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Research on Yacht Design Method Based on Game Engine

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Advances in Mechanical Design (ICMD 2017)

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This paper presents a new yacht design methodology that applies the game engine to the yacht design phase to address the communication between the designer and the terminal customer (ship owner). Also, this paper evaluates and achieves the interaction and visualization through the integration between the game engine and the yacht’s early design stage, which can improve communication efficiency of the yacht design standards and related norms between the designer and ship owner. The thinking way of ship owner is incorporated into the game engine prototype development, which can inspire the designer to improve work efficiency in turn. This paper introduces a new design method and theory framework, the development of prototype and use case demonstration, discusses preliminary evaluation and user feedback and makes further improvement of the development prototype.

This paper is supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 51039006).

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  1. Department of Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, 510640, China

    Fuyong Liu, Chaohe Chen, Guoye Long, Guanlin Li & Zhijie Ren

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Editors and Affiliations

  1. Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China

    Jianrong Tan

  2. Shanghai Jiao Tong University , Shanghai, China

    Feng Gao

  3. Beijing Institution of Technology, Beijing, China

    Changle Xiang

Appendix

Appendix

The following is a detailed description of the questionnaire survey of 7 yacht designers and 14 students (ship professional and design professionals).

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The game is simple and fun

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The appeal of game visualization

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The game content reflects the design and functionality well

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Game scene database replacement and fluency

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The integrity of the game function

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The game improves the understanding of the problem

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Whether the design of the game makes sense

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The new design method is worth promoting

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The game is simple and fun

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1. 714286

0. 46291

The appeal of game visualization

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1. 571429

0. 5976143

The game content reflects the design and functionality well

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1. 333333

0. 8563488

Game scene database replacement and fluency

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1. 238095

0. 6248809

The integrity of the game function

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1. 238095

0. 830949

The game improves the understanding of the problem

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1. 095238

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Whether the design of the game makes sense

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The new design method is worth promoting

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1. 333333

0. 6582806

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Liu, F., Chen, C., Long, G., Li, G., Ren, Z. (2018). Research on Yacht Design Method Based on Game Engine. In: Tan, J., Gao, F., Xiang, C. (eds) Advances in Mechanical Design. ICMD 2017. Mechanisms and Machine Science, vol 55. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-6553-8_3

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