National Shipbuilding Research Program. 1997 Ship Production Symposium, Paper Number 24: CAD/CAM/CIM Requirements for a World Class Commercial Shipyard.

摘要

With their ongoing reentry into the international shipbuilding market, U.S. shipyards are focusing on the strengths and potential of computer- aided design/computer-aided manufacturing/computer-integrated manufacturing, or CAD/CAM/CIM. World-class commercial shipyards and software suppliers in Europe and Japan have advanced the state of the art of CAD/CAM/CIM and offer much for U.S. yards to learn. Indeed, they have proven generous in sharing their knowledge with the U.S., as evidenced during the conduct of the recent National Shipbuilding Research Program 'Evaluate the Shipbuilding CAD/CAM Systems' Project. The primary goal of Phase I of the Project was to identify key features of CAD/CAM/CIM implementations at world-class shipyards that most significantly contribute to the success of those shipyards in commercial shipbuilding and deliver this information to U.S. shipyards. That goal has been accomplished and the results presented at a CAD/CAM/CIM workshop at the 1996 Ship Production Symposium. This paper reports on Phase II of the CAD/CAM/CIM project, which built upon the knowledge gained in Phase I. In Phase II, the Project Team developed a set of 70 technical requirements for a world-class ship design and production CAD/CAM/CIM system that is future-oriented. In addition, the Team described links between the technical side of shipbuilding and the business side, illustrating the business value of the technical requirements in particular and advanced CAD/CAM/CIM in general. It is hoped that the technical requirements and business links will provide U.S. yards with guide posts which will help those yards not only catch up with, but leapfrog, world-class technology and establish a competitive presence in the international shipbuilding market.