Tag: Structure 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
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
Managing design complexity for cruise vessels with NAPA Steel
Wismar, Germany / Helsinki, Finland In the 55 years between 1940 and 1995, the record for the largest passenger ship changed hands twice. In the 24 years since 1995 that record has been broken 11 times. With additional size comes additional complexity, and it’s no different for the design process. MV Werften has developed […]
Read ArticleApril 9, 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