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VESSEL DESIGN

An Investment in

Innovation

Colombian COTECMAR develops new designs for Colombian Navy with AVEVA Marine.

By Karla Moises

COTECMAR is a non-pro? t organization formed by a group of Colom- bian universities to provide their country’s navy with in- dustry-leading, innovative designs for a variety of maritime applications. In 2012, COTECMAR began migrating from Tribon to AVEVA Marine. Three years on, COTEC-

MAR’s progress and the achievements that AVEVA Marine has enabled both represent impressive milestones.

Use of AVEVA Marine

COTECMAR had been using Tribon M3 since 2003. gan. Over a period of eight months, ? ve projects – an off-

Nine years later, the organization chose to make the migra- shore patrol vessel, two award-winning river patrol boats, a tion, also adding AVEVA Review to its new AVEVA Marine multi-purpose tug and a barge – that had been developed deployment. Today, it uses AVEVA Marine across all the in Tribon M3 were successfully migrated into the AVEVA disciplines and from the early phases, using AVEVA Initial Marine environment. After migration made by AVEVA

Design for surface handling, hydrodynamic and hydro- team, COTECMAR team began the post-migration pro- static calculations, through to the development of the 3D cess to improve and correct the model of Offshore Patrol model using AVEVA Hull Detailed Design and AVEVA Vessel (OPV) during four months. Using the migrated

Out? tting. AVEVA Review provides a powerful facility for model of OPV was begun the 3D model and construction multi-discipline 3D model design review. of third OPV built by COTECMAR.

With the migration now complete and the team fully

Migration and Beyond familiarized with the new capabilities, COTECMAR’s ? rst

Once the decision to migrate had been made, COTEC- AVEVA Marine project was a landing craft, the ARC Golfo

MAR began developing 28 training courses in different de Tribugá. Work started on its design in August 2012. In modules, for a multi-disciplinary group of 51 designers, April 2013, the 3D model was delivered for construction drafters, modellers and administrators. Once this basic in COTECMAR’s shipyard at Mamonal in Cartagena, training had been completed, the migration process be- Colombia, where advance information from the project

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