Case Study: NAOS Ship and Boat Design achieves real-time collaborative 3D ship design and streamlined production with Dassault Systèmes 3DEXPERIENCE

NAOS Ship and Boat Design Transforming ship design

NAOS Ship and Boat Design, a leading Italian naval architecture firm, faced rising market demands for greener, higher‑performance vessels and needed to deliver precise, buildable designs and manufacturing instructions from four distributed sites. To avoid late-stage errors, speed up design cycles, and enable multidisciplinary teams and external partners to work together in real time, NAOS turned to Dassault Systemes’ 3DEXPERIENCE platform with the Designed For Sea and Optimized Production For Sea industry solution experiences.

Dassault Systemes’ solution provided a single 3D master model, role‑based access for partners, and integrated design-to-manufacturing workflows so NAOS could run simulations, generate BOMs and assembly documentation, and detect clashes early. Implemented with a local partner, the 3DEXPERIENCE platform improved collaboration and first‑time‑right delivery and is expected to cut design time by up to 40%, while streamlining manufacturing planning and reducing rework.

NAOS Ship and Boat Design

Roberto Prever

President