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CadCam Report

German Yard Implements

Nupas-Cadmatic

The Peene-Werft in Wolgast, Ger- many, has chosen Nupas-Cadmatic soft- ware solution as their main

CAD/CAE/CAM system. During an implementation project of about two months, the shipyard will implement

Nupas-Cadmatic for the complete Hull structure, Piping, Machinery and Outfit- ting including special customizations for the yard's high-tech production facil- ities like profile cutting robots, automat- ed pipe workshop, web panels and their in-house material management system.

The first project - building the first of a series of heavy cargo vessels - com- menced in the beginning of February 2000. A group of about 20 engineers have been trained in several disciplines of the Nupas-Cadmatic system. Further- more, Numeriek Centrum Groningen will assist in the engineering and help production people on-site at the yard during the start-up phase of the project.

Besides the choice for a proven

CAD/CAE/CAM system, the yard's choice for Nupas-Cadmatic is based on the co-operation with 'a solid partner who stands for the delivery and mainte- nance of a complete solution'.

NCG's Product Manager, Geert Tep- per, says : "After a feasibility study of several months, the Peene-Werft con- cluded that Nupas-Cadmatic is the most compact and effective solution for the yard's engineering and production facil- ities."

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Autoship Upgrades

Several Products

Autohydro 5.2 was recently released by Autoship. The following are some of the more salient new features of the product. Torsion moments are calculat- ed for all ship loading conditions.

Moments of inertia are calculated for tank contents and can be user-defined for lightship and added weights. Vessel total moments of inertia (about all three axes), radii of gyration (about all three axes), and rolling and pitching periods can also be calculated. There is a new draft comparison routine, allowing the user to easily calculate constant weight.

The user can now input either distrib- uted or point-load weights in user- defined groups. Lastly, the user can view a body-section at any specified longitudinal location.

Autoship is developing a totally new ship structural design program,

Autostructure. It will run on NT 4 or

Windows 2000 workstations, with NT

Server 4 or Windows 2000 to host large networks. The program will be launched in stages, with release of the first stage expected for last month. For 2-D editing of flat parts, and for drawing produc- tion, Autoship chose AutoCAD 2000.

Given that AutoCAD is already used in many ship design operations, Autoship feels that incorporation of AutoCAD 2000 will be viewed as another advan- tage of Autostructure. Shipyard staff will not need to be trained on new 2-D drawing software; training costs will be reduced accordingly. An important new technology, Microsoft's Common

Object Model (COM), is being used

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