Cantiere Megaride, Italy, has launched a 24-metre research vessel fitted with Autoship Systems Corporation's (ASC) CAD/CAM.
The research vessel, built for the ARPA (Environmental Protection Agency for the Sicily Region), was designed and built using ASC's entire CAD/CAM software suite which includes a number of integrated programmes, each of which performs specific functions for vessel design and construction.
The suite features Autoship (hull and superstructure design), Autohydro (stability and strength calculations), Autostructure (internal structural design), Production Manager (nesting and stock management), Autopower (resistance and powering prediction) and Autoplate (plate design, expansion and management system).
The 'Galatea', designed by Navalia, Italy, will be deployed between Italy and North Africa to conduct coastal water analysis, bottom coring, ROV operations and has a wet and dry onboard laboratory.
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