SIMPLEST AND MOST ECONOMICAL COMPUTER LOFTING SYSTEM

A system for ship lofting and structural parts definition developed by Resources Applications, Design & Controls, Inc, (RADCO), of Culver City, Calif, is specially suitable for small- and medium-sized shipyards and, according to RADCO, it permits the practical shipbuilder to take advantage of the latest technology with little or no investment in software and equipment and with no change in his existing methods of fabrication. A brief description of the individual computer programs which made up the RADCO system is given. All programs are written in ordinary FORTRAN and are suitable for almost any computer having 30K word storage.

• Corporate Authors:

  Transport and Technical Publications Limited

  161-166 Fleet Street
  London,   England 
• Publication Date: 1970-5-15

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 25-26
• Serial:
  • Shipbuilding and Shipping Record
  • Volume: 115
  • Issue Number: 19
  • Publisher: Transport and Technical Publications Limited

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Computer aided design; Fairing lines; Ship structural components
• Old TRIS Terms: Lines fairing; Ship lofting
• Subject Areas: Design; Marine Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00016678
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Engineering Index
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 20 1971 12:00AM