How do you convey the value of your products before they are actually built? How do you convey the functionality, the look, or the feel? Normally, you could create a prototype. But we’re in the shipbuilding industry where that is impossible. In fact, many times, we don’t even have detailed models or drawings that can be used to sell the client on the concept. So what's the solution? Use virtual renderings and animations. Here is an example from the automotive industry of a company using Continue Reading
Thursday’s Port of Innovation – GoPro
Do you think a GoPro camera is just for your kids? Think again. You might now have an excuse to buy one for work. In this 2nd installment in the series on innovation, we’re going to look at one of the hottest technologies in the world of action sports and how it is being used to effectively scan data. Check out how Autodesk ReCap now supports data from a GoPro Camera. As you watch the video below and see how easy it is to create 3D scans of a complex skate park, think about how you might uses Continue Reading
Maritime Day: Five fun facts about ships and shipping
Since today is Maritime Day, I thought we should look at a few interesting bits of maritime related trivia. Here's a few things I found fascinating: 1. The Titanic would be tiny today Compared to the Allure of the Seas cruise ship (currently the largest), the Titanic would seem small. The Allure of the Seas is 1,187 ft long (almost a quarter of a mile) while the Titanic was only 882 ft in length. Allure has 16 passenger decks, the Titanic, 9. The Allure caries 6,296 passengers Continue Reading
Thursday’s Port of Innovation – Moore’s Law in 2015
In 1965, Gordon E. Moore published an article regarding the growth in the semiconductor industry. His hypothesis was that in every single year, they were able to double the amount of components in every integrated circuit. This theory of exponential growth became known as Moore’s Law, which for years, has been the theme of the technology sector as a whole. The question is, with all this rapid growth, how can someone keep up with all the new technology? You buy a new phone and in 6 months it’s Continue Reading
BOM Management Part 2: What Is Our Current Process Really Costing Us?
In my first article, Bill of Material Management, From an Engineering Perspective, we looked at how Best-in-Class organizations differentiate themselves by understanding how data transfers throughout their organization. In today’s article, I will look at ways to evaluate your current environment and HOW you can manage your process and the Information that travels through it. In the manufacturing world, the Bill of Materials (BOM) is often considered the most important aspect of manufacturing and Continue Reading
Bill Of Material Management, From An Engineering Perspective
I’d like to dissect one of the most complicated processes any manufacturing environment faces in designing, manufacturing, and building their products. As most people know, the Bill of Materials, or BOM, is the most essential piece of information that any product development and manufacturing company has to have. Effective BOM management allows you to have shorter lead times, less errors in manufacturing and assembly and in the end, reduces the “Cost of Doing Business.” One of the common Continue Reading
3 Green Technologies Pioneered by ShipConstructor Users
SSI clients have used the company’s ShipConstructor CAD/CAM software to design projects incorporating big new innovations with big environmental impacts. These solutions have, and will, result in dramatically improved fuel efficiency and reduced costs to ship owners. Less fossil fuel out of the ground, less emissions into the air, and less cost to shippers equals less cost to consumers and less cost to the environment; all in all, “GREEN” looks pretty good for many different bottom lines. Below Continue Reading
Helping Steer the World’s Largest Container Ships
Anytime you see a big freighter, most likely, at least part of it was designed with ShipConstructor. That is because the majority of the world’s large container ships are equipped with a rudder solution designed in ShipConstructor software by SSI client Becker Marine Systems. Continue Reading
World’s leading live fish carrier designer goes 3D with ShipConstructor
Complex Designs SSI client Skipskompetanse in Norway is using ShipConstructor software to produce complex designs for the fish farming industry. World-Leading Company Within this niche market, Skipskompetanse has established itself as the world-leader. By designing the Ro Master in 2007, the company’s Managing Director Per Jørgen Silden was the first to create a design that crossed the 2000 cubic metre limit for volume of fish tanks. Skipskompetanse AS was established the same year and the Continue Reading
Andrea Bocelli’s Custom Yacht from Vripack
At over 75 million records sold worldwide, no one has brought classical music and opera to the world quite like blind Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli. He has sang for the Pope, the US President and the Queen. His 1997 album Romanza was the best-selling album by an Italian artist of any genre in history and he captured a listing in the Guinness Book of World Records with the release of Sacred Arias. Bocelli, whose beautiful voice has brought pleasure and comfort to so many people, had high Continue Reading