ShipConstructor 2011
ShipConstructor Software Inc. announced the release of ShipConstructor 2011, the newest version of the company’s AutoCAD-based CAD/CAM application for the shipbuilding and offshore industries. “Our latest release supports several of the new features introduced in AutoCAD 2011 to improve the ease of editing,” said Denis Morais, ShipConstructor’s Product Development Manager.
“ShipConstructor 2011 also increases speed and improves functionality.” Denis Morais continues. The new release incorporates several enhancements that are based upon input to SSI’s Product Management team members who collected feedback and analysed needs from shipbuilders around the world. For instance, in ShipConstructor 2011, the Product Hierarchy Module has been enhanced to now allow users to organise their project in various ways. Multiple hierarchies can now be used to generate production output as well as for analysis. This new feature also empowers shipbuilders to generate multiple build strategies for construction of vessels at different locations.
To ensure that the ShipConstructor SQL database is always optimised for maximum performance, ShipConstructor 2011 now provides a simple method for scheduling database maintenance operations including the cleanup of unused data, compacting of database files, and the re-building of database indexes. This powerful feature can be scheduled to run during down-time. The Project Revisions dialog has also been enhanced to make it easier to localise and examine project revision history which will aid users in analysing progress and in tracking potential sources of errors.