[Chantiers de l’Atlantique] Seamless cabin design with Solid Edge HD

Managing the immense cruise ship design process Built at the Chantiers de l’Atlantique shipyard in Saint-Nazaire, France, Wonder of the Seas is set to sail its maiden voyage in March 2022. It is the world’s largest cruise ship on the high seas, at 362 meters and 236,857 gross tons. With 18 decks and 2,865 staterooms (cabins), the ship includes family-themed suites, indoor slides, jacuzzis, a music hall and a theater. It only took 2.5 years to build, even during the Coronavirus Disease of 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Cruise ship and cabin design require cross-functional collaboration between multiple departments. There are several interior designers, outside suppliers and design bureaus, engineers and other production specialists working on ship production every day, resulting in up to 100,000 daily data exchanges per ship. Chantiers de l’Atlantique has multiple computer-aided design (CAD) packages and enterprise resource planning (ERP) software to harness the overall complexity of designing and constructing a cruise ship like Wonder of the Seas. To optimize the creation of the cabins, they have integrated Solid Edge® software, which is used by in-house design teams, engineers and marine experts. Solid Edge is part of the Xcelerator portfolio, the comprehensive and integrated portfolio of software and services from Siemens Digital Industries Software. Imagery courtesy of Royal Caribbean International and Celebrity Cruises.