AVEVA Marine Drafting

For the creation of marine design and

production drawings
Even the most technologically advanced shipyards in the world rely heavily on
drawings to communicate information during the design stage or, later, for
Business Benefits
production. In order to avoid costly inconsistencies, it is vital for shipyards Reduced design man-hours and
that those drawings accurately reflect the 3D ship model used for design and time:
production. This means that any modification to the 3D ship model should be
z Built-in knowledge of marine
easily propagated to, and highlighted in, the relevant drawings. standards and practice simplifies
design work for the creation of
AVEVA Marine Drafting is an application for the creation of drawings using the drawings, and reduces the risk of
model data in the model database. The application contains extensive 2D drafting errors and the need for rework.
functionality for general drafting, and special model drafting functions for z The use of the common model
reading the model database, in order to create marine drawings with symbolic database as the single,
views, in line with shipbuilding design practices. integrated, stored data reference
for all drawings enables better
communication across all design
disciplines.
z Integrated drawing generation
and modelling reduces the risk of
errors.

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Key Features
z An essential part of the drafting functionality is the graphical
workspace concept for all interaction with the model database.
The graphical workspace is built up from the model or a part of
the model. Drawing views of the model can contain subviews,
can overlap each other, and can have annotations, dimensions
and texts. The designer freely creates views in his drawing with
defined positions and orientations in the model. These views
remain connected to the model and can be automatically updated
when model changes are made. This feature ensures consistency
between the model database and the related drawings, reducing
time spent documenting the design.

z The model can be displayed in two different types of view, either

with a symbolic representation of hull parts such as stiffeners,
seams, notches and drain holes, or with full three-dimensional
representation. The symbolic-style views are traditional for
classification and hull workshop drawings, while the full
representation can be used for assembly and erection drawings. Drawing of a hull block with both 3D and hull expansion views

z Marine Drafting contains numerous convenient functions for

interactive drawing development. Features provided by the
drawing functions include:

- General 2D drafting
- Model view generation
- Access to, and viewing of, all types of model objects
- Dimensioning facilities
- Hidden line removal
- Generation of shaded images
- Advanced annotation features
- User-definable line types
- Associative dimensions
- Multi-select functionality
- Pan and zoom functionality
- Standard details.

z A range of marine-industry-specific functions are included in General arrangement drawing

Marine Drafting:

- Automatic creation of hull symbolic-type views from the model

on a user-defined plane
- Automatic section details of model parts such as bracket
connections
- Frame and longitudinal position rulers
- Centre line and base line
- Shell profile mounting angles.

z Marine Drafting provides input and output links in 2D DXF and IGES
formats. There are also export links to SVG, CGM and TIFF formats.

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