FLOATSOFT - SHIP HULL ANALYSIS IN SOLIDWORKS

FLOATSOFT is an analytical naval engineering calculations add-on for SOLIDWORKS, providing stability, hydrostatic and hydrodynamic analysis to aid ship design. It tests the hull model in the intended conditions, and provides various analytical reports. With FLOATSOFT, you don’t need to make manual calculations, which saves time and costs.

Why FLOATSOFT

Whether you are designing a simple raft or a multi-million dollar tanker, FLOATSOFT will make sure it stays afloat.

Get real-time analytical hull data

FLOATSOFT brings all the necessary analytical tools to evaluate the hydrostatics of any hull at any stage of the process, providing you instant feedback on the geometry changes, and helping you optimize the design.

Predict performance and estimate power requirements

Using FLOATSOFT resistance prediction models, you can estimate power requirements to achieve desired performance, discover ways to improve speed and reduce fuel consumption.

Evaluate stability and meet safety standards

FLOATSOFT provides the tools to extrapolate stability data from the hull you are designing, view it in a readable, easy-to-understand format, and use it to determine – and prove if necessary, – that the vessel is safe and seaworthy.

Discover the optimal handling characteristics

With FLOATSOFT, you can easily see how the hydrostatic and hydrodynamic properties change with different heel, trim and displacement values, helping you discover the optimal load distribution and handling strategies.

Get data on additional floating hardware

FLOATSOFT is not limited to boats and ships. You can use all the available analytical tools on any object that is intended to be placed on water – buoys, floating bridges, barges, pontoons, etc., and get the usual data reports presented both numerically and graphically.

Build technical documentation

FLOATSOFT provides most, if not all, naval design data required to build specifications and other technical documentation of vessels of any size and complexity, allowing to save time and costs associated with stability validation and adherence to naval safety standards.

Our clients say

FLOATSOFT is a must have software for anyone using Solidworks to design marine vessels. The FLOATSOFT hydrostatics calculator has helped us reduce product development time by allowing us to see the outcomes of design changes instantly. The team at FLOATSOFT are very helpful and open to feedback, since the program’s inception there has been multiple updates that have improved on the functionality and usability each time.

As a designer and manufacturer of recreational canoes and kayaks the FLOATSOFT software has greatly streamlined our workflow. For the hydrostatic analyses FLOATSOFT provides within SOLIDWORKS we previously had to export into a separate program to do the evaluation or build a dummy model in a separate analysis program. The program fills a need I had - hydrostatics on a hull that I can use within SOLIDWORKS with my native model, no conversions or imports/exports. It saves a ton of time so I can iterate and improve the design faster.

FLOATSOFT was extremely useful when it came to making some final design decisions (i.e width, length, hull shape, etc.). With the help of your application we were able to perform multiple tests on different 3D CAD designs we had made to compare which feature was most important to get the results we were looking for with the canoe.

FLOATSOFT has given me the capability of working exclusively in Solidworks where before I had to use various softwares to produce hull shapes and hydrostatics, including the problematic file conversion process that entailed. It was a gamechanger for me when FLOATSOFT introduced the ‘natural buoyancy’ feature. Finally, FLOATSOFT’s user support is second to none; it’s great being able to have an open conversation with the developer of the software you use, and to feel the energy and passion they have for their product and service.

Try it for free today

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