New Features and Enhancements in SSI 2021

Autodesk Products

SSI 2021 is compatible with the latest releases from Autodesk including:

• AutoCAD 2021/2020/2019 (Vanilla, Mechanical and Plant3D editions);
• Navisworks 2021/2020/2019 (Simulate and Manage versions).

Microsoft SQL Server Products

There have been several changes to the supported versions of SQL Server:

• No longer supports SQL Server 2014 Full and Express editions;
• Now supports SQL Server 2019 Full and Express editions;
• The SSI installer now includes SQL Server 2017 Express.

Operating Systems

Finally, Windows 7 is no longer a supported workstation Operating System by Microsoft and Autodesk products.

Stiffener Trims to Plate Parts

ShipConstructor now allows you to trim your non-twisted stiffeners and faceplates to plate parts to improve your stiffener trims workflow.

• This new feature reduces human error when you define custom trim planes to trim your stiffener to your desired side of a plate part
• A new trim type “Part Plane” is available for selection in the trim window
• You will be able to select a plate from a native drawing, M-Link, or Partviews to which you want to trim your non-twisted stiffeners
• A plane selector will allow you to select the plane of the Plate Part
• Please note that this functionality is currently not supported for twisted stiffeners

Plate to Plate Marklines

ShipConstructor now allows you to add marklines of a plate to another plate automatically using the contact path, so that, you can easily place the plates at exact locations for welding and you no longer required to add the marklines manually, saving many man-hours and avoiding possible human errors.

This new feature allows you to,

• Use the existing "Add Objects" function to select both target and marker plate and automatically generate markline with your choice of markline style
• Generate marklines that will have the markside, throw direction, NC Process and Part name of the marker plate added to it automatically
• Select standard plates as marker plates
• Select a marker plate in a different drawing using M-Link and Partviews
• Select a target plate and multiple marker plates in one operation
• Edit the markline style and it's details from "Edit Component"

Reuse and transfer your plate and profile nests between projects.

Like other WorkShare Transfer features, this synchronizing feature allows for the creating, updating and deleting of plate and profile nests. To transfer plate nests, nest drawings are used as the entry point, meaning all nests within that drawing are synchronized.

When using this functionality, please note that:

• Plate nest remnants can be transferred, but profile nest remnants cannot.
• The nest workflow status is reset during a transfer, so a nest with a cut status, after transfer, will have a created status.
• Nests cannot be synchronized if the destination hull nests have an issued or cut status, to protect your nests.

Export and Import Space Allocations Groups

Space Allocation Groups are Catalog items, and can now be imported for re-use across projects. 

To export or import directly through Manager:

• Manager->Space Allocation->Groups
• Manager->File->Import->Space Allocation
• Manager->File->Export->Space Allocation

When creating a new project from an XML file or .PRO, Space Allocation Groups will be imported during the new project creation.

Additions to Dynamic Property Definitions for Labeling

In this release we have added the following new fields available as Dynamic Property Definitions to Property Labels to provide you with more flexibility in labeling:

• Accessory items on accessory packages,
• End3 End Treatment and End4 End Treatment for Pipe and HVAC;
• End3 Profile and End4 Profile for HVAC.

ProductHierarchy Collapse/Expand Sub-Tree

The ProductHierarchy dialog now supports the ability to expand and collapse selected entries in the ProductHirarchy:

• This allows you to select one or more entries and automatically open them along with all their Sub-Trees for easier navigation of complex product hierarchy environment.

Furthermore, the state of the trees persists, so that any Sub-Trees remain expanded out of view when its parent tree is collapsed for quick access during a working session.

• You may also collapse all Sub-Trees from within the context menu in the same fashion. 

Updated Dialogs and Context Menus

Updated Styling has been applied to a large number of Windows and their grid views to present a more consistent user interface as well as user experience. 

This includes a consistent theme across these dialogs as well as updated icons/glyphs when present. 

In addition, all the grids of that styling now offer identical context menu functionality.

Some of the updated areas include:

• UDA 2.0 Manager
• UDA Editor in Advantage Pack
• WorkShare
• Revision Browser
• Part View Load Manager
• Property Label Style Manager

UDA Editor Export

Within the UDA Editor Palette, you may now export the list of User Defined Attributes.

The Export will save the full set of currently visible UDAs.

This allows you to load the required set of UDAs through the Load Manager and then gives you the flexibility to sort or filter the resulting list.

The export functionality in the ribbon generates a .TSV file which is easily accessible through Excel or similar applications.