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Investment in Design • By David Tinsley

Under the Marco Polo program, sub- ventions of up to 30-percent can be made towards operating costs over three years for approved projects, while start- up grants are available for schemes involving two or more member states.

The aid can be additional to individual member state support.

Meanwhile, Spain's Shortsea Promo- tion Center is encouraging the Spanish government to give direct backing to national operators launching new coast- wise and shortsea services.

IZAR's commitment to the ferry sector as a whole is clear from its ongoing involvement in construction of full-dis- placement vessels for the international market, in its research and development work, and in its endeavors to resume production in the commercial high- speed field. Besides the EHSCV, its cur- rent offering to the high-speed market includes a Pentamaran RoPax design formulated in cooperation with the

British technical consultancy Nigel Gee & Associates (NGA).

Lifecycle Toolset

Shipbuilding market demand for soft- ware tools, which can bring about true integration between the various disci- plines and processes, is driving the development of a new generation of computer-aided design (CAD) systems.

Many shipyards cite shortcomings in the functionality of CAD-based technology used today as a barrier to concurrent engineering, while the lack of a com- mon information base inhibits improve- ments in design workflow and ship life- cycle processes.

Breakthrough technology champi- oning a data-centric, integrated 3-D modeling approach encapsulated in

Intergraph's new IntelliShip software is claimed to surpass current CAD-based solutions. One of the most important facets of the package is its ability to address conceptual and detail design of ships and components, in addition to plan approval, production planning, manufacturing, construction and risk management, giving credence to its description by its American developers as a "lifecycle toolset." Whereas "tradi- tional" CAD systems can answer only graphic-related questions, IntelliShip's fully-integrated approach provides a basis for cost calculation. "The (shipbuilding) industry's produc- tivity is tied to, and limited by the use of traditional CAD technology, which is expensive to implement and maintain," contends Intergraph, adding that "Lack of integration prevents the efficient tran- sition of early design to downstream detailed design, and increases man- hours and cost due to rework. It can also place the shipbuilder over budget by the time the contract is awarded."

To reduce man-hours, the software permits high-level design decisions to be propagated automatically to detail parts, while the rule-based automation it incorporates eliminates repetitive opera- tions in detail design. By obviating many of the sequential dependencies of the traditional design process, Intelli-

Ship is intended to cut design, procure- ment, fabrication and construction times. At the core of IntelliShip is its

Product Model Database structure, pro- viding full access to engineering data, capturing graphics and associated infor- mation as well as design intent. The database is a shared, common repository for all ship design, construction and management information.

Due for release early next year, Intell- iShip has been formulated by the process, power and offshore division of

Intergraph with the assistance of Global

Research & Development Company (GRAD), a U.S.- headquartered consor- tium of international shipbuilders. As part of a five-year pact signed by

Intergraph with Oslo-based Det

Norske Veritas Software, relating to software for the shipbuilding, offshore and process industries, products built on

IntelliShip technology will be resold by

DNV Software into the shipbuilding market. These will constitute part of a broader suite of systems marketed as the

DNV Software Marine Solution.

Intergraph is a leading vendor of soft- ware and associated services in the process and power generation indus- tries, and also has a stake of around 35- 40 percent in the offshore sector. Intelli-

Ship signals the U.S. firm's ambition to capture 40-percent of the shipbuilding market within five years.

Under the terms of the long-term deal signed with Intergraph, DNV Software will also integrate DNV Nauticus and

IntelliShip applications, and collaborate with the US company in the offshore oil and gas and process sectors. Meanwhile, the GRAD consortium is testing Intelli-

Ship on ship design and production pro- jects at member company yards in

Europe and Asia.

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