Component Catalog

The various model objects in a Product Information Model are frequently built using many different types of components and a particular standard component type may exist in many places in the ship model. For this purpose, the system has a standard component catalogue. Each component in the catalogue will typically have several items of technical information associated with it. The designer selects components from the catalogue when building up the Product Information Model. This information structure makes it possible to analyze the ship model and to produce parts lists.

The Component Catalog is continuously updated by a shipyard, and component data can easily be shared between yards and design agents.