SD shell expansion

SD SOFTWARE® is a unique, simple and low-cost platform primarily designed for the shipbuilding industry, but it can be used in other areas of mechanical industry as well. It was developed as a supplement to the Rhinoceros v5 basic package especially valuable to naval architects, design centres and shipyards with following features:

- SD offers a wide pallet of additional tools for fast 3D modelling typical for shipbuilding
- Automatic positioning of structural elements with naming in a shipbuilding manner
- Automatic specs/part lists creation with weight and COG info
- Quick semi-automatic cross-section extraction, preparation for 2D drawing and export to any Cad software package
- Quick extraction of structural elements for CNC cutting preparation
- Automatic profile extraction and preparation for 2D profile sketches
- Quickly and simple shell expansion
- Bending templates production

Main benefits of SD SOFTWARE®:
- Low-cost & simple application
- Inexpensive equipment (unlike competition software solutions, Rhinoceros is not high demanding for hardware requirements)
- Low-cost & easy personnel training
- Possibility of simultaneous work at multiple locations in the world. No participants number limitation at any levels of project development*
- Compatibility with all other similar software packages (AutoCAD, SolidWorks, SC or similar)
- Adaptability to the client’s demands and practice.

Disadvantages:
- Working with no database requires some manual operating especially during alterations,
- Parametric connection is for now rationed due to the prospects of Rhinoceros basic package.

SD SOFTWARE® is excellent substitution to expensive software packages intended primarily for smaller design offices, shipyards and workshops with capacity up to 10,000 t/year.
Compliance to the customer needs and the total cost of application make SD SOFTWARE® outstandingly attractive.

*In the last 24 months SD SOFTWARE® was successfully tested with 20+ vessels for various clients, from pleasure boats to 2700DWT cargo vessels. More than 60% of work was done by outsourcing.