FormSys Marine News

By clicking on the links below you can view the latest news or download newsletters in PDF format. 

April 2009

FormSys and FRIENDSHIP SYSTEMS GmbH are pleased to announce that as a result of their collobration, there is now a new release of FRIENDSHIP Framework 2.0 which links together Hydromax stability analysis with the Friendship optimisation framework. read more...

December 2008 HTML | PDF 

Maxsurf 14 release - Adding NURB curves, curve creation, trimming surfaces with curves, surface skinning, swept surfaces, patch surfaces and new drawing functions to Maxsurf.  Hydromax now has improved analysis options, load case management, improved word reporting and more.
Plus see how the Maxsurf suite was used to help design a reconstruction of a three-and-a-half thousand-year old ship!

ShipConstructor News - Nov 2007

Over the past few years, ShipConstructor has been adopted by some leading edge companies in Australia. Projects completed with ShipConstructor vary in size and complexity. This newsletter describes how smaller shipbuilding teams can benefit from adopting ShipConstructor in their work place.

October 2007 HTML | PDF 

Maxsurf 13 release - Windows Vista and 64-bit operating system support, Marker data into Hydromax quickly using TriMesh surface, Free training launch, Properties Pane, Hydromax formatting and reporting options, Workshop plate expansion calculation accuracy, Catamaran roll motion prediction in Seakeeper.

August 2006 HTML | PDF

Maxsurf 12 release - Visual Basic scripting ability extended; Maxsurf support for Rhino file format, Parametric transformation parallel midbody constraint; Workshop shell expansion drawings, inverse bending lines, family of stringers; Hydromax cross-reference heeling arms; user profile One2Three Naval Architects.

August 2005 HTML  | PDF

Maxsurf 11.1 release - Multihull design, resistance prediction, SHIPFLOW interface, enhanced structural definition, user profile VanDerHeijden Steelyachts

February 2005 HTML  |  PDF
Maxsurf 11.0 release - Maxsurf automation, additional GZ and French criteria, enhanced resistance and seakeeping prediction, user profile Strategic Marine

April 2004 HTML  |  PDF
Maxsurf 10.0 release - Coast Guard criteria, expanded Workshop library, user profile Damen Shipyard

June 2003 PDF
Maxsurf 9.6 released - Workshop assemblies, ShipConstructor compatibility, marker management, sounding pipes, new resistance methods for transom sterns, user profile Tenix
November 2002 PDF
Maxsurf 9.5 released - advanced stability criteria, tangent bonding, rendering with lights, user profile RNLI
October 2001 PDF
Maxsurf 9.0 released - Rhino data exchange, batch hydrostatics
March 2001 PDF
Maxsurf 8.5 released - User profile - Incat Designs

 








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