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AVEVA Space Management™ - NEW!

Create and manage the automatic subdivision of a ship's hull design

This tool automatically divides a ship's hull design into spaces, enabling the efficient design of the most complex ships.
Logical dependencies between designed objects and the space attributes retain design intent while the hull layout evolves.

 
A General ArrangementA General Arrangement
  • ~/media/Aveva/English/Products/Images/Space_Management/SM2-600px.ashx?w=307&h=206&bc=whiteA General ArrangementA General Arrangement
  • ~/media/Aveva/English/Products/Images/Space_Management/SM3-600px.ashx?w=307&h=206&bc=whiteA typical Insulation PlanA typical Insulation Plan
  • ~/media/Aveva/English/Products/Images/Space_Management/SM4-600px.ashx?w=307&h=206&bc=whiteSubdividing a hull into production blocksSubdividing a hull into production blocks
  • Automatically create a ship subdivision in spaces using set Reference Surface Objects
  • Associate properties to volumes and bounding surfaces
  • Copy attributes from one space to another
  • Join/merge existing spaces to create bigger ones
  • Handle complex shapes as boundaries for spaces
  • Create as many arrangements as needed.
  • Apply insulation properties from insulation catalogue to faces of the spaces; fire insulation general arrangement as a free output with fire insulation legend.
  • Outfitting designers can query space and surface attributes in order to make the right decision regarding pipe/HVAC/cable trays penetration systems, pipe or HVAC insulation, water-tightness, and more.
  • Automatically obtain insulation weights, volumes, costs and materials lists once properties are assigned to spaces.
  • Defined spaces and arrangements are stored with the model of the ship and can be reused to monitor progress or deviations from initial calculations.
  • Create graphical reports on criteria for space attributes; e.g. actual steel weight compared to estimated weight.
  • Calculate weight, centre of gravity and material list for Hull and Outfitting within a block.
  • Calculate welding length.
  • Create physical blocks in AVEVA Hull Detailed Design from AVEVA Space Management with reference to the boundaries selected.
  • Manage pipe/HVAC penetration in accordance with water-tightness and SOLAS classification of the penetrated bulkheads/decks.
  • Generate a General Arrangement (GA) drawing with relevant attributes.
  • Enables block splitting simulation and adjustments prior to physical block definition.
  • Enables a consistent design between GA-based and hull-based activities for large or complex ships.
  • Enables a fully room-oriented calculation of painting areas; any fictitious surface can even be used as a delimiter, enabling definition of more than one painting rule within a single room.
  • Easily reuse data and attributes in PML (Programming Macro Language) scripts for more complex customisation.
  • All attributes are available for PML programming.
  • PML programming enables the next level of rule-based design.

Overview

In the early stages of ship design, compartments need to be defined and arranged to meet functional and operational requirements. Various spaces must be reserved for systems and equipment, such as trunking for pipes, cables and ventilation, major machinery, equipment, and access. All are subject to specific design regulations, such as fire resistance and allowed content.

In later design stages, weights, centres of gravity, numbers of parts, areas, drawing lists, attributes and so on, are all related to the spatial arrangement of the ship. Ease of adjusting spatial subdivisions and automatically updating their dependencies therefore saves time and effort as the design evolves.

A space arrangement is defined by an envelope (typically the shell surface and the upper deck, forming a closed volume) and a number of boundaries derived from the Common Reference Model. The automatically generated spaces can be merged, and spaces from other arrangements, or any closed volumes, can be added or subtracted from the arrangement.

All modelling work is carried out on the Common Reference Model, never on individual spaces within an arrangement. Two different arrangements, made for different purposes, will therefore share many of the modelled boundaries and will be topologically dependent on the same boundaries. This reduces the time needed to make changes or to check alternative designs.

Many different subdivisions of the ship can be used at the same time for different purposes, such as:

  • SOLAS classification of rooms
  • design zones
  • subcontractors’ subdivisions
  • compartmentation and stability assessment
  • production planning
  • general arrangement
  • fire/noise/thermal insulation plans; painting areas
  • heat dissipation.

Business Benefits

  • Reduces project risk by enabling a ‘what-if’ approach to estimating and decision-making
  • Enables advanced customisation, based on 3D volumes of the ship
  • Increased productivity for General Arrangement-based drawings. For example, fire insulation plans may be created automatically
  • Better cost control as a result of precise, early estimations of insulation materials and costs
  • Greater production efficiency through the optimisation of block structure weight and design

AVEVA Space Management is particularly productive in the design of more complex ships, such as cruise ships, naval surface vessels, submarines, ferries or offshore supply vessels.

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