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    Visualize and optimize vessel designs

    Maxsurf offers comprehensive capabilities for the design of all types of marine vessels. Maxsurf includes capabilities for hull modeling, stability, motions and resistance prediction, structural modeling, structural analysis, and export to vessel detailing. Maxsurf applications operate from a single parametric 3D model that facilitates smooth communication and coordination among different team members and design activities.

    Single 3D Hull Model

    Maxsurf applications work from a single geometry file, streamlining the design process by removing the need to create geometry files in different formats for downstream analysis programs. Changes in the hull surface flow through parametrically to compartmentation, resistance and motions hull meshes, and structural part definition.

    High-quality Surfacing

    Maxsurf is optimized to help naval architects create high-quality hull surfaces that are fair and can be used for all other analysis and CAD/CAM functions.

    Dynamic Trimming

    Surface trimming in Maxsurf is a simple point-and-click process. Maxsurf’s trimming is fully dynamic, allowing you to modify trimmed surfaces and have the trimmed portions automatically update.

    Comprehensive Analysis

    Maxsurf includes analysis capabilities such as intact and damage stability, longitudinal strength, structural analysis and design, resistance prediction, wake calculation, motions prediction, and a sailing VPP.

    MAXSURF Assess vessel compliance

    Intuitive Interface

    Maxsurf’s consistent, graphical interface is easy to learn and use. Each model shares a common intuitive interface with high-quality rendering and animation to visualize analysis results.

    Maxsurf Overview

    Design, analyze, and optimize a range of marine vessel types. Take advantage of fast and convenient modeling of complex vessels using dynamically trimmed 3D NURB surfaces. Maxsurf enables flexible data import, mesh modeling, and automatic curve and surface fitting. It includes tools for designing power, sail, commercial, and naval vessels made from steel, aluminum, wood, or composite materials.

    Maxsurf provides you with the analysis tools to comply with the most demanding requirements and design challenges. These include probabilistic damage stability; radiation diffraction panel method motions prediction; and dynamic, time domain, and structural analysis.

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    “Using the MAXSURF software, the time required to accurately determine the stability characteristics of the vessel was reduced from a projected three months to one month.”
    – Design Team, Incat Crowther

    Technical Capabilities

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    Modeling
    HULL GEOMETRY
    >>Trimmed NURB surfaces and NURB curves. Structured, triangular meshes and unstructured point data
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    >>Geometry exchange (including DGN, IGES, DXF, 3DM and industry-specific file formats)
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    >>Parametric transformation of NURB model. Fitting tools for NURB curves and surfaces
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    >>Automated modeling through COM
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    HULL STRUCTURE
    >>Hull plates; development/expansion of single- and double-curved plates. Shell Expansion plan
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    >>Decks; transverse frames and bulkheads; longitudinal stiffeners, girders, and bulkheads
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    Hydrostatic analysis
    Hydrodynamic analysis
    Hull Resistance and Sailing Performance prediction
    Structural analysis
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    Frequently Asked Questions

    What is Maxsurf?

    Maxsurf offers comprehensive capabilities for the design of all types of marine vessels. Maxsurf includes capabilities for hull modeling, stability, motions and resistance prediction, structural modeling, structural analysis, and export to vessel detailing. Maxsurf applications operate from a single parametric 3D model that facilitates smooth communication and coordination among different team members and design activities.

    What other file types can Maxsurf read and write?

    Maxsurf is based on industry-standard NURB surface modeling. It reads and writes DGN, 3DM, IGES, and DXF files, which facilitate a smooth data transfer with MicroStation, Rhino, AutoCAD, ShipConstructor, and SolidWorks. It also features copy and paste to and from Microsoft Excel, and a full automation interface, compatible with Microsoft Excel and Microsoft Word, that allows macros to be used to control Maxsurf for optimization studies or customized calculation and reporting.

    How much does Maxsurf cost?

    A practitioner license of Maxsurf costs $9,140 USD. Prices vary per region. While there are various types of licensing available, a common choice is the 12-month practitioner license offered through Virtuosity, Bentley’s eCommerce store. When you purchase through Virtuosity you get a Virtuoso Subscription which means you get both the software AND the training, expert services, and custom mentoring you need to get started quickly.

    System Requirements

    Processor

    Intel Core 2 or faster

    Operating System

    Microsoft Windows 10 (Microsoft Windows 8 and 8.1 with required updates)

    Memory

    Minimum 2 GB of RAM

    Disk Space

    Minimum 10 GB of free disk space

    Display

    Graphics card supporting DirectX12 and Open GL, with minimum 128 MB RAM and 1280 x 1024 or higher resolution

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