Marine crane can be used in all kinds of ships as it has various types, large lifting capacity, excellent performance and wide application. As one of the indispensable supporting equipment for modern ships, it plays an important role in the shipping industry. The principles, procedures and precautions of the selection and layout of marine cranes have been comprehensively and systematically analyzed. The simplified modelling of the crane is established to clarify the principle and the procedure of the selection and layout of the crane, as well as summarize the review points of the three-dimensional (3D) layout of the crane. The technicians can be instructed to quickly determine the location of the crane based on the layout method described in this paper, and also to quickly check the interference of the crane in 3D environment by using the 3D design software CATIA to verify the rationality of the crane location.

The 3D method for the radar mast design is put forward based on CATIA V6 platform. It comprehensively considers the practical design requirement of the radar mast and the technical difficulties of 3D model. The problems of the associated design, efficient modeling and 3D drawing in the design process of a radar mast are solved by using the multiple software functions, such as the multi-level skeleton, solid modeling, knowledge engineering and secondary development of drawing. The practical results show that the iterative efficiency and the design quality of the 3D design of the radar mast can be significantly improved by using the proposed 3D design method. This design method can also be applied to other truss-type structures except the radar mast and even more other steel structures, according to the analysis of other specific design scenes.