Virtual Prototyping-based Integrated Information Modeling and Its Application in the Jacking System of Offshore Platform

Virtual prototyping is always used to validate a design by simulating the behavior of mechanical products. As concerning problems of the current researches on product integrated information modeling technology, this paper presents a new systematic integrated information modeling technology based on virtual prototyping. After the 800t jacking system of an offshore platform is introduced, the design process of virtual prototyping-based jacking system is discussed in detail, and then the virtual prototyping modeling of the jacking system is also put forward. A computer aided virtual prototyping software system is developed, which has been put into practice in a plant of offshore engineering. The realization of the driving function module is given as an example, which demonstrates that the methodology is obviously helpful for product integrated information modeling.