: +372 6 312082

FAROE ISLANDS

S.P. Radio A/S Denmark

Phone: +45 96 34 61 00 • Fax: +45 96 34 61 01 (for further information)

FINLAND

ASPO Systems Oy-Espoo

Phone: +358 9 435 5670 • Fax: +358 9 435 56710

Navidec Oy • Helsinki

Phone: +358 2 467 6366 • Fax: +358 2 467 6367

FRANCE

Geolink - Roquevaire

Phone: +33 4 42 32 99 00 • Fax: +33 4 42 32 94 95

SDM Electronique • Sartrouville Cedex

Phone: +331 39146833 • Fax: +331 39133022

GERMANY

ElnaGmbH • Rellingen/Hamburg

Phone: +494101 30100 • Fax: +494101 301214

GIBRALTAR

Electro Med • Marina Bay

Phone: +350 77077 • Fax: +350 72051

GREECE

Marac Electronics S.A. • Perama - Piraeus

Phone: +301 4314361 • Fax: +301 4314234

GREENLAND

S.P. Radio A/S • Denmark

Phone: +45 96 34 61 00 - Fax: +45 96 34 61 01 (for further information)

HOLLAND

Radio-Holland Marine B.V. • Rotterdam

Phone:+31 104283344-Fax:+31 104281498

Sailtron B.V. • Utrecht

Phone: +31 30 2840850 - Fax: +31 30 2937642

HONG KONG

Radio Holland B.V. • Kwai Chung N.T.

Phone: +852 24239007 • Fax: +852 24805898

Hoi Tung Communication & Navigation Co. Ltd

Phone: +852 25421262 - Fax: +852 25431137

ICELAND

Radiomidun Ltd. • Reykjavik

Phone:+354 511 1010 Fax: +354 511 1020

INDIA

Elcome Marine Services Pvt. Ltd. • New Bombay

Phone: +91 22 763 23 48 - Fax: +91 22 763 23 51

INDONESIA

PT Panorama Timur Jaya • Jakarta

Phone: +62 21 475 6788 • Fax: +62 21 4751688

IRAN

Kaman Hormozgan Marine Engineering • Tehran

Phone: +98 21 222 8020 • Fax: +98 21 222 4502

ISRAEL

Alhout-Yam Ltd. • Haifa

Phone: +972 4 86 20804 - Fax: +972 4 8627404

ITALY

Compagnia Generale Telemar • Roma

Phone: +39 063 221 800 • Fax: +39 063 240148

Generalmare est S.R.L. • Chiavari

Phone: +39 0185 323 356 • Fax: +39 0185 322 731

IVORY COAST

Optim Afrique - Abidjan

Phone: +225 251843 • Fax: +225 257937

Nautical Afrique • Abidjan

Phone: +225 250136 • Fax: +225 250137

JAPAN

Kaigai Gijyutsu K.K. • Yokohama

Phone: +81 45 6647318 • Fax: +81 45 6647320

KOREA

Samyang Radio Co. Ltd. • Pusan

Phone: +82 51413 5000 • Fax: +82 51 413 5002

Turn-On Electronics Company • Pusan

Phone: +82 51 462 3930 • Fax: +82 51 462 3089

KUWAIT

Elcome International • Safat

Phone: +965 2406822 • Fax: +965 2406833

Commercial Co-Ordination Centre W.L.L. • Safat

Phone: +965 2462347 • Fax: +965 2454350

LATVIA/LITHUANIA

Transas Baltia • Riga

Phone: +371 7286585 • Fax: +371 7821202

LEBANON

Selmar Electronics • Beirut

Phone: +961 1 491 489 • Fax: +961 1 495 325

MALTA

Medcomms Ltd. • Gzira

Phone: +356 335521 • Fax: +356 310820

MEXICO

Nautica, S.A. de C.V. • Mexico D.F.

Phone: +52 5 6519740 • Fax: +52 5 6512825

MOROCCO

Soremar • Casablanca

Phone: +212 2 442802 • Fax: +212 2 305385

NEW ZEALAND

Electronic Navigation Ltd. • Auckland

Phone: +64 9 3735595 • Fax: +64 9 3795655

Wrights Ltd. • Wellington

Phone: +64 4 568 8975 • Fax: +64 4 568 8361

NIGERIA

Netarcomms Nigeria Ltd. • Lagos State

Phone: +2341 470 2959 • Fax: +2341 545 2376

NORWAY

AEG Norge A/S • Oslo

Phone: +47 22 89 78 00 • Fax: +47 22 89 78 04

PAKISTAN

International Aeradio Pakistan (Pvt) Ltd. • Karachi

Phone: +92 21 5837800 • Fax: +92 21 5870331

REPUBLIC OF PANAMA

ProveedoraTecnica, S.A. • Panama

Phone: +507 227 3533 • Fax: +507 2271053

POLAND

EPA Ltd. • Szczecin

Phone: +48 914 874 885 • Fax: +48 914 875 014

PORTUGAL

Nautel - Electronica Maritima, Lda. • Lisbon

Phone: +351 1 39 20 940 • Fax: +351 1 39 20 949

QATAR

Eastern Technical Services Co. • Doha

Phone: +974 477412 • Fax: +974 478282

RUMANIA

Imsat Maritime SA Constanta • Constanta

Phone: +40 41 639038 • Fax: +40 41 674356

RUSSIA

Transas Marine Ltd. • St. Petersburg

Phone: +7812 567 2090 • Fax: +7 812 5671901

Moretron Ltd • Murmansk

Phone: +47 8510144 • Fax: +47 8510144

SAUDI ARABIA

Key Communication Development Ltd. • Dammam

Phone: +966 3 8336940 • Fax: +966 3 8330728

SENEGAL

Optim Senegal • Dakar

Phone: +221 8234930 • Fax: +221 8229676

SINGAPORE

Radio Holland Singapore • Singapore

Phone: +65 8622218 • Fax: +65 8622430

SOUTH AFRICA

Cape Maritime Electronics (Pty.) Ltd. • Cape Town

Phone: +27 21 551 3204 • Fax: +27 21 551 3206

Radio Holland Group • Paarden Eiland (Cape Town)

Phone: +27 21 511 0864 • Fax: +27 21 511 7577

SPAIN

Nautical • San Sebastian de los Reyes (Madrid)

Phone: +34 91 6549411 • Fax: +34 91 6549600

SWEDEN

Vingtor Marine AB • Askim/Goteborg

Phone: +46 31 668400 • Fax: +46 31 683660

TAIWAN R.O.C.

Unimax Electric & Co., Ltd. • Kaohsiung

Phone: +886 7 815 9775 • Fax: +886 7 8151775

TUNISIA

Alcatel Tunisie • Tunis Cedex

Phone: +2161 717177 - Fax: +2161 719888

TURKEY

Elektro-Deniz Ltd. • Istanbul

Phone: +90 216 392 77 29 • Fax: +90 216 392 8018

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

Elcome International L.L.C. • Dubai

Phone: +971 4 342333 - Fax: +971 4 342465

UNITED KINGDOM

Ships Electronic Services Ltd. • Rochester (Kent)

Phone: +441634 295500 • Fax: +44 1634 295536

URUGUAY

Electromaritima Uruguaya Ltda. • Montevideo

Phone: +598 2 924 77 89 • Fax: +598 2 924 71 38

USA

Radio-Holland USA, Inc. • Houston (Texas)

Phone: +1 713 943 3325 • Fax: +1 713 943 3802

VENEZUELA

Radio-Holland De Venezuela S.A. • Maracaibo

Phone: +5861 987811 • Fax: +5861 982596 22 Circle 289 on Reader Service Card