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FOR SOME VERY GOOD REASONS

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HYDROSTATIC RELEASE UNIT IS No.1

FORAN v50: A Technological Renovation

FORAN v50 was officially presented at an event organized by SENER, the second FORAN Users

Meeting (FORUM 2001), which took place in

Valencia, Spain. v50 was conceived with the objective of maintaining FORAN as a leader in the delivery of state-of-the-art technologies, while meeting the requirements of present and future customers. v50 covers General Design, Hull

Structure, Machinery and Outfitting Design, Elec- trical Design and Accommodation, all developed with the emphasis on the particular requirements of Initial, Classification and Detail design for all types of ship. The main technologies and innova- tions that have been introduced are: Oracle Rela- tional Database; NURBS surfaces; Object Orient- ed Kernel; and, Enhanced Initial Design capabili- ties. The propriety database of FORAN v40 has been substituted by Oracle, a standard commercial relational database. This means that the whole

FORAN 3-D Product Model is now available and fully supported in Oracle, with the following very important implications, including: Open system;

Platform and data independence; Facility of con- nectivity, hence Concurrent Engineering; Integra- tion with ERP and other Management systems;

Use of commercial tools for forms and reports;

High scalability (number of users/amount of data).

Advanced Tools for Hull Surface Modeling

A new Hull Form Definition module based on

NURBS (non-uniform rational B-spline) curves and surfaces has been introduced, meaning that

FORAN modules now use the NURBS formula- tion. The advantages include: Applicable to any type of hull surface: robustness and ease of use; high quality and reliability of information for con- struction; fast fitting and fairing tools; facilitates hull forms exchange between different systems; 3-

D environment with high interactivity and quality of visualization; fast hull form definition for sim- ple geometry; and, time for fitting and fairing processes reduced.

New System Kernel

Perhaps the most significant innovation in

Electronic Marine Systems (EMS)

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It will introduce the smallest radar tank sensor for tank ship and tank barge cargo gauging with an accuracy of 1 mm to 1 25 ft. This is a network sensor that allows all on deck communications over a single cable. It will also display its automation and control consoles to ACCU.

FORAN v50 is the introduction of a new object oriented kernel for 3-D modeling and visualiza- tion. Completely developed using the latest object oriented technology, this new kernel is made up of a series of libraries of C++ classes, which cover all the principal basic functions of the System.

Among other things, this new technology allows for advanced visualization functions, openGL standard and high performance 3D graphics cards; and advanced solid manipulation and modeling tools.

First Release

In the first release of FORAN v50 the modules to include this technology are FSURF, Hull Sur- faces Definition (NURBS); and VISUAL 3-D,

Walk-through Design Review; plus a series of completely new modules, which in addition to the general advantages derived from the use of Ora- cle, NURBS and the new kernel, incorporate many new innovations.

FORAN v50 incorporates a series of functional- ities for the preliminary 3-D definition of the ship model so that from the earliest stages of the pro- ject certain budgetary estimates can be carried out.

Thus, for example, calculation of work content, weights, areas and other concepts can be made, and this helps in the earliest possible definition of the product both from the technical and commer- cial viewpoint.

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ALSTOM prepared for the industry's manufacturing and design needs in the year 2001 and beyond.

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