Research on the Layout of Shipbuilding Steel Structure Machining Plant Based on CATIA

The steel structure machining plant is an important process locale of modern ship manufacture. A 3-Dimensional visual layout project of this kind machining plant has been put forward based on software CATIA, seeking the optimization of plant’s layout. After the initial plan was made, the Maximal Element Method were used to establish the mathematical model, and then to look for the most optimum and smallest value of plant logistics volume. Using the results, the manufacture resource library and the 3D visual model of this steel structure were constructed, and an evaluation was also made on the acquired visual parameter model. So a useful method and way is brought out for the digital manufacture plant’s layout optimization.