Autohydro® Adopted by Ships Classification Malaysia
Autoship Systems Corporation (ASC) of Vancouver, Canada is pleased to supply the hydrostatics and stability program, Autohydro, to Ships Classification of Malaysia (SCM). The current Release 6.1 was recently installed and will begin to be used to check the stability of ships under SCM's registry. ASC foresees that the shipbuilding industry in Malaysia will also adopt Autohydro in order to streamline the approval process.

SCM is the national premier classification society providing vessel classifications for maritime industry. 70% of SCM personnel are technical and professional consisting of Naval Architects, Marine Engineers, Electrical Engineers, Graduate Engineers and Master Foreign Going. SCM's core business is Classification of ships, be it classification of existing ships in service or classification of new ships under construction in shipyards.

Beginning with 55 ships being classed in 1997, SCM now has a total of 441 ships under its Class Register to date, (as of December 1st, 2005) with a combined gross tonnage of approximately 300,000.

SCM plans on using Autohydro for the approval of Ships Stability Books that are under its registry. Autohydro will allow SCM to quickly develop the ship model and perform various intact and damage calculations, such as stability, longitudinal strength and survivability. Autohydro was recently updated to Version 6.1 introducing new features such as DXF Import of components for the Geometry File (GF). The user can treat the component as if it were created in Modelmaker and manipulate its offsets values to fair the shape, add tanks and superstructure, and then save as a GF.

Autoship Systems is the leading developer of a suite of CAD/CAM marine design programs. Autohydro currently has over 1,200 installed user base making it the No. 1 program of its type in use across the marine industry. For more information, email Autohydro@autoship.com.