ShipConstructor Software (SSI), Canada, has launched a new software license option, the Universal Seat License.
The Universal Seat License provides a welcome and cost effective alternative to the current modular licensing system, providing access to every module and function ShipConstructor has to offer with one single license.
Future modules of ShipConstructor, such as Electrical and WeldManagement, will be automatically provided free of charge under the subscription programme.
The modular licensing system allows users to obtain the required number of disciplines from the following list: hull, structure, pipe, HVAC, equipment, penetrations, ProductHierarchy, ManualNest, AutomaticNest, ProfileNest, Report, and NC-Pyros – with Electrical and WeldManagement to be released later this year. But, predicting the correct number of disciplines is a very difficult if not impossible task for many customers.
With the Universal Seat License, customers can now choose the number of seats instead of the disciplines, which provides unsurpassed flexibility and, for many, a cost advantage as well.
Small design shops with staff experienced in a variety of disciplines will benefit from the Universal Seat License as much as large shipyards and design offices. In small design shops, a designer works on structure for a while, then moves to pipe, and after that to HVAC, nesting and NC code generation.
Large shipyards and design offices also benefit from the flexibility the new licensing option offers. When building a tanker, one needs more pipe seats, when building a bulk carrier, one needs more structural seats.
Furthermore, throughout the production design of a single ship, the load on the various departments generally shifts from hull fairing and lofting to structural design, to pipe, HVAC, and outfit, and then to production oriented functions, such as profile, plate nesting, NC code generation and production reporting.
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