SHIPCONSTRUCTOR - ALBACORE RESEARCH LTD will be exhibiting its latest revolutionary software release, ShipConstructor 2006, and the benefits of the latest developments to the offshore and shipbuilding industry. Representatives will be available to demonstrate the latest additions and will illustrate how ShipConstructor is being used by the 200-plus yards and designers worldwide.

•With the new DDROM, moving a tanktop adjusts the height of all frame plate parts under it automatically. Similarly, a hull trace change updates all related parts instantly.

The release of ShipConstructor 2006 represents the most significant upgrade of the software since its initial release. ShipConstructor’s fundamentally new parametric-like modelling paradigm, the Database Driven Relational Object Model (DDROM), will dramatically reduce the amount of time spent modelling and revising parts, and enable designs that were never before possible. Building on this new technological foundation, all modules have been thoroughly modernized, providing improved performance, more streamlined workflows, and a variety of new features. Finally, an Application Programming Interface (API) will enable customers to achieve new levels of automation, customisation and integration with third-party applications. [More at www.shipconstructor.com/news_press_2005-07-21_DDROM.html]

•ShipConstructor’s API opens secure access to the product object model.

ShipConstructor is of use to the shipbuilding and offshore industry, including shipyards, naval engineers and boat/ship designers, big and small; and relevant particularly to delegates attending ICMES, INEC and the offshore oil and gas streams of WMTC 2006.

Albacore Research Ltd (ARL) is the creator of ShipConstructor, the AutoCAD based 3D product-modelling software for the design and fabrication of ships and offshore structures. ShipConstructor is proving its capabilities on a wide range of new construction, conversion and repair projects, including the US Navy’s Littoral Combat Ship, the US Coast Guard’s Deepwater Project and the Devils Tower Spar. More than 200 yards and designers worldwide, among which you will find well-known names such as Northrop Grumman Ship Systems, Austal Ships, Gibbs & Cox, and Dubai Drydocks, trust ShipConstructor with their projects.

ShipConstructor provides functions for curved plates, structure, pipe, HVAC, equipment, and NC-processing and also generates sophisticated production documentation, including automatically annotated assembly drawings pipe spools, and production reports. ARL celebrated its 15 th anniversary in June 2005 and has been going from strength to strength in the new millennium. Further exciting developments are planned for 2006 and 2007. Further information from +1 250 881 4578; and from www.shipconstructor.com