Learn About UW-Marinette
APPLICATIONS OF MODERN SHIPBUILDING DESIGN
Your future awaits you in the exciting and innovative field of 3D shipbuilding design.
A Career in Demand for You
To meet the needs of the shipbuilding industry, UW-Marinette Continuing Education has partnered with the U.S. Department of the Navy and shipbuilding companies nationwide to develop the curriculum for a new course in marine design—the first of its kind in North America!
Now you can be among the first to start a new career with this unique program as you learn how to design ships of all kinds using ShipConstructor® Software, the industry standard 3D product modeling and production planning tool.
 |
Explore the theory of design, and examine the factors influencing shipbuilding process decisions . |
Course Description
This 60-hour course is designed to provide the practical skills and knowledge that students need to become effective entry level designers in a shipyard or marine design agency. Learners with basic AutoCAD skills and an interest in modern shipyard practices:
- are exposed to marine materials, classification societies, safety issues, shipbuilding terminology, fabrication strategies and standard shipyard drawing standards
- will practice their skills modeling structural piping HVAC and equipment parts within an industry-standard advanced 3D shipbuilding software package.
- will create realistic production output such as assembly drawings and parts nesting.
Extensive interviews with U.S. shipyards and design agents led to this approved curriculum.
The course orientates the learner, showing how shipyards function today. Many resources have been provided by the participant shipyards. |
 |
Course Overview
The learner will gain an understanding of, and demonstrable skills in each of the 11 following areas:
Unit 1: Introduction to the Shipbuilding Industry
- Identify the components of the shipbuilding industry
The competency will address vessel types and designs, regulatory bodies, materials standards and shipyard safety concerns. - Apply basic shipbuilding terminology
Learners will be exposed to a wide range of shipbuilding concepts, including throw directions, ships systems and Ship Work Construction Breakdown (SWBS). - Identify standard materials and shapes used for shipbuilding
Learners create extensive parts catalogs and develop further exposure to various stock pipe and electrical standards. An overview of fabrication processes is also examined.
 |
The course introduces the learner to commonly used classification and regulatory bodies, common standards, parts and naming conventions, and traditional ship design stages. Resources are all digitized. |
Unit 2: Drafting
- Create a 2-D industry standard drawing of an object
Learners will apply their AutoCAD skills to create dimension and annotate industry standard 2D drawing. - Create 3-D Drawings
Learners will create detailed 3D production drawings ready for shipyard use - planar groups, multiple coordinate systems and correct use of viewports will be covered.
Unit 3: Build Strategy
- Create logical build strategies
Learners investigate factors influencing shipyard production and those impacting design. Learners will create basic work breakdowns on a complex fabrication unit.
The course is focused on production output, and the learner will gain a clear understanding of various Build Strategies, production drawings and part- naming conventions. Here the learner is tasked to create an ASSEMBLY DRAWING to industry standards. |
 |
Unit 4: Disciplines
- Create a structural assembly drawing
Learners create a set of complete assembly drawings for an assembly from a 3D ship model. - Create a basic pipe spool drawing
Learners create a fully dimensioned pipe spool drawing from within a 3D ship model. - Recognize electrical components within a drawing
The competency introduces concepts within electrical run drawings. - Create a basic machinery drawing, including service and maintenance envelopes
Learners create a basic machinery arrangement drawing from data within a 3D ship model. - Create basic HVAC drawings
Learners model HVAC runs within a 3D ship model.
 |
Learners will work within a sophisticated 3D modeling environment, and create complex structural piping HVAC and machinery models and drawings. Here the learner is tasked to model a pipe system within a 3D structural model. |
Read more in the article from Maritime Reporter (PDF) and the Great Lakes Maritime Industry blog by Raina Clark
Or print our brochure: Applications of Modern Shipbuilding Design (PDF)
Course Prerequisites
- AutoCAD Course or experience
- High School Algebra, Geometry, Trigonometry & Coordinate Skills
- High School Diploma or GED
Course Delivery
Applications of Modern Shipbuilding Design will be offered through UW-Marinette in two delivery formats:
- online, through the course delivery platform Desire 2 Learn
- on campus, in classroom instruction
On-line Delivery
The course is available from anywhere in the world. It will be delivered through UW-Marinette’s online delivery platform, Desire2Learn. Students need only high speed internet capabilities. No software purchase is necessary, as students will access the software remotely from UW-Marinette.
Textbook
Ship Knowledge: Ship Design, Construction, and Operation by Klaas Van Dokkum. 5th ed. ISBN: 978-90-71500-10-7
Registration Information for
- On-line Course - Registration open for Spring, 2009:
- Course Dates: Asynchronous, January 26 - April 3
- Classroom Course - Registration open for Fall, 2008
- Course Dates: Tuesdays-Thursdays, Oct. 7 - December 18
For more information, please complete the contact form and/or call or email: The Continuing Education Office Phone: 715-735-4300 |