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Rethinking Life on the Water: How Flow Naval Architect, Designed the Blue Ocean Floating Home with Orca3D
What does it take to turn a floating home concept into a technically sound marine platform? In this Orca3D Customer Spotlight, Flow Naval Architect shares how the Blue Ocean floating house was engineered using Orca3D’s hydrostatics, stability, and weight control tools to balance modern waterfront living with real naval architecture performance. The project demonstrates how innovative floating living concepts can meet professional marine engineering standards from the very first stages of design.
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Optimizing Container Ship Efficiency with Orca3D CFD: The Lioness Bulbous Bow Study
See how 4 Ocean Design used Orca3D MarineCFD to optimize a container ship’s bulbous bow, achieving over 5% resistance reduction and improved fuel efficiency.
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Designing for the Extreme: How Zodiac Designed the H1100 Border Guard with Orca3D
How do you design an 11-meter RHIB capable of operating in Sea State 5, surviving Sea State 6, and self-righting after a capsize?
In this Orca3D Customer Spotlight, Zodiac Hurricane Technologies shares how they used Advanced Stability and integrated CAD workflows in Orca3D to engineer the H1100 Border Guard — a high-performance patrol and search-and-rescue vessel built for mission-critical operations. From digital righting simulations to real-world capsize testing, this project demonstrates how data-driven naval architecture reduces risk and builds confidence before launch.
