Wärtsilä Virtual Shipyard

simulation image of a view from the ship towards the harbor

Wärtsilä Virtual Shipyard

A flexible and user-friendly package for developing and editing ship motion, engine, and propulsion models

Integrated tools for testing with comprehensive documentation

Wärtsilä Virtual Shipyard software is a value-added service for our NTPRO navigational simulation solution. It enables ship model development using a modular principle, allowing for easy modifications such as editing ship motion, engine, and propulsion models, as well as controlling and documenting the results.

Modular Ship Model Development

The ship model development process follows a modular design principle, allowing individual modules to be easily modified or replaced as needed. This ensures flexibility and adaptability across various simulation scenarios.

A wide range of ship types can be modelled (see ‘Additional Information’ below for details).

Two development modes available:

Simplified Mode: ideal for quick, practical modelling tasks.
Advanced Mode: offers high-fidelity modelling using the latest technical tools, suitable for professional simulation environments.

Your benefits from Wärtsilä Virtual Shipyard

Design and edit ship models: Create your own ship model or choose one from our collection of over 700 ship models and modify it. These models can be used in Wärtsilä simulators or on your own simulator using the Ship Model Toolkit.
Educational tools in ship theory and hydrodynamics: Allow students to run, control and modify vessels in real-time or in fast-time simulation. These tools enable learners to observe how changes in hull or propulsion properties affect vessel behavior and fuel consumption.
A Perfect tool for research: it allows users to create, modify and visualise all aspects of model behaviour, effects, and interactions, as well as use the customisable, automated report system to run hundreds of tests. Researches can load additional ship models and 3D area profiles for advanced studies.
Collaboration platform for model developers and professional customers or validation experts.

Key features from Wärtsilä Virtual Shipyard

Fully automated and operational model testing
Support for both metric and imperial measurement systems
Auto-generated documentation and reporting outputs
Simulator’s software and documentation aligned with established quality standards
Interactive help and videos are available to simplify the first steps

Functionality

Ship types:

Allows users to create, modify and test many ship types.

Conventional vessels: tankers, bulk carriers, container ships, ferries, cruise ships
High-speed craft and gliding vessels: warships, hovercrafts, boats, yachts
Most types of tugs and barges
Ice-going vessels
Special objects: oil platforms, flo-flo ship, jack-up rigs and more

simulation image of a merchant vessel at sea

Simulated modules:

Allows users to create, modify and test numerous simulated modules.
Hull (including displacement hull, gliding hull, hovercraft, etc.)
Propellers (including CPP, FPP, VSP, Azipods, azimuthal thrusters, water jets, etc.)
Engine and fuel consumption (including Diesel, Diesel-Electric, outboard, etc.)
Rudders and steering gears (including Schilling, Becker, flanking rudders, steering nozzles, etc.)
Thrusters (including drop-down and swing-down thrusters)
Fin stabilisers, ballast tanks
Autopilots and track control systems
Anchors
User-developed units (with the use of Python scripting language)