3D modelling

By 2040, the world will have changed – so how do we design ships for it?

5th October 2023 | Naval Architecture, The Naval Architect - News

Mikko Forss, executive vice president for design solutions, NAPA Ship designers today are building vessels for an economy and tech landscape that might look very different from ours today. Last year, the average age of a container ship was 14 years. Depending on your age, 2009 may or may not just feel like yesterday – […]

Shipbuilding CAD/CAM Interoperability and Data Utilisation

4th October 2023 | Naval Architecture, The Naval Architect

Ludmila Seppälä, business development director, Marine Industry, Cadmatic Interoperability is a key concept frequently mentioned in discussions concerning data exchange and CAD/CAM data formats within shipbuilding. The necessity for data exchange is abundantly clear in shipbuilding projects, given their intricate and protracted nature, requiring the involvement of numerous specialised software systems at various project stages. […]