The Development And Research Of The Warship 3D Model Management System Based On PDM

The shipbuilding industry has been developed rapidly in recent years, and its ability of shipbuilding locates on the third of the world. However, the present level of shipbuilding lies on a low arrangement. The shipbuilding enterprise must restructure itself for administrative and technical innovation. It is essential for the reforming and restructuring of the traditional operation and administration in the company to use information technology. The PDM (Production Data Management) technological tool and management concept is significant to an engineering company that is basically operating on data processing and has certain information technology background.PDM is in fact a software platform integrated with operation flow, application and information. It has multi-platform functions, i.e. to achieve information exchange and communication between platforms. PDM is an integrated platform of CAD (Computer Aided Design)/CAPP(Computer Aided Process Planning)/CAM (computer Aided Manufacture), also a frame for information integration of an enterprise. Significance of PDM application in shipbuilding industry is: Improving product (project) quality, shortening the project execution schedule, lowering project cost, and promoting innovation of the enterprise systems, technologies and administration. The advanced administration concept of PDM will improve the overall quality of the shipbuilding enterprise and make the enterprise more competitive.The author has been concerned with the 3D model management system based on PDM in the 701 graduate school of the CSSC, and learn about the enterprise. He has made an investigation and analysis on the enterprise current operation flow, administration system, current status of information technology and related software and hardware based on the knowledge learnt. The author has expatiated the necessity for information technology and administration in shipbuilding industry originating from the developing trend of information technologies. It is described totally in the following parts in this paper as below: To describe the actuality of our shipbuilding industry and the importanceof information technology in the enterprise construction. Presentation is made on the basic functions, contents and criticaltechnologies of PDM technology and Windchill System's function andthe core technology. Finish warship 3D model management System in Windchill with OOmethod.