OFFSHORE SUPPLY VESSEL

Shipbuilder
Bollinger Shipyards, Inc., USA

Project
Two 191-ft by 46-ft by 15-ft supply OSVs

ShipConstructor Modules
ShipCAM, Structure, BuildStrategy, ManualNest

Project Highlights
Initial Design Model Integrates with Production Model - To fair the OSV hulls, Bollinger chose ShipConstructor's ShipCAM module. Bollinger's design group then developed a 3D initial design model from which it extracted 2D drawings using the built-in workshop drawing function. The 2D drawings were used for regulatory body and customer submittals. From the 3D initial design model, Bollinger developed 100 per cent of the structural part development ensuring that all changes to the 3D model were automatically implemented in all submittal drawings.

Production Integration - For pre-fab and panel construction, Bollinger utilized ShipConstructor's automatic 3D assembly drawing generation function. The design group used ShipConstructor's Pipe and Outfit modules to interface the piping and outfitting components into the 3D model to avoid potential collisions in the field. ShipConstructor's interference checking function turned out to be a very helpful quality assurance tool for that particular job. Initially, only pipe over 2-1/2” was to be routed in 3D and used for spool drawing generation. Production then requested even smaller pipes to be modeled as well, due to the savings achieved.

Integration with other Software - For the near future, Bollinger plans to integrate the ShipConstructor SQL project database with other related business process databases, such as enterprise resource planning, purchasing, and accounting.