Tag: Design Solutions
Creating flexible designs for sustainable, future-proof vessels
To create the sustainable fleets of the future, key decisions must be made from the very beginning of the design process. This includes creating flexible designs that will enable a ship to incorporate new fuels and technologies throughout its lifecycle, as well as a comprehensive assessment of emissions for each unique design. To meet the […]
Read ArticleJune 17, 2022
NAPA Webinar: Achieve better designs quicker with NAPA FEM
The recording of the webinar is now available for viewing! In this free 45-minute webinar, our experts Krisfoffer Brink and Myeong-Jo Son discussed how automatically generated NAPA Finite Element (FE) models can help to identify the critical locations with alarming stress levels, already in the early design phases, speeding up the design process and leading […]
Read ArticleJune 15, 2022
The devil is in the details – why early FE analysis is essential?
Ships are large structures with a tremendous number of details that often aren’t given enough attention to in the early design stages, which can grow into major issues later on. Introducing the feedback of finite element (FE) analysis earlier in the design journey can help to pinpoint these problems, and zoom in on the right […]
Read ArticleMay 30, 2022
NAPA enables new floating offshore wind turbine design for Samsung Heavy Industries
By using NAPA design software for modeling, geometry, and to calculate stability, Samsung Heavy Industries’ (SHI) R&D center – Samsung Ship Model Basin (SSMB) – was able to design the Tri-Star Float model and enter the wind power generation market Background NAPA has a longstanding relationship with Samsung Heavy Industries, the South Korean shipbuilding company […]
Read ArticleFebruary 18, 2022
NAPA Webinar: Latest news on NAPA ship design solutions
The recording of the webinar is now available for viewing! In this free 45-minute webinar on 17 February 2022, we presented the latest news and development of NAPA software solutions for ship design. Our Mikko Forss and Olli Puustinen discussed about the following topics: 3D model-based structural design: The latest news and development related to […]
Read ArticleFebruary 17, 2022
NAPA Release 2021.2
The new NAPA Release is now live! We are excited to announce that our second NAPA Release of 2021 is now live. The latest updates to the release have been made to further enhance quality, performance and usability. All the changes in the software can be found in the NAPA Release Notes 2021.2 document, which […]
Read ArticleDecember 23, 2021
Fincantieri: Staying ahead of the pack
Fincantieri is one of the world’s leading shipyards. Since 1995 it has used NAPA to streamline its design process, and the partnership is still driving innovation today. How Fincantieri has used NAPA Steel to stay ahead of the competition for 18 years? Background Fincantieri’s naval division designs and delivers a wide variety of naval vessels, including frigates, corvettes, destroyers, […]
Read ArticleAugust 25, 2021
NAPA Release 2021.1
The new NAPA Release is out now! We are excited to announce that our first NAPA Release of 2021 is now live. We will deliver at least two releases in 2021 and the first one focuses now on the usability and user experience of all NAPA products with a completely renewed licensing technology. The next […]
Read ArticleJuly 30, 2021
NAPA and CADMATIC join forces to provide integrated, intelligent ship design solution encompassing the entire project life cycle
The integrated solution increases the efficiency of the data-driven ship design, engineering, production and information management process Helsinki and Turku, Finland, 29 June 2021– 3D-based design, engineering, and information management software solutions provider CADMATIC and the leading maritime software, services and data analysis provider, NAPA, have announced a new integrated, intelligent ship design software solution […]
Read ArticleJune 28, 2021
NAPA to enhance 3D ship design process with launch of NAPA Viewer
The new streaming technology will support 3D model-based approval (3DMBA) by providing all stakeholders with a live interactive web application to better collaborate on ship design Helsinki, Finland – 14 June 2021 – NAPA, the leading maritime software, services and data analysis provider, has today announced the launch of NAPA Viewer – its new collaborative […]
Read ArticleJune 14, 2021