Category: Ship Design
Process integration of structural design promoted by 3D model based approval
by Takayoshi Masui, Deputy Managing Director, NAPA Japan The history of ship design approval is two dimensional, the future of ship design approval is three dimensional. Although this verdict has been announced every year for the last decade, it doesn’t make it any less true today. You can still find one or two people who […]
Read ArticleSeptember 24, 2019
NAPA Release 2019.1
NAPA Release 2019.1 has been published NAPA Release 2019.1 installation packages (NAPA, NAPA Designer and NAPA Drafting) are now available for downloading in the NAPA Customers’ web service. In order to access the service, it is required to login with the personal username and password. Should you have any questions, please do not hesitate […]
Read ArticleApril 25, 2019
See new NAPA Designer hull form features at NAPA User Meeting 2019
by Jukka Määttänen, NAPA Design Solutions NAPA has set the industry standard when it comes to hull form design. Our unique hull design methodology allows better control and flexibility for your design work, and a wide majority of the world’s hull forms are currently designed with NAPA tools. We are currently renewing our hull form […]
Read ArticleApril 16, 2019
PROSTEP and NAPA successfully completed their first joint co-operation project for Meyer Turku
Darmstadt/Helsinki, 26 March 2019 A partnership between PROSTEP, the product lifecycle management (PLM) consulting and solutions company and NAPA, the leading maritime software, services and data analysis provider, has successfully completed a ship design solution development project for Meyer Turku, one of the world’s leading shipbuilders. Increasingly, shipyards function as integrators between multiple parties in […]
Read ArticleMarch 26, 2019
NAPA User Meetings
Customer Experiences – Technical Workshops – Training – NAPA Labs – Networking NAPA User Meetings bring together NAPA users from all around the world to hear about the latest developments of NAPA, to learn new ways to use our solutions, and to share experiences and ideas with peers and NAPA experts. They provide an excellent […]
Read ArticleMarch 20, 2019
Using operational data, 3D product models, and digital structure analyses to estimate a ship’s life cycle
by Tapio Hulkkonen and Teemu Manderbacka For most of maritime history it has been difficult to assess the real environmental history of a ship. Its classification society records will give you information about any mechanical or structural defects that have had to be fixed. What those records won’t tell you are the storms it has […]
Read ArticleFebruary 12, 2019
Using flooding simulation analysis to improve SOLAS damage stability results
by Daniel Lindroth, NAPA Design Solutions When it entered service in 1912, the Titanic was the largest passenger ship in the world. During its construction it was hailed as “practically unsinkable,” and as the journalist Walter Lord wrote in his history of the ship, “[This] was the considered opinion of experts at the time.” The tragic […]
Read ArticleJanuary 28, 2019
DSME selects NAPA Steel to transform ship design processes
Helsinki, Finland/Geoje, Korea – 6 February 2018 Leading maritime software, services and data analysis provider NAPA has announced that DSME, one of the world’s leading shipyards, has selected 3D model-based NAPA Steel software to streamline design processes and meet the needs of 21st century naval architects and structure designers. DSME chose NAPA Steel thanks to […]
Read ArticleFebruary 6, 2018
NAPA – C-Job webinar: The evolution of ship design
How genetic algorithms are powering Accelerated Concept Design NAPA and C-Job Naval Architects invite you to learn more about the implementation of Accelerated Concept Design – a way to automate and optimize the concept stage of the ship design process using genetic algorithms together with a 3D model developed for early design phases. This webinar […]
Read ArticleDecember 14, 2017
C-Job chooses NAPA to accelerate vessel concept design with Darwinian theory and 3D models
Helsinki, Finland/Hoofddorp, The Netherlands – 7 December 2017 NAPA, a leading global maritime software, services and data analysis provider, and C-Job Naval Architects, the largest independent ship design and engineering company in the Netherlands, have announced a webinar to introduce Accelerated Concept Design – a way to automate and optimize the concept stage of the ship […]
Read ArticleDecember 7, 2017