Samsung Heavy Industries, Industry's First 3D Design Class Certification

The class surveyor is checking the design drawings on a mobile device without paper (Paperless) at the actual work site.

[Asia Economy Reporter So-yeon Park] Samsung Heavy Industries has become the first in the industry to establish a '3D Model-Based Ship Design Approval Process' with the American Bureau of Shipping (ABS).

On the 27th, Samsung Heavy Industries announced that it has successfully built a new process that enables design verification and approval tasks based on digital 3D models without 2D paper drawings, and plans to apply it starting with LNG carriers whose construction begins this year.

Since 2016, Samsung Heavy Industries has been performing engineering using 3D model-based design methods, but to obtain classification approval, separate 2D drawings had to be redrafted.

This was one of the challenges in Samsung Heavy Industries' digital transformation strategy aimed at transforming into a smart shipyard in the era of the Fourth Industrial Revolution.

Jung Ho-hyun, Head of Technology Development at Samsung Heavy Industries, emphasized, "Digitized design information certified by the classification society can be easily connected to artificial intelligence (AI), augmented reality, and virtual reality (AR/VR) technologies without separate data processing," adding, "Smartification across all shipyard operations including design, production, and procurement will accelerate even further."

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