SENER Releases FORAN V70R3.0

Earlier this year SENER released the new FORAN V70R3.0, a new version which leans on the company’s 45+ years serving the market. The process starts with the forms generation in FORAN or the importation of forms from a third party solution. The module FGA for the generation of the general arrangement allows a quick definition of compartments and spaces in 3D. This module incorporates new functionality for the early positioning of equipment in the 3D model that can be linked intrinsically to the spaces of the ship and will be integrated with the rest of outfitting solutions in further design stages.
A new module, FABSIC, groups all the former applications related with the naval architecture calculations, storing the information in the FORAN database and allowing the organization of the concepts in a hierarchical tree. New enhancements are the interactive definition of loading conditions and a user-defined stability criteria, all integrated with the spaces and volumes defined in FGA module of FORAN. FBASIC will be finished in December 2014, with the incorporation of the deterministic stability module (FLOOD), probabilistic method (FSUBD) and the module for the launching (LAUNCH).
The hull structure definition in FORAN follows automated and intelligent-oriented tasks taking advantage of the topological model. The new release improves the structure model definition with fast generation of fabrication outputs.
Finally, as FORAN is not only devoted to ship design but also to offshore units,  some options are oriented to this, such as the possibility to handle transversal symmetries. The recently re-developed solution FSYSD for the diagrams definition adds functionality, such as new instrumentation lines according with ANSI/ISA-S5-1-1984/1992 regulation. The communications with other systems has been improved and now it is possible to export multiple diagrams in PDF format. Other options are the automatic labeling and improvements to check the diagram integrity. The solution for the standards definition, equipment layout, piping, auxiliary structures, HVAC and interference checking is totally integrated with the rest of FORAN disciplines. Regarding FPIPE, some remarkable aspects are a new entity for equipment assembly, the replacement tool for straight fittings in pipelines and other functionality in auxiliary structures and supports.
Within the electrical design in FORAN, FCABLE reduces the wasted gaps in the cable filling and allows to export cable transits to Hawke´s HDS. On the other hand, the module FREPG for the reports generation allows to define labels including a QR code.
FDESIGN is the solution for the automatic drawing generation in all FORAN disciplines. In this regard, some remarkable upgrades are improvements to optimize the labeling, the possibility of having drawings of sections defined in different planes and more properties for distributors containing different heights referred to decks. Finally, SENER offers a set of solutions for the visualization of the ship 3D model already generated in FORAN in a virtual reality environment.
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(As published in the October 2014 edition of Maritime Reporter & Engineering News - http://magazines.marinelink.com/Magazines/MaritimeReporter)