Next Generation Autoship Marine Design Software
Autoship Systems Corporation (ASC) of Vancouver, Canada has announced the launch of the next generation of Autoship marine design software. The flagship surface modeling program, Autoship, features improved usability and ease-of-use due to a re-write of the surface-to-surface intersection function, the removal of the need to worry about tolerances plus a host of additions to what the Navigator can do.
Many of the user-input dialogues have been streamlined as well, in order to simplify control of the program. The Pro version of the program will allow import of IGES entities 141 and 143, further broadening designers’ capabilities.
The stability and strength calculation program, Autohydro, has increased its scope of abilities to include the latest regulations. These include the new probabilistic damage assessment rules and enhanced handling of free surface effect. Also, a completely new, configurable report tool is in the works and it will dramatically shorten the time needed to create customized reports. An entirely new Modelmaker (for model creation and editing), which is built around the latest thinking in user-interface controls is set to be released.
And finally, planning has begun on a closer integration of modeling for Autohydro from within Autoship. As vessels become more and more complex, the tools needed to model them need to be more capable. Realizing the limitations in the models that Modelmaker can be used to construct, attention is turning to the more capable platform – Autoship.