“Spatial’s components enabled us to be first to market in the highly competitive Asian shipbuilding market. In turn we’ve enabled our customers to accelerate their product development plans and reduce costs at the same time. And also at the shipyards existing workers can provide high quality education to new workers with 3D models using our EcoSystem. It makes it easy to educate the new workers and they can understand fast what they are going to do. It’s really one of the necessary unctions to have to go to the next generation of shipbuilding.” -- Kim Deok Eun, SAMIN CEO and Director of Research Center
Industry: Accuracy control and erection forecasting simulation systems for shipbuilding
Product: 3D ACIS Modeler, 3D InterOp Suite, HOOPS Application Framework for 3D Visualization
Challenges: SAMIN required a robust 3D modeling kernel that had Boolean functionality and a graphics infrastructure in order to develop its 3D accuracy control and erection simulation systems.
Solutions: 3D ACIS Modeler for geometry creation and modification components to construct and visualize 3D ship structure models. ACIS for clash detection between pipes and panels, and facilitates the calculation of physical properties of blocks. 3D InterOp Suite to translate the 3D ship model (Tribon design file) into other data formats (CATIA). HOOPS to accelerate development process of graphical infrastructure.
Results: Spatial components enabled SAMIN to become first to market, in early 2008, with a 3D accuracy control system that met the high standards of the demanding Asian shipbuilding market.
SAMIN Information System
Based in Korea, SAMIN Information System delivers accuracy control and erection simulation systems to the major Korean and Chinese shipyards. The company also markets its products in Japan, Vietnam, Turkey, and India. SAMIN’s customers include Asia’s largest shipbuilding companies: STX Shipbuilding & Marine Co., Ltd. in Korea; Shanghai Waigaoqiao Shipbuilding Co., Ltd.; Dalian Shipbuilding Industries Co., Ltd. in China; and Halong Shipyard Co., Ltd. in Vietnam. The Company estimates it has 25-30% market share in the Erection Forecasting Simulation System market and 13-14% market share in the Accuracy Control System market.
SAMIN’s product line includes EcoMES, EcoBLOCK, and EcoOTS for shipbuilding production, and EcoVIEWER and EcoPINJIG for shipbuilding design.
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