1. OrcaFlex OrcaFlex User Group, 2005 www.orcina.com Slide 1 of 10 - Recent & Upcoming developments Release schedule OrcaFlex 8.6 was released in February OrcaFlex 8.7 will be released in October OrcaFlex 9.0 scheduled for Spring 2006

2. OrcaFlex OrcaFlex User Group, 2005 www.orcina.com Slide 2 of 10 - Recent & Upcoming developments Spring 2006 release (OrcaFlex 9.0) Implicit integration Whole system statics Frequency dependent added mass & damping for vessels (convolution integral) Longer term, beyond OrcaFlex 9.0 ???

3. OrcaFlex OrcaFlex User Group, 2005 www.orcina.com Slide 3 of 10 - Recent & Upcoming developments Recent developments The rest of the presentation covers the new features added to OrcaFlex in the past year This covers versions 8.6 and 8.7 OrcaFlex 8.7 is in the final stages of testing and will be released in October

4. OrcaFlex OrcaFlex User Group, 2005 www.orcina.com Slide 4 of 10 - Recent & Upcoming developments User Interface / Presentation Shaded graphics 3D View navigation: SHIFT+drag to pan, CTRL+drag to rotate Custom replay

5. OrcaFlex OrcaFlex User Group, 2005 www.orcina.com Slide 5 of 10 - Recent & Upcoming developments Lines Line Setup Wizard (anchor position variation) Modal analysis enhancements Pre-tension renamed As Laid Tension Unstable statics checks Externally calculated bend moment Node axes drawing / local axes drawing New results variables

6. OrcaFlex OrcaFlex User Group, 2005 www.orcina.com Slide 6 of 10 - Recent & Upcoming developments 6D Buoys Contact area data item Lumped Buoy Cm can now be ~ which means 1+Ca New force and moment results variables

7. OrcaFlex OrcaFlex User Group, 2005 www.orcina.com Slide 7 of 10 - Recent & Upcoming developments Other OrcaFlex objects Environment –Multiple sets of current data Vessels –General RAO handling improvements –Check RAOs now has amplitude and phase plots Shapes –Curved plate shapes: bellmouths, mid-water arches etc.

8. OrcaFlex OrcaFlex User Group, 2005 www.orcina.com Slide 8 of 10 - Recent & Upcoming developments Calculation / Performance Multi-threading Automatic setting of time steps

9. OrcaFlex OrcaFlex User Group, 2005 www.orcina.com Slide 9 of 10 - Recent & Upcoming developments Model Building Wave Scatter Conversion Move selected objects can now rotate objects Connections report (F8) Integrated calculator on data forms (F12)

10. OrcaFlex OrcaFlex User Group, 2005 www.orcina.com Slide 10 of 10 - Recent & Upcoming developments VIV Toolbox Can now export SHEAR7 data files SHEAR7 data file and mode shape file (mds) export commands available from batch script