SENER once again took part in the annual Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers (SNAME) convention in the US.
The event, which is organised by the Ship Production Symposium (SNAME), was held in Houston from 20 to 24 October.
The convention is attended by the large majority of the ship design and production community. It showcases the most advanced innovations in the sector.
SENER also presented a work titled ‘The ultimate approach for general arrangement definition’ at the convention.
This was written by SENER’s North America area manager Verónica Alonso and US and Canada project manager Rodrigo Pérez, who also presented the work.
This technical article describes the solution in the shipbuilding CAD/CAM FORAN, developed by SENER, for the definition and management of compartments in a ship or offshore unit.
This module, Fighter Ground Attack (FGA), is integrated with de hull forms, already generated, and later with the solution in FORAN related to naval architecture calculations and stability.
It is an optimal solution for the basic design definition, with the great advantage of being defined in 3D at early design stages.
Compartment arrangement of a vessel is based on the definition of its spaces and each space is represented by its 3D model. In FORAN FGA, the spaces are generally taken as reference to the surfaces of the ship as well as auxiliary geometry, in a quick and flexible way.
The possibility of creating spaces from 2D drawing in a specific definition environment makes it easier. The spaces contain further information than the geometric one, meaning they are able to set different user attributes to them or to their limits.
It is relevant that all data is stored in a single database, allowing the design control, the study of alternatives or the collaborative engineering from remote locations.
FGA incorporates a new functionality for the fast positioning of the main important equipment in the ship 3D model, in a location that will be reused in further stages for detail design and production.
Finally, this compartment arrangement is available for hydrostatic and stability calculations.