ASC's New CAD/CAM Products and Features in 2003
In 2003 Autoship Systems Corporation (ASC) will release significant new features for four existing CAD/CAM products, and will add an entirely new component to enhance our innovative Autostructure program group.

The new component in the Autostructure system is Production Manager, which provides production-related functionality. The first release will include dimensional control, flat plate part nesting, extrusion nesting, and some stock management capability. Production Manager will be sold on a per-seat basis; contact your local dealer for details.

All-new features will be added to Autoship, Autohydro, Autoplate, and the Autostructure program group. Scroll down for details on these upcoming enhancements.

Click <here> to find contact information for your local Autoship dealer; or contact Autoship Systems Corporation at info@autoship.com.

NEW PRODUCT FEATURES IN 2003

Autoship - February 2003:

• Curve and surface fairing operations.
  
• Curve and surface knot redistribution.
  
• Edit mode context menu for view windows to contain all edit mode tool button functions plus fairing and knot redistribution.
• Preferences saved with project.
  
• Unlimited number of characters in object names. Any character set.
  
• Knuckle curves on developable surfaces.
  
• Wheel Mouse zoom.
  
• Centre button double click to zoom extents.
  
• Surface thickness included in weight and area report.
  
• Main screen layout change to increase editing window size.
  
• Curve colours, surface material and finish applied in one operation to multiple objects.
  
• Waterline and buttock end locations in offset tables.
  
• Body plan contour screen display to be fwd on right, aft on left.
  
• User supplied names for contours.
  
• Pan function for jumping from region of one control/edit point to region of another when zoomed in.
  
• Curve control/edit points spreadsheet in floating window.
  
• Curve editor which is revision of old curve points dialogue.
  
• New curve interpolation method which puts edit points at data point locations.
  
• In 2D DXF export culling never removes corner points.
  
• Curvature porcupines on contours.
  
• Curve and Surface properties dialogues from the Navigator.
  
  

Autoplate - February 2003:

• Curve fairing operations.
  
• Curve knot redistribution.
  
• Edit mode context menu for view windows to contain all edit mode tool button functions plus fairing and knot redistribution.
  
• Preferences saved with project.
  
• Unlimited number of characters in object names. Any character set.
  
• Knuckle curves on developable surfaces.
  
• Wheel Mouse zoom.
  
• Centre button double click to zoom extents.
  
• Main screen layout change to increase editing window size.
  
• Curve colours applied in one operation to multiple objects.
  
• Body plan contour screen display to be fwd on right, aft on left.
  
• Pan function for jumping from region of one control/edit point to region of another when zoomed in.
  
• Curve control/edit points spreadsheet in floating window.
  
• Curve editor which is revision of old curve points dialogue.
  
• New curve interpolation method which puts edit points at data point locations.
• Curve properties dialogue from the Navigator.
  
• Improved handling of plates crossing chines.
  
• Extra templates at plate ends.
  
  

Autohydro:

May 2003: IMO probabilistic - will handle all type of cargo ship, with all
kinds of bulkhead orientation (release 1).

September 2003: Resolution 14 - will be improved to include complicated cases (release 2).

January 2004: Righting arm , max VCG and limit criteria improvements (release 3 - tentative).

Autostructure - Second Quarter 2003:

• New report types.
  
• Program enhancements.