How did STX OSV galvanize its design process?

Company claims a new software has sped up its engineering and 3D design tasks by up to 30%.

STX OSV revealed that it has shifted to AVEVA Marine from Tribon M3 software, and now use the former for all engineering and 3D design work.

"Our first project's critical path in the design process was reduced by 30%," said Magne Bakke, Chief Operating Officer, STX OSV AS.

“AVEVA Marine has improved and reduced the time of our engineering design process. At the same time, for instance, we can integrate and work on a 3D model during initial vessel design as well as engineering tasks. We then reuse and refine this information during the detailed design and production engineering phases," he added.

"With AVEVA Marine we achieve integrated hull-outfitting, global work sharing and it supports late design changes. This was key in our decision to standardise on AVEVA Marine for all engineering, hull 3D and outfitting 3D design work. As a result, we’ve made the strategic decision to roll AVEVA Marine out across ten shipyards around the world," he said further.

Helmut Schüller, Senior Vice President- Central and North EMEA, AVEVA, claims that on top of reducing man-hours required for the design processes, it also increases quality.

The STX OSV shipyards that will implement AVEVA Marine are Tulce and Braila in Romania; Nitero and Suape in Brazil; Vung Tau in Vietnam; and Aukra, Brattvaag, Brevik, Langsten and Søviknes in Norway.