DNV Software offers seamless integration with SmartMarine 3D. Since 2002, Intergraph and DNV Software have worked together under a licensing, comarketing and reseller agreement for integrating and marketing their respective technologies. These include Intergraph SmartMarine 3D, related SmartPlant Enterprise software and life cycle engineering information management tools, the DNV Software Nauticus Early Design and engineering information management life cycle products.

Intergraph and DNV Software maintain a strategic alliance to sell and distribute SmartMarine 3D software for the commer - cial shipbuilding, offshore, oil and gas markets. The agreement expands the value of SmartMarine 3D by enabling scantlings validation against classification rules, structural and hydrodynamic analysis in early design stages and asset life cycle management to shipyards and ship owners.

SmartMarine 3D technology foundation
DNV Software builds early design software on SmartMarine 3D technology and exclusively sells the resulting products under the brand name Nauticus Early Design. This software performs early design functions of optimising cost, safety and manufacturability of ships and offshore installations.

DNV Software has also migrated its ship life cycle engineering information management tools to the same rules-driven SmartMarine 3D technology base. The result comprises a set of the companies’ products covering the entire ship life cycle. The integration minimises data translation and enables seamless data handoff
between life cycle stages. All resulting software products are specifically open to inclusion of class rules from any maritime classification society.

Nauticus Early Design
Typically 70 to 80 per cent of the total cost of a shipbuilding project is determined during the early design process. Efficient tools are essential for ship designers to optimise the design and reduce the risk of costly design changes later in the process. DNV Software offers the Nauticus Early Design software to bridge different design domains. Harnessing the power of existing design knowledge together with new information technology in a more integrated and structured manner is an essential issue for improving design team productivity. The software integrates CAD analysis, enabling ship designers to perform contract and classification design faster and better. Concurrent use of a single common ship product model and the powerful Brix Workflow manager engine enables a controlled and well-managed approach to early design.

Nauticus Early Design combines stateof-the-art technologies developed by DNV Software and Intergraph. A powerful associative ship modeller, multi-user functionality and a rule-based design environment enable ship designers to perform contract and classification design in a fast and efficient manner.

Molded Forms
The new 3D concept modeller, Molded Forms, enables fast, accurate definition and communication of ship hull and structure components. Decks, bulkheads, plates and stiffeners are linked together by a very robust associative data model that enables the easy modification and update of ship models throughout the design.

The object-oriented database is multiuser and multi-disciplinary, and allows project members to share data instantly across design disciplines. The system’s advanced rule engine enables knowledgebased engineering with a high degree of automation and the elimination of repetitive modelling tasks. The end result is a shorter lead time and improved quality of design.

DNV Software is customising Smart - Marine 3D to work with Nauticus Hull. The integration between SmartMarine 3D Molded Forms and Nauticus Hull has enabled a rich data set for handling compartments, loads and capacity models. The new system manages the data necessary for strength assessment of ships and drawing generation, including:

• Hydrodynamic
• 3D modelling
• Class Rules
• Capacity check according to first-class principles
• Life cycle support.

Choosing Intergraph
For DNV Software, the major factors that influenced the selection process were Intergraph’s cooperation with the GRAD consortium and the commitment to Windows NT and Microsoft.

The proper benchmark is always a must when you are looking for new 3D systems. The Intergraph solutions were chosen for three main reasons:

• Openness provided by commercial offthe-shelf system components (operating system, geometry kernel and RDBMS)
• Integration among all the vertical applications involved
• Scalability within SmartMarine Enterprise solutions

Says Elling Rishoff, managing director of DNV Software:
“Our team members have worked together with Intergraph personnel from Hampton, Virginia and Huntsville, Alabama for more than ten years. Our relationship is very strong and we value the Intergraph team’s commitment and expertise.

“Several reasons serve as proof that Intergraph was a good choice. We took advantage of site licenses for SmartMarine 3D and SmartSketch for flexibility and convenience. We use the software for ship 3D modelling, enabling us to consistently perform verification. Another good reason is that it only took about one month
to train our employees to use SmartMarine 3D. “The future of DNV Software is based on a successful implementation of Nauticus Early Design in the market, and working closely with our partners, such as Intergraph, to provide the best possible solutions for our customers,” says Elling Rishoff.

Author: Jana Miller, Intergraph Corporation