Business Benefits

• Reduced design man-hours and time
  Built-in knowledge of marine standards and practice simplifies the creation of drawings.
• Better design quality
  Integrated marine-oriented drawing generation and modelling, based on a single model database, reduces the risk of errors and the need for rework

Key Features

• Marine-oriented
  A range of marine-industry-specific functions include:
  • Symbolic-type hull views, automatically created from the model
    
  • Automatic section details of model parts
    
  • Frame and longitudinal position rulers
    
  • Centre line and base line
    
  • Shell profile mounting angles
    
• Graphical workspace
  The graphical workspace is built up from the model or a part of the model. Drawing views of the model can contain subviews, can overlap each other, and can have annotations, dimensions and texts. The designer freely creates views in his drawing with defined positions and orientations in the model.
  
  
• Full function set
  AVEVA Hull Drafting makes drawing development highly productive. Drafting features include:
  
  • General 2D drafting functions, including user-definable line types, multiselect, pan & zoom
    
  • Associative dimensioning and advanced annotation facilities
    
  • Model view generation, including hidden line removal and generation of shaded images
    
  • Access to, and viewing of, all types of model objects
    
  • Standard details
    

A typical shell expansion drawing

• Symbolic or 3D drawings
  The model can be displayed either with a symbolic representation of hull parts such as stiffeners, seams, notches and drain holes, or with full three-dimensional representation. Symbolic views are traditional for classification and hull workshop drawings, while the full representation can be used for assembly and erection drawings.
• Full associativity
  Drawing views remain connected to the model and can be automatically updated when model changes are made. This maintains consistency between the model and its related drawings, reducing time spent documenting the design and eliminating common sources of errors.
  
  
• Information transfer
  AVEVA Hull Drafting provides input and output in 2D DXF and IGES formats, and exports to SVG, CGM and TIFF formats.