USSubs. They Make Personal Luxury Subs. They Banned AutoCAD. They Use Macs.

by Eric on October 1, 2009 · View Comments

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USSubs, like SolidSmack, is 100% 2D free. They may actually be a little more 2D free. What exactly do they engineer? I’m glad to pretend you asked. They engineer Personal Luxury Submarines. I imagine their sales pitch needing more than just those three words.

Personal luxury subs, you say? I’ll take five, I say. They cost how much, you say? I’ll go home and cry myself to sleep, I say. To fully embark to the depths in style with their 65 meter (213′) Phoenix 1000 you’ll be stackin’ $90 million in your back seat on your way to one of their facilities in Paris, Dubai, Seattle or Portland. Yep, you’ve got options.

According to their President, L. Bruce Jones,

All of us use Ashlar’s suite of programs, mainly Graphite and Cobalt. Over the years we’ve found these particularly intuitive and powerful with a short learning curve and great versatility. As soon as we started using Ashlar products, years ago, we banned AutoCAD from the premises. We are also an all Mac company. The only PCs are used by the Naval Architects.

Not only do they design, engineer and manufacture their own line of luxury submarines, they can design, engineer and manufacture your very own custom submersible, granted you have the cash or first born to put up for it. And, you’ll be even more inclined to use them when you find out they can also create a matching luxury underwater habitat you can escape to in your luxury sub.

Tagged as: ashlar, high-end design, luxury subs, naval architecture, underwater dwelling

{ 9 comments }

Rod_Uding October 1, 2009 at 10:09 am: Must work harder on becoming a billionaire. I want one badly.
bcourter October 1, 2009 at 10:19 am: Sweet. Does Vellum count as direct modeling?
Marijn October 1, 2009 at 10:28 am: pff Get me a space ship then where talking.
Josh M October 1, 2009 at 1:15 pm: I've check with the stock closet and he says yes, except for if it's actual animal hide or stored in a closet with less that 11% relative humidity.
dave zinn October 3, 2009 at 7:02 pm: I'm sorry, but what is the SOLIDWORKS content in this story?
Josh M October 4, 2009 at 10:45 pm: There actually is none. We cover a lot more than just SolidWorks here… although I do focus a lot on SolidWorks tips and things designed with SW. But if it's cool, unusual or relevant to 3D, product design and tech in the world of design and engineering, we'll post on it
Nelson October 10, 2009 at 10:37 pm: I am a heavy user and promoter of Ashlar products. Their suite of tools are very good. I've done many designs with Cobalt.

SolidWorks is now my primary CAD tool in my toolbox. But I can still use Vellum products. In fact, all the line work I create there imports very well into SW and I've used the linework for sketches.
Josh M October 14, 2009 at 5:19 pm: Hi Nelson, thanks. I've gotta say, this is the first product I've seen developed with Ashlar products and they are impressive.
Josh M October 14, 2009 at 10:19 pm: Hi Nelson, thanks. I've gotta say, this is the first product I've seen developed with Ashlar products and they are impressive.