We do believe that the core idea of an innovative product can be developed inside a reduced set of skilled people.
A megayacht is a complex system.
As for any transportation product, an optimum design cannot be done in ‘watertight comparments’. Structure must be optimized with interiors, styling must often fight with ergonomy and safety, weights distribution is important as hull geometry. Market sensibility and construction technology affects substantially design process.
Mixing and coordinating informations between designers, stylists and engineers has been done up to date mostly inside yards, relying on several external satellites or developing some in-house capabilities. Nowadays only few shipyards in a hand and probably less design studios can get together a CFD engineer, a programmer, a FEM structure analyst, an interior decorator, an exterior stylist and some practical experienced draftmen, all working in the same team, day by day in the same office.
‘Satellite’ outsourcing is often fighting with what we call ‘ask for instructions to stop and delay’ technique of many service companies.
Locking men and money to use Computational Fluid Dynamic capability inside the yard is a play that few technical offices can afford.
That's why we believe our solution being successful and we propose ourselves as Owner and Shipyard partners in for an integrated design development.
Shared access to project informations via Internet is provided for each mission critical project. Owner and/or Yard is constantly updated on our work status. We’re not afraid of making Customers seeing what we’re doing, day by day!
As per our mission we use the right software for the right use. Our basic principle is to keep updated an overall 3D model of the project with all main information detailed. All item interacting with multiple ‘design agent’ (the Naval Architect and Structure Engineer with the Interior Styling) is 3D modelled and inserted in ‘The Model’.
This main database is kept in ‘open format’ like IGES or highly distributable like Rhinoceros and Customer shared via dedicated Internet connection.
A PDM (Product Data Management) system is used to store all details and informations needed for construction. As per our mission both a sketch and a CFD analysis could be part of data stored in our PDM.
Customers of major projects are accessing to this online database.
Procurement data extensions of our system is under development.
Using this system we’re 100% able to act as external technical office of a Yard. Permare is a (successful) example. We’re following both design and production (as 'projects') of Amer 86’, Amer 92’ and of the newest Amer 116’.
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