Your tools. Your models. One shared picture.
Bring your models, 2D GAs, and engineering data into one connected workflow. Explore a change. See its impact. Keep every discipline in sync.
SPONSORS & BACKERS
BlueNode has the backing of NTNU TTO and the Research Council of Norway, with early funding in place to support development.
NTNU TTO
Technology transfer support
Research Council of Norway
Research & innovation backing
NTNU Discovery
Product idea backing
Two potential pilot cases are being explored as BlueNode moves toward testing connected ship-design workflows in practice.
“New approaches like BlueNode can really complement existing ship design tools.”
“There is a clear need for this type of innovation”
THE DISCONNECT
Your hull model changes. But the weight estimate, stability inputs, and general arrangement still need to catch up.
Too many tabs. Too many tools. Every handoff means another manual review, another integration step, and another opportunity for error.
Switch tabs. Review outputs. Re-enter data. Repeat.
Every handoff creates room for integration errors.Models, spreadsheets, and documents each hold part of the design. Bringing them together means translating formats and rebuilding context.
A revised dimension can affect several disciplines. Without visible dependencies, teams have to trace what needs updating, and where.
Reviewing outputs across tabs and tools means exporting, checking, and re-entering data by hand. Each transfer can introduce mismatches, and every new concept repeats the work.
What if the connections were part of the design?
THE BLUENODE PIPELINE
A seamless, non-destructive pipeline to visualize the invisible, in 3 simple steps.
Bring reference drawings, spreadsheets, and models into a shared structure. Use parsers and AI-assisted mapping to connect parameters with their engineering meaning.
A shared starting point for your data.
Link geometry, requirements, and performance data in one design graph. Make dependencies visible so a hull change can be traced through the calculations and disciplines it affects.
A visible chain from a change to its impact.
Review the impact, confirm the changes, and send approved updates back to the tools and documents your team uses. Keep the design context ready for the next iteration.
A coordinated update across your workflow.
YOUR TOOLS. CONNECTED.
Give every file and calculation its place in the wider design.
OUR VISION
Our vision is to connect the specialist tools you already use through a shared layer orchestrating hydrodynamics, weights, propulsion, resistance, modelling, and cost.
Connect geometry with requirements, assumptions, and design rules so the reasoning stays visible alongside the model.
Reuse connected inputs to compare alternatives and trace how a change affects the wider design.
Follow dependencies across disciplines to understand the implications of a decision before passing it on.
Define relationships between parameters and documents, then review changes before sending updates back.
OUR WHY
Ship designers deserve tools built by people who understand what it takes to design and build a ship. Tools that understand the nuances of the craft and the complexity of each design decision.
At a time of black-box systems and ambitious promises about digitalization, we believe it is more crucial than ever to stay grounded in the basics: sound engineering judgment, explainable calculations, and traceable decisions.
At BlueNode, we care about the craft. Computation should support the designer’s judgment and creativity.
Less time wrangling data.
More freedom to create.
We are nestled in one of the world’s most complete and innovative maritime clusters, in Møre og Romsdal—a region that has been building ships for decades and continues to build some of the world’s most complex vessels.
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