Software, services, and expertise for the business of shipbuilding.

        • Achieve a Quick ROI

        • Sliced implementations and our expertise means a benefit from day one, without a lengthy setup.

        • Integrate, Collaborate, Re-use

        • SSI’s Open Shipbuilding Platform gives you a future-proof source of truth for your shipbuilding projects.

        • Change Management

        • Get visibility into changes, understand the impacts, and have the right information at the right time to execute the change.

        • Adapt and Innovate

        • Create a local or virtualized shipbuilding environment for your global distributed workforce.

        • Changing from Another Solution

        • SSI makes it easy to switch from other platforms and keep your existing data.

        • Design

        • The most significant opportunities to impact the cost of building and operating a ship are found in the design and engineering phase.

          Initial Design  |  Basic Design  |  Detailed Design

        • Build

        • Even a smaller shipbuilding project is immense in scope and scale. Manage the challenges that are unique to ship construction.

          Prepare  |  Fabricate  |  Assemble

        • Maintain

        • With the majority of a ship’s life taking place after it’s been built, it’s crucial to ensure that the organization has a clear picture of the vessel at all times.

          Digital Twin  |  Repair / Refit  |  Operations

        • Nexus

        • SSI Nexus is the place where users, creators, & implementers of SSI software get together. Here they discuss best practices & industry trends, tackle common challenges, gain access to the latest software, and provide input into the future of the products that bring them together.

        • MyLearning

        • SSI MyLearning is where SSI users can access detailed training exercises, materials, courses, and certifications. The self-directed training curriculum ensures that training happens on your schedule and when you need it most.

        • SSI Blogs

        • The SSI blog is your place to get insights into the intersection of shipbuilding and technology, how our industry is moving forward, and keep up with SSI news. It’s the only place to read the latest from Denis Morais and Darren Larkins, SSI’s co-CEOs.

          Lighthouse  |  Waveform  |  Shipbuilding Solutions

        • ShipConstructor

        • Engineering information is a shipbuilder’s most important asset. Getting that information to fit your business means using a solution that is built to handle shipbuilding’s unique challenges and information requirements throughout each stage of a vessel’s lifecycle.

        • EnterprisePlatform

        • Every process in a shipyard requires data. Seamlessly sharing that data across tools in the correct format needed allows for meaningful, actionable information to be consumed throughout the organization. Providing the freedom to choose the tailored tools required for a shipbuilding project.

        • ShipbuildingPLM

        • ShipbuildingPLM is the only product lifecycle management (PLM) platform that is specifically built for the business of shipbuilding. It allows your shipyard to manage and organize information, understand change, build a foundation for digital innovation, and support MRO activities – without the risks and costs of traditional PLM implementations.

        • Company

        • Learn more about SSI and our leadership.

        • Locations & Contact

        • You need a partner with a global presence.

        • News

        • The latest on SSI and shipbuilding.

        • Events

        • Join us at our next event, conference, or trade show.

        • Partners

        • Learn more about our Platform and Development Partners.

        • Clients

        • See the industry leaders who trust SSI.

        • Careers

        • Help us make the business of shipbuilding possible.


Technical Requirements

Supported Operating Systems: XP (32-bit), Vista (32-bit and 64-bit), Windows 7 (32-bit and 64-bit), Windows Server 2003 (32-bit), Windows Server 2008 (32-bit and 64-bit) Windows Server 2008 R2 (32-bit and 64-bit)
SQL Servers: SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 3, SQL Server 2008, and SQL Server 2008 R2
Supported AutoCAD Platforms: AutoCAD2010, AutoCAD 2011, and AutoCAD 2012
Side-by-Side Installation Compatibility ShipConstructor 2012 supports side-by-side installation with ShipConstructor 2008, ShipConstructor 2009, and ShipConstructor 2011.

 

New Features in ShipConstructor 2012

AutoCAD 2012 Support
ShipConstructor 2012 enables users to work in the most advanced CAD environment by adding AutoCAD 2012 compatibility. AutoCAD 2012 offers several new tools and improvements such as enhanced surface modeling, enhanced point cloud support, direct access to AutoCAD WS, and in-application access to AutoDesk Exchange. ShipConstructor 2012 also supports AutoCAD 2011 and AutoCAD 2010.

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AutoCAD 2012 Support (click on image to enlarge)

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Enhanced Offset Construction Lines (click to enlarge)

Enhanced Offset Construction Lines
ShipConstructor 2012 increases modeling efficiency by allowing offset construction lines to be modified independently from their source lines. Offset construction lines can be shortened, lengthened, trimmed, and broken at a point without affecting the source line or breaking the offset relationship. This allows complex models to be created with simpler line work. It also makes subsequent modifications of already modeled construction lines much easier.

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Enhanced Endcuts (click to enlarge)

Enhanced Endcuts
ShipConstructor 2012 reduces the number of endcut definitions required to populate a catalog with industry standard endcuts. Additional trim application options require fewer unique definitions and simplify the combined application of endcuts and trims.

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One-Step Package and Deploy Project (click to enlarge)

One-Step Package and Deploy Project
ShipConstructor 2012 simplifies the process of backing up and transferring a project with new one-step commands: Package Project and Deploy Project. The Package Project command creates a compressed archive that includes all components of a ShipConstructor project, i.e. the database backup, all ShipConstructor drawings, and optionally any additional files that reside in the project folder. The Deploy Project command takes the archive produced by the Package Project command, checks the file for consistency, and then automatically deploys it to a specified server and location while creating a new PRO file so that there are no additional steps required to start working once the deployment is complete.

Side-by-Side Installation
ShipConstructor 2012 makes it easy to test or to execute multiple projects on multiple versions of ShipConstructor. On the same PC, side-by-side installation of ShipConstructor 2012 is supported with ShipConstructor 2008, 2009, and 2011.

Increased Speed
ShipConstructor 2012 reduces wait time with a number of improvements. The load times of distributed system model drawings have been reduced by up to 10%. Additionally, the time required to load and view distributed system part property data in AutoCAD has been reduced by 50%. This results in increased environment responsiveness, especially when selecting large numbers of parts. Finally, ShipConstructor 2012 allows the performance improvements contained within AutoCAD 2012 to be taken advantage of. As an example, AutoCAD 2012 offers superior performance when switching between different tabs on the ribbon.

For download information, view the Updates page.