MAN-COMPUTER GRAPHICS IN PRELIMINARY SHIP DESIGN

In the past few years, some developments in man-computer graphics interaction have moved out of R&D into the production Preliminary Ship Design environment. This paper describes interactive graphics program developments which allow the naval architect to take the basic ship hull parameters and generate a hull form, deck it out, shape the superstructure and then do detail compartment and equipment arrangements. The graphics software used and plans for implementation into a computer-based integrated ship design system are also discussed.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Presented at AIAA/SNAME/USN Advanced Marine Vehicles Meeting, Annapolis, Maryland, July 17-19, 1972
• Corporate Authors:

  American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics

  1290 Avenue of the Americas
  New York, NY  United States  10019
• Authors:
  • Johnson, R S
  • Fuller, A L
  • Claffey, J A
  • Bjorklund, F R
  • Thomson, B M
• Publication Date: 1972-7

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References;
• Pagination: 9 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Computer aided design; Computer graphics; Computers; Naval architecture; Ships; Vehicle design
• Uncontrolled Terms: Ship design
• Subject Areas: Design; Marine Transportation; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00035182
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
• Report/Paper Numbers: 72-587
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Oct 27 1972 12:00AM