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product barge and a 3,000-passenger casino riverboat. The shipyard has just selected Guido Perla & Assoc. of Seattle and MIL Systems of Canada as the two engineering companies to use Foran for the project.

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Kockums Computer System

Changes Name

Following the lead of its well-regard- ed product, Kockums Computer Sys- tems has changed its name to Tribon

Solutions, and will soon launch a new business plan. Tribon was developed, touted, installed and used as an all- encompassing ship design and produc- tion system. Tribon Solutions, the com- pany, will comprise all the design and production stages and all the subcon- tractors involved in the shipbuilding process. Noting that the supply of mate- rials and components is a critical factor in maintaining shipbuilding efficiency, the new Tribon Solutions concept includes IT applications offering ship- yards a cost effective, technically advanced solution.

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Ship Stability Program

Enhanced

General Hydrostatics (GHS), a ship stability program, recently unveiled a host of improvements designed to better the graphic capabilities of the software.

The Condition Graphic Module illus- trates the loading condition of any ves- sel, accurately pictures tank levels and shows the waterline at actual drafts.

This new feature, activated through the

Display Status command, shows the entire ship rotated to actual heel and trim and includes a variety of selectable views, including plan, profile, body and reversible profiles. The new Multi-

Body optional modules allows multiple copies of GHS to interact, solving for simultaneous equilibrium involving ver- tical forces due to interactions in multi- ple vessels connected by joints.

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Spar Offers New Version

Spar Associates released Perception V 6.5, a planning and resource manage- ment system. Version 6.5 allows the interaction of AutoCAD drawings with other shipyard planning information, making it more compatible with the yard's existing systems.

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PropCad Has New Owner

HydroComp, Inc. has acquired sole ownership of the PropCad propeller

CAD software formerly developed under a joint venture. PropCad is a soft- ware package for the automatic prepara- tion of 2-D design drawings, 3-D views and construction data for marine pro- pellers. More than two-dozen of the world's leading small and large pro- peller manufacturers use PropCad for their propeller CAD requirements.

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Deltamarin Extends Technology

Finland's Deltamarin is widely known and well regarded for its work in the field of cruise shipping, a natural con- sidering its country's dominating foothold in the field with Kvaerner

Masa-Yards' presence. Deltamarin's offerings, however, span far beyond the simple creation of software solutions for the marine industry, and the company is a diversified organization, which spe- cializes in marine consulting and engi- neering. Fast to help define and respond to customer desire, the company has developed revolutionary ideas including 3-D modeling and virtual reality tours.

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