SHIPCONSTRUCTOR 2020

ShipExplorer
The SSI 2020 R1.1 installer includes several new features for ShipExplorer, a recent addition to the SSI product family.

ShipExplorer is a Navisworks plugin that enables ShipConstructor files to be easily managed and viewed from within Navisworks Simulate or Manage, and allows you to produce Navisworks Drawing (NWD) files that can be shared and viewed using Navisworks Freedom.

In addition to existing functionality such as:

Loading ShipConstructor project files to Navisworks.
Comparing revisions.
Managing licenses.
Switching between projects.
ShipExplorer now includes enhancements that allow you to:

View project tasks as a hierarchy in Navisworks as selection sets, to easily review the changes made to a project from within Navisworks.
Load SSI default Search sets from the ShipExplorer ribbon, to easily select parts with similar attributes.
Search for parts using an updated UI that auto-populates parts within the search.
Toggle either “Zoom- to” or “Isolate” parts on or off.
Utilize either Navisworks Manage or Simulate to view and manage your project.
Each search set category includes sub-sets based on the existing part properties within your project, production statuses, and welds as they are updated, making it easier than ever to load and view specific components.

Production status search sets allow you to quickly view the location for each component as it progresses through the project life-cycle, and now includes weld status search sets, which can normally be difficult to identify in a complex project.

In addition, you can now search parts and modifications by task, providing a snapshot of changes made on an individual user level if required. You can also provide a simple, visual aid for stakeholders to easily view changes made by any user or group within a defined task, with the click of a button.

Adding Navisworks and ShipExplorer to your toolkit streamlines your shipbuilding activities and makes collaboration easier than ever.
SSI conducted a variety of in-depth performance investigations intended to improve the performance and user experience for those working with distributed teams.

SSI 2020 R1.1 contains performance improvements with respect to the Product Hierarchy palette’s performance, and with Opening Model Drawings. Users in distributed geographical environments with connections that have higher than normal latency can expect improved:

    Speed of loading during refresh operations of the Product Hierarchy.
    Speed of loading when switching between primary and secondary Product Hierarchy tabs.
    On-demand loading of the Product Hierarchy when the Current Unit Only functionality is checked.

Furthermore, the performance when opening model drawings over latent connections has been optimized. Those working within a multi-site, multi-organization environment, will now benefit from an improved user experience.