Tag: 3D Model
NAPA and Korean Register partner to facilitate 3D-Model-Based Approval
NAPA and KR develop an interface between 3D CAD/CAE system and class society’s rule scantling software, accelerating the approval process Helsinki, Finland, 30 November 2021 – NAPA, the leading maritime software, services, and data analysis provider and class society Korean Register (KR), have completed the development of an interface linking structural design software – […]
Read ArticleNovember 30, 2021
Hyundai Heavy Industries and NAPA are innovating 3D structure design process together
Implementation of NAPA Steel streamlines the design process by providing a more agile and sophisticated platform for designers to collaborate on Background In 2016, Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI), the world’s largest shipyard, implemented NAPA Steel’s 3D model-based ship structural design tool across its Basic Hull Design Department. This marked a paradigm shift for HHI – […]
Read ArticleSeptember 6, 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
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
Managing design complexity for Genting’s cruise ships with NAPA Steel
Background MV Werften is a leading shipbuilding company that operates across three facilities in Germany on behalf of its parent company, Genting, and Genting’s three brands: Star Cruises, Dream Cruises, and Crystal Cruises. Globally the cruise business has been experiencing strong growth. A substantial number of new cruise vessels have been built over the last […]
Read ArticleApril 28, 2020
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
Windstar Cruises selects NAPA for stability management to maximize fleet safety
Helsinki, Finland – 9 April 2019 NAPA Loading Computer ensures optimal planning of stowage, cargo and ballast for market leader in small ship cruising NAPA, the leading maritime software, services and data analysis provider and Windstar Cruises, the market leader in small ship cruising, today announced that NAPA’s Loading Computer has been installed across its […]
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
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