ShipWeight 14.60 is now available, introducing several new capabilities for weight engineering, estimation and advanced weight property management, together with a broad range of improvements and corrections.
The release includes new functionality developed in close cooperation with ShipWeight users across the maritime, offshore and aerospace industries.
Key Updates
- Subproject Instances and Coordinate Transformations – Use multiple instances of the same subproject with individual position and rotation transformations. Weight and center of gravity data are automatically transformed and summarized into the master project.
- Extended Moment of Inertia and Product of Inertia Support – New AutoSum options calculate MOIxx, MOIyy, MOIzz, Pxy, Pxz and Pyz from item data, together with radius-of-gyration based MOI values.
- Improved Custom Code Handling and Navigation – Custom Code IDs can optionally be included in labels throughout ShipWeight, and the Code Summary provides direct access to items associated with a selected code.
- Flexible Center of Gravity Coordinate Order – The order of CoG coordinates can now be configured globally and is consistently applied across windows and reports.
- Plot Plan Visualization – A first version of the new Plot Plan window enables drawings to be scaled and prepared for visualization of weight information directly on plot plans.
- Improved Statistical Risk Analysis – Risk analysis has been extended to item data, including support for analysis of selected items and configurable custom codes for item standard deviation.
Subproject Instances and Transformations
ShipWeight 14.60 extends the existing subproject functionality by allowing multiple instances of the same subproject to be included in a master project.
Each instance can have its own transformation, allowing identical modules, assemblies or other repeated structures to be positioned independently while maintaining a common source project. ShipWeight transforms the center of gravity information for each instance and summarizes the resulting values into the master project.
This is particularly useful for modular designs and projects containing repeated equipment or structures.
Advanced MOI and POI Calculations
Custom Codes have been extended with new AutoSum options for moments and products of inertia. ShipWeight can calculate MOIxx, MOIyy, MOIzz, Pxy, Pxz and Pyz from item data and summarize the results through the weight hierarchy.
Additional AutoSum options for MOI-Rxx, MOI-Ryy and MOI-Rzz support moment-of-inertia calculations based on radius of gyration.
These calculated properties are available across the Item, Main, Plot Plan, Code Summary and Weight Correction functionality.
Improved Custom Codes and CoG Configuration
ShipWeight 14.60 provides greater flexibility when working with Custom Codes. Code IDs can now optionally be included in labels, and several windows have been updated to respect this setting consistently.
The release also introduces a global setting for the order of the center of gravity coordinates. The selected order is used throughout ShipWeight, including reports and analysis windows.
In addition, Code Summary now provides an Open Items… command for quickly opening the Item window filtered by the selected code.
Additional Improvements
ShipWeight 14.60 also includes improvements to MON and Custom Import, reports, Auto Estimation, weight group status handling, security display colors, global filters and numerous corrections identified through customer testing.
For more information about ShipWeight 14.60 or to arrange an online presentation of the new functionality, please contact us.