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Introduction to Modern Shipbuilding Design

This 60-hour course is designed to provide the practical skills and knowledge that students need to become effective entry level designers in a shipyard or marine design agency. Learners with basic AutoCAD skills and an interest in modern shipyard practices:

are exposed to marine materials, classification societies, safety issues, shipbuilding terminology, fabrication strategies and standard shipyard drawing standards
will practice their skills modeling structural piping HVAC and equipment parts within an industry-standard advanced 3D shipbuilding software package.
will create realistic production output such as assembly drawings and parts nesting.

Extensive interviews with U.S. shipyards and design agents led to this approved curriculum.

Many resources have been provided by the participant shipyards.

Course Overview

The learner will gain an understanding of, and demonstrable skills in each of the 11 following areas:

Unit 1: Drafting

Create a 2-D industry standard drawing of an object
Learners will apply their AutoCAD skills to create dimension and annotate industry standard 2D drawing.
Create 3-D Drawings
Learners will create detailed 3D production drawings ready for shipyard use - planar groups, multiple coordinate systems and correct use of viewports will be covered.

Unit 2: Build Strategy

Create logical build strategies
Learners investigate factors influencing shipyard production and those impacting design. Learners will create basic work breakdowns on a complex fabrication unit.

The course is focused on production output, and the learner will gain a clear understanding of various Build Strategies, production drawings and part- naming conventions.

Here the learner is tasked to create an ASSEMBLY DRAWING to industry standards.

Unit 3: Disciplines

Create a structural assembly drawing
Learners create a set of complete assembly drawings for an assembly from a 3D ship model.
Create a basic pipe spool drawing
Learners create a fully dimensioned pipe spool drawing from within a 3D ship model.
Recognize electrical components within a drawing
The competency introduces concepts within electrical run drawings.
Create a basic machinery drawing, including service and maintenance envelopes
Learners create a basic machinery arrangement drawing from data within a 3D ship model.
Create basic HVAC drawings
Learners model HVAC runs within a 3D ship model.

Learners will work within a sophisticated 3D modeling environment, and create complex structural piping HVAC and machinery models and drawings.

Here the learner is tasked to model a pipe system within a 3D structural model.

Course Prerequisites

Proficiency in 3-D AutoCAD or a comparable 3-D modeling program
Proficiency in Algebra, Geometry, & Coordinate Skills

Course Delivery

Introduction to Modern Shipbuilding Design is available from anywhere in the world. Students need only high speed internet capabilities. No software purchase is necessary, as students will access the software remotely from UW-Marinette.

This course will be offered through UW-Marinette in two delivery formats:

All Online - a combination of live Streaming Video lectures and asynchronous lessons through the course delivery platform Desire 2 Learn
Hybrid Delivery - a combination of on-campus lecture delivery and asynchronous lessons through the course delivery platform Desire 2 Learn