Ship Constructor
This is the first post of many where i will be finding softwares that other industries use for design, fabrication and management. The first software I am writing about is shipconstructor. Being in the AEC industry it’s amazing how far behind we are, or at least that we are not further. This programs seems to do all things BIM is promising, and it’s all in one package. Im not sure when they say “AutoCAD-based 3D product” if it is built on top of Autocad (like a plugin) or if it behaves like autocad in that it is drafting based. For this write up i did not get a chance to Demo the software but in the further i will be writing about either program i use or i will request demo versions.
Software :ShipConstructor
URL:www.shipconstructor.com
Industry : Ship building
Primary use : 3d modeling for fabrication and assembly
Product Description: ShipConstructor is the dominant AutoCAD-based 3D product modeling and production planning software for the marine industry. ShipConstructor 2006 marries AutoCAD’s ease-of-drafting with the logical powers of a sleek SQL Server database design. This will bring you unprecedented savings, and opportunities to improve your design process. It also gives you the tools to streamline your entire production process.
Here are a few images from the website:
“no ‘riggin way” could this be based on POS acad. I think the salesblurb “marries AutoCAD’s ease-of-drafting” implies the ui should be easier for acad users to grasp. if ShipConstructor needed acad, you’d see that in “system requirements” (i didn’t look)
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ShipConstructor needs a better product name shipbim (not timeless). shipcon (sounds too republican). shipmod (mmm, maybe not timeless enough). DinghyDrafter ☻
hahahh, No BIM name since i guess it’s kind of specific to buildings. I think your right about being ACAD “like” similar to Rhino it is ACAD “like” i would imagine. I’ll request a demo and find out.
Thanks,
ShipConstructor sits on top of AutoCAD. Currently ShipConstructor is not compatible with AutoCAD 2009 ot any LT AutoCAD version. It IS compatible with the following:
AutoCAD 2007, 2008, Mechanical Desktop, and Mechanical. In the near future (with the release of ShipConstructor 2008 R3, this fall) ShipConstructor 2008 will support AutoCAD 2009.
Thanks for the clarification.
how can i get the training about this software? i am in batam, indonesia
you should try calling or writing them.
Hi. Did anyone here try to do this ship model in Revit Structure or Revit MEP?