BV, NAPA to facilitate use of 3D model in class approval process

NAPA and the classification society Bureau Veritas (BV) has formed a partnership to enhance the use of 3D models in the class approval process using the OCX format.

The partnership will see the parties collaborate to improve the overall efficiency and accuracy of future vessel design, solve the current challenges associated with 2D drawings and enable more effective and widespread use of 3D models.

The partners intend to do so by creating a new process that enables BV to perform its rule checks without needing to recreate 3D models from 3D drawings by integrating the neutral Open Class eXchange (OCX) format.

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