York, PVassalos, DWhitfield, RIKaklis, PDuffy, AHBAn approach for managing the exchange of engineering product data between geographically distributed designers and analysts using a heterogeneous tool set for the through-life design of a ship is described. The approach was developed within a pan-European maritime project called VRShips-ROPAX 2000 that demonstrated how information technology could be integrated into the design process. This paper describes the development of a common model containing neutral ship product data through a bottom-up consideration of the requirements of the tools to be integrated, as well as a top-down consideration of the data requirements for through life design. This common model was supported within an Integrated Design Environment (IDE) that co-ordinated design activity distributed across Europe. The IDE ensured that the users were provided with the right data in the right form at the right time to do the right task, i.e., that the design activity was timely and appropriate. The strengths and weaknesses of the approach are highlighted. (C) 2010 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/21264ISI:0002900834000050010-448510.1016/j.cad.2010.12.002532551643engELSEVIER SCI LTDCAD Computer Aided DesignIntegrationMaritime projectsData handlingCommon modelsData requirementsIntegrated design environmentsEngineering product data exchangeInformation technologyNeutral dataDesignDesign processIntegrodifferential equationsShip designsShipsTopdownCommon modelShipbuildingDesign activityTool integrationProduct dataManaging the exchange of engineering product data to support through life ship designjournalArticle2011Δημοσίευση σε περιοδικόPublication in journalΛογισμικό (software)Softwareisi - Computer Science, Software Engineering includes resources that are concerned with the programs, routines, and symbolic languages that control the functioning of the hardware and direct its operation. Also covered in this category are computer graphics, digital signal processing, and programming languages.Επιστημονικό άρθροScientific articleΕθνικό Μετσόβιο ΠολυτεχνείοGreek Aggregator OpenArchives.gr | National Documentation Centre (EKT)other