3D Design Technology News

Early planning, engagement with competent partners will be the key to timely compliance. The May announcement that W&O Supply had been named as the exclusive distributor of Hyde Marine’s GUARDIAN Ballast Water Treatment Systems (BWT) in the U.S. and Canada may seem like routine news. After all, W&O Supply is one of the world’s largest marine suppliers and has many such agreements in place, covering a wide range of equipment. This agreement, however, comes in advance of Ballast Water Treatment deadlines looming large in the porthole. It also lays out the blueprint for owners and operators to move forward on the complicated process of achieving regulatory compliance with both Coast Guard and IMO mandates. Florida-based W&O will begin selling Hyde GUARDIAN BWTS effective immediately.

Autodesk, Inc. announced Slovenske Lodenice Komarno, a.s. Bratislava (SLKB), a Slovakian shipbuilding company, has made a move to the Autodesk Inventor Series for its mechanical design needs. The company can now meet the complex design challenges inherent in vessel manufacturing, while simultaneously reducing costs. Using Autodesk Inventor, the award-winning 3D mechanical design software, and AutoCAD Mechanical 2D software together, SLKB can now build ships faster than ever. Autodesk Inventor software's reputation as a powerful and easy-to-use 3D design technology made it the clear choice for SLKB. SLKB is now among several major shipbuilding companies…