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.

Ship Constructor

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:
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Revit - Family Basics, Modeling a Stool

Revit Family Basics

Software : Revit
Category : Modeling
Description : In this tutorial I make a simple parametric stool in a generic family. I cover Working with reference planes, parameters and establishing constraints.

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3ds Max - Parametric Panel - Responds to Sun

solarPanel.jpg

Software : 3d studio max
Category : Modeling
Description : This Tutorial covers how to make a parametric panel with splines which later have parameters tapering and radius. The opening in the panel is then constrained to a max sun system.

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3ds Max - Parametric Walkway

Software : 3d studio max
Category : Modeling
Description : A simple tutorial explaining making copies as references then using modifiers to store modeling procedures.

Parametric Walk Way

Parametric Walk Way
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3ds Max - Edititable Poly - Animate Mode

Software : 3d studio max
Category : Modeling
Description : Using modifiers like features in a parametric modeling software. The idea is to use parameters to store design intent and avoid having to remodel geometry.

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