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industry needs, mainly its position polling service, allowing a fleet manag- er the option of tracking and displaying their latest fleet position as many as four times per day.

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McNeel Introduces

Latest Version

Robert McNeel & Associates present- ed its newest ware - Rhinoceros (Rhino) 1.1, a new version of the company's

NUBR (non-uniform rational B-spline) modeler for the Windows platform.

Available later this fall, Rhino 1.1 is a conceptual design and modeling tool for industrial, product and scene designers; while bringing accurate, free-form curve, surface and solids modeling to demanding users. Resulting form its accuracy and ease of modeling free form curves, surfaces and solids, Rhino is an efficient companion to many CAD,

CAM, CAE, 3-D, digitizing and rapid prototyping products.

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FL Installs Drill Barge

Monitoring System

Fleet Technology Limited (FTL) is completing the installation of an alarm system to monitor ice loads on a drilling barge for the Caspian Sea. In conjunc- tion with Engine Monitor Incorporated

Offshore, and Science and Technology

Corporation, FTL has designed and integrated a data acquisition system to measure more than 150 channels of strain gauges, pressure transducers and environmental information. The soft- ware, which is customized by FTL, ana- lyzes and stores the sensor information to provide a real-times ice load alarm system, giving the operator the ability to scan individual data channels in real time and set system alarms.

Since the year-round opearting barge will be ballasted down onto a berm through which exploratory oil wells will be drilled, the potential ice loads on the drilling rig were a concern. The strain gauges measure the ice forces that are located on each major bulkhead, along with horizontal and transverse pressure transducers on the bottom of the rig.

From these measurements, and mea- sured rig/berm friction factors, the prob- ability of the rig sliding or rotating is calculated.

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Anteon Subsidiary Releases

FastShip Version Six

Analysis & Technology, a wholly- owned subsidiary of Anteon Corpora- tion announced that its Proteus Engi- neering Unit is releasing an enhanced version of its FastShip design software.

Since entering the technological scene in 1983, FastShip is a full NURBS- based system used by shipyards, design firms, navies and universities world- wide. A unit of Proteus' FlagShip suite of ship design software; FastShip ver- sion six offers a hull form, appendage and superstructure modeling system.

The package includes many new fea- tures, as well as a completely redesigned icon-based user interface with dockable toolbars. This allows ease-of-use for new users and provides more efficient use for those who are already familiar with the program.

Additional enhancements include real- time curvature measurements and a library of standard hulls.

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