New educational resources for modern shipbuilding design & modeling
Students learn 3D modeling and principles of shipbuilding
These educational resources have been developed in direct response to the stated needs of the shipbuilding industry and are designed to take students with a basic understanding of AutoCAD and provide them with the practical skills and essential knowledge needed to become modelers in a shipyard or marine design agency.
Included are lessons exposing learners to marine materials, classification societies, safety issues, shipbuilding terminology, fabrication strategies, shipyard production drawings and the principles of Design for Production (DFP).
Activities focus on hands-on practice where students get to model structural, piping, HVAC, electrical and equipment parts within ShipConstructor®, a 3D AutoCAD based marine design software program. The lessons also teach students how to create nest, assembly and spool drawings as well as other realistic production output. This hands-on experience, combined with solid theoretical knowledge ensures mastery of competencies requested by the shipbuilding industry.
Industry & Academic Institutions involved:
Bollinger Shipyards, Northrop Grumman, Austal USA, Bender Shipbuilding & Repair, VT Halter Marine, Manitowoc Marine Group, Todd Pacific Shipyard, Atlantic Marine, Art Anderson Associates, Murray & Associates, Genoa Design International, Elliot Bay Design Group, Gibbs & Cox, ShipConstructor Software Inc., Worldwide Instructional Design System, University of Wisconsin (Marinette), and the University of South Alabama.
