Category: Ship Design
NAPA brings unrivaled efficiency to novel ice-class vessel design process at Aker Arctic
Aker Arctic uses NAPA FE meshing and NAPA Steel software to save time, increase flexibility and design capability on ice-class vessels concepts Background Aker Arctic is a leading Finnish engineering company specializing in developing the designs and related solutions for ice-breaking vessels operating in some of the world’s toughest conditions. Aker Arctic has used NAPA […]
Read ArticleMarch 23, 2021
A new dimension for ship design
by Tapio Hulkkonen, Director at NAPA Design Solutions Moving automated ship design into the 21st century is a necessity that will require time and cooperation by all to achieve. Ship design today Ship design has long been three dimensional. And yet, despite this, for designs to meet class societies’ rules they still need to […]
Read ArticleFebruary 5, 2021
NAPA integrates with ShipConstructor with OpenPDM
NAPA and PROSTEP have extended their successful co-operation further, with the help of the OpenPDM concept. PROSTEP’s OpenPDM plugin technology is being used to enable integration between NAPA and ShipConstructor. By integrating with ShipConstructor, NAPA can streamline the structure design process flow from initial and basic design towards the hull production. By using this OpenPDM plugin technology, […]
Read ArticleJanuary 28, 2021
NAPA Release 2020.2
The new NAPA Release is out now! We are excited to announce that our second NAPA Release of 2020 is now live and available for installation. Our team of experts have been working hard on developing key functionalities, such as improvements to the software quality in the form of error corrections as well as minor […]
Read ArticleDecember 23, 2020
NAPA User Webinars 2020: NAPA Product News (1/5)
NAPA User Meeting 2020 went online Our valued global partners and users traditionally gather in Finland for the annual NAPA User Meeting, a robust training event consisting of seminars, workshops, hands-on testing and networking. Although we were unable to gather this year in person, we sought to ensure our users were up to date with […]
Read ArticleNovember 13, 2020
NAPA 2020.2 Coming Soon
NAPA Release 2020.2 will be published in the final quarter of 2020. With several new features and functionalities, we are excited to announce that NAPA 2020.2 will be released soon. Check out some of the exciting improvements and updates in our new videos. Hull surface design with NAPA Designer, with multiple views Intact Stability […]
Read ArticleOctober 28, 2020
Møre Maritime chose NAPA
Norwegian ship consulting company focusing on wellboat designs found NAPA software to meet their needs for an integrated solution for advanced stability and regulation support. Møre Maritime Møre Maritime is a Norwegian ship consulting company that develops ship designs and prepares complete production drawing packages for newbuilding and retrofit projects. Møre Maritime’s prime area of […]
Read ArticleSeptember 4, 2020
NAPA Release 2020.1
The new NAPA Release is available for downloading now! This is the first NAPA Release of 2020 and we’re excited to share the information on the new development with you. This article highlights the most significant latest development. We have also worked hard to improve the software quality in the form of error corrections and […]
Read ArticleJune 26, 2020
Stability with NAPA
A series of live NAPA User Webinars took place on 9-10 June 2020. If you missed them, don’t miss the recordings! The webinar introduced the stability analysis workflow in NAPA, by applying the latest intact and damage stability regulations. Submit a form to get access to view the webinar recording By submitting the form I […]
Read ArticleJune 15, 2020
Latest Development of NAPA Steel
A series of live NAPA User Webinars took place on 9 – 10 June 2020. If you missed them, don’t miss the recordings! NAPA Designer 2020 versions contain many improvements that help to make the structural modeling experience unique with NAPA. The latest improvements in Finite Element Meshing contain the manual and automatic meshing functions, […]
Read ArticleJune 15, 2020