ShipConstructor 2015 ShipConstructor 2015 R2 now provides additional methods for detailing and annotating various types of drawings that clients use to illustrate and communicate welding information to the waterfront. These improvements require no additional setup by the user and can be leveraged by the information already contained within the ShipConstructor Marine Information Model (MIM). The new release also provides identical annotation features in 3D assembly drawings and 2D workshop drawings generated using SSI's 3D to 2D DWG creation product, MarineDrafting. These features include manually or automatically annotating welds by either using their weld symbol or by an attribute of the weld such as weld name or weld standard. Communication is further enhanced due to the fact that all annotations / labels within ShipConstructor are associated with the model. That means that when there are changes to the weld properties, these annotations are updated to reflect the correct values. This significantly reduces the amount of effort required for handling changes and also reduces human errors that would occur if the modifications had to be done manually. The fact that these features support various documentation types allows any client to leverage the information within the WeldManagement product to create the documentation needed to facilitate improved management, communication and collaboration related to this critical production process. Examples of the enhanced communication provided regarding Welding are shown below: ShipConstructor-Weld-Process-Layout-View1 Layout view ShipConstructor-Weld-Process-Layout-View2 Plot Preview shows information simplified for clarity ShipConstructor-Weld-Process-Layout-View3 MarineDrafting View Dynamic Properties Definition and Catalog ShipConstructor-Weld-Process-Layout-View4 A key component for shipyards adopting advanced Japanese-style production techniques involves utilizing multi-line markings on parts to facilitate communication. With this process, production workers in the shipyard can quickly identify the appropriate routing, special processing and other instructions by viewing the markings on each piece. To make this possible, the appropriate processes and tools are required during engineering. ShipConstructor 2015 R2 facilitates this via a new catalog-based system of property definitions that allows standards to be created and managed on a project or company level. The definitions can include any static properties, dynamic properties, build sequence information, grouping information, product hierarchy properties, or user defined attributes. The property definitions can be changed at any time during any phase of the project and the changes will automatically be reflected on all assigned parts. Another feature to note is that these property definitions allow reuse because they can be shared between projects. The definitions defined in the catalog are user configurable. They can also be combined with Dynamic Marking Blocks to add additional geometric information which provides a structured method to add consistent information to a project without requiring each user to keep up to date on the project specifics. The dynamic portion is key because with this new feature, users can conveniently mark part property values directly onto a part and have those markings update automatically if any property values are changed. The main Engineering benefits of this feature are the fact that: a) Labeling efficiency and quality is increased because users pick from pre-defined property definitions that have been defined in advance by senior staff. There is no need for every staff member to remember the details of every definition for every part. b) Labeling efficiency and quality are further increased because any changes to properties propagate to all affected parts in all model drawings. There is no need to identify and then manually modify each and every affected part in each drawing.