Education - Formation Design Systems

Why Maxsurf in Education?

The main reasons why Maxsurf has such a good reputation as a supporting tool for learning the principles of Naval Architecture:

1. Naval Architecture Software

Maxsurf is a unique software package specifically developed for the purpose of designing, fairing and analysing ships. In Maxsurf for example, there are tools to set the fwd and aft perpendicular, find the baseline and you work with surfaces that are mirrored across the centreline by default. It is also important to mention that the combination of Maxsurf and its downstream analyses modules is used world wide by naval architects in the workplace.

Maxsurf's development and support team consists of several Naval Architects.

2. Graphical User Interface & Feedback

All modules in the Maxsurf suite share the same Windows user interface making it very easy to learn the software. This means that students are not distracted by learning how to use the tool, but can get straight into design and develop an understanding of the principles of stability, resistance and seakeeping. In Hydromax, you can view the analyses whilst it is being performed. This supports the student's understanding of for example free-to-trim large angle heel analysis. Another example is the instantaneous damage equilibrium analyses results where you can see the results of different damage scenarios on screen.

To see the Maxsurf user interface, go to:

videos pages
download the demonstration version
products pages for an accurate description and screenshots

3. Supporting Resources

Maxsurf Academic

Who uses Maxsurf in education?

We are proud to be able to say that Maxsurf is used in all leading Naval Architecture universities around the world, including:

Country	University
Australia & New Zealand	Australian Maritime College University of New South Whales Curtin University UWA Massey University, Auckland
Europe	Southampton University, UK Southampton Solent, UK Nantes, France University of Duisberg, Germany Hoghschule Bremerhafen, Germany TU Berlin, Germany Inholland Hogeschool, The Netherlands Szczecin Technical University, Poland Gdansk Technical University, Poland Politecnico di Milano, Italy Norwegian Technical University (NTNU), Norway Høgskolen i Sørtrøndelag, Norway Royal Norwegian Naval Academy, Norway Ikaalisten käsi-ja taideteollisuus oppilaitos, Finland University of Split, Croatia NTU Athens, Greece Yildiz Teknik Universitesi, Turkey Istanbul Teknik Universitesi, Turkey
USA	UMICH University of New Orleans USNA USCGA MIT
South East Asia	Ngee Ann Poly, Singapore University Technology Malaysia, Malaysia MIMET, Malaysia KUSTEM, Malaysia BUET, Bangladesh NAMEI Polytechnic Institute, Philipines Polytechnic of Bengkalis, Indonesia University of Indonesia, Indonesia
Japan	Tokyo University Yokohama University Kanazawa Kagoshima
China & Korea	East China Shipbuilding Institute, China Beijing Jiangda Technology Co Ltd, China Pukyong National University, Korea Cheju National University, Korea Chungnam National University, Korea Daebul University, Korea
South America	University of Buenos Aeries, Argentina UTN FRBA, Argentina Universidad Veracruzana, Mexico Universidad Nacional de Quilmes , Buenos Aires Uni Nacional de Ing Fac de Ing Mecanica, Peru
Middle East	University of Basrah, Irak
Canada	Institut Maritime du Québec, Canada Dalhousie University, Canada

In April 2004 FormSys launched a website dedicated to students and lecturers that includes a free version of Maxsurf Academic to be used in combination with a classroom licenses that FormSys makes available to educational institutions. This website has over 3,500 students from all over the world subscribed to it. If you are a student or lecturer and are interested to receive more information on Maxsurf Academic, please contact us.