Seaway designs from bow to stern virtually with PLM Solutions from IBM
and Dassault Systèmes
World's leading boat
development firm to launch new Shipman 63 model designed with CATIA V5
ahead of schedule
IBM and Dassault Systèmes (NASDAQ:
DASTY, Euronext Paris: #13065, DSY.PA) announced today that Seaway,
the world’s leading boating design, engineering and tooling company,
has chosen their Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) solutions to
standardize its PLM platform for managing boat projects from
conception to retirement.
Seaway chose IBM PLM Solutions CATIA V5, the world’s leading 3D
product-development application, and SMARTEAM, for collaborative
product data and lifecycle management, both developed by Dassault
Systèmes. The company has already completely designed the new Shipman
63, a descendant of the popular Shipman 50, in CATIA V5 and will
launch it several months earlier than previously estimated.
With a global workforce of 110, Seaway offers its clients, both major
European shipyards and smaller sail and power boat builders, a unique
“one-stop shopping” service that includes everything from the initial
3D design stages to the engineering and manufacturing of production
ready molds.
To offer this service efficiently, Seaway required an open PLM
solution that could manage multiple computer-aided-design (CAD)
formats including UGS and related product data. The environment also
needed to be flexible enough to modify projects on demand to match the
requests of customers and constraints of suppliers.
“One of the characteristics of Seaway is our constant research into
new technologies,” said Luca Bonetto, manager Design Office, Seaway.
“This has enabled us to develop a highly advanced product lifecycle
environment ready to meet the ever increasing demands of the shipyards
we work with. IBM and Dassault Systèmes are now providing us with the
most advanced and flexible software tools on the market.”
“Openness and support of industry standards are pillars of Dassault
Systèmes’ development strategy,” said Denis Senpéré, vice-president,
PLM Europe, Dassault Systèmes. “Seaway’s easy addition of CATIA V5 and
SMARTEAM with its existing PLM toolset is proof of the benefits of
open solutions that enable companies to better connect, integrate and
automate.”
Seaway will extend CATIA V5 to all the phases of design including the
computer numerical control (CNC) processes. It will leverage SMARTEAM
and its robust customization capabilities to rapidly provide a PLM
solution that meets the needs of Seaway and its current and potential
customers, providing a universal tool for exchanging data and ideas
and collaborating with partners all over the world. SMARTEAM will also
provide a highly usable graphical interface to customers, facilitating
their remote, Internet-based access to relevant drawings and 3D
models.
About The Seaway Group
Seaway is the world's leading boat development company, based on the
J&J design studio created in 1983 by Jernej and Japec Jakopin. We
provide design, engineering and tooling to production sailboat and
powerboat builders. Seaway has a unique 110-strong team of
international talent in designers, engineers and boatbuilders, a full
range of most up-to-date 3D design, engineering, CAD/CAM, 5-axes
milling and boatbuilding software and hardware joined to unmatched
experience and tradition with production boatbuilders worldwide. In
the past 20 years we served 34 production boatbuilders from 17
countries. We created over 170 projects which gave life to more than
34000 sailboat and powerboats and yachts. Our projects received 20
Boat of the Year Awards in EU, Germany, France, UK and USA. . A range
of components for the sailboat and powerboat industry is designed and
manufactured in the Components division. We are currently world's
largest producer of sailboat rudders with bearings. More information
about Seaway and its services can be found at
http://
www.seaway.si
-07th October 2004
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