RulesCalc
Improving the efficiency of the design process
Knowing that your design will comply with Lloyds Registers Rules
and Regulations before the plans are submitted can significantly
reduce the amount of time spent in plan approval.
Using RulesCalc as an integral part of the design process helps
you to achieve this, especially when a RulesCalc file is submitted
with the plans.
What is RulesCalc?
RulesCalc is an essential, easy-to-use software tool for
structural assessment during the initial design process. It helps
improve efficiency, integrating ship design assessment with
classification knowledge and experience.
Because it does not require a 3D model of the ship to be
developed, RulesCalc can be used as early as the concept design
stage and can help improve the accuracy of cost estimates, enabling
you to be more competitive.
RulesCalc is not a black box. Besides being very easy to use,
its principal advantage lies in the transparency of its calculation
processes. It enables you to understand how compliance was
calculated, and all of the intermediate calculation values can
easily be seen and printed out, assisting with auditing or training
those who are not familiar with the requirements. You can view the
relevant Rule being applied, without having to spend time searching
in printed editions.
What are the benefits?
- RulesCalc improves efficiency at the initial design stage.
- Faster modelling for the designer saves both time and
cost.
- Higher confidence in Rule compliance early in the design
process helps reduce risk in early steel cutting.
- A high degree of transparency enables users to identify the
driving requirements that help optimise effective design.
How does Lloyd's Register help?
Working closely with designers
RulesCalc has been developed with the requirements of shipyard
design staff in mind and updates incorporate invaluable
enhancements suggested by designers. The latest version of
RulesCalc contains a number of significant
new features. Its functionality has been improved to make it
faster and more useful, and we have added new and enhanced
modelling tools to make the designers job easier wherever
possible.
Training and support
A practical training course for RulesCalc is available, and a
self-learning facility is built into the program documentation to
help minimise lost productivity during user training.
What next?
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