by Joonas Määttänen, Project Engineer, Concept Design and Project Services, Deltamarin

The use of 3D 'digital twins' for class approval represents a milestone in the ongoing focus on applying digitalisation to increase productivity and shorten the calendar time for ship design.

Designing ships in a 3D digital environment is not in itself new. We already use advanced CAD software in our everyday work, and these applications get better with every new release.

However, we can't yet use the 3D models themselves for the classification approval process, where the relevant class society could review and comment on the design directly from the models.

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