Modeling a boat from CAD drawings
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There are many tutorials for modelling cars, most of the techniques should work for a boat too... e.g.
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Curviloft! This did EXACTLY what I needed. This boat is be a racing "yacht" as described by our client. I have some more figuring out to do, but this is a great start. I'll be back with more questions as the boat progresses. Thank you all for the tip and and thank you to Fredo for the great plugin.
Delvon
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you may want check the dedicated ship modeler FREE!ship too which is also capable in doing e.g. subdivision surfaces:
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@sketch3d.de said:
you may want check the dedicated ship modeler FREE!ship too which is also capable in doing e.g. subdivision surfaces:
hth,
Norbert+1
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There is also Delftship.
Here is a link with both Free and Pro:
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@unknownuser said:
Combine this with a very intuitive user interface
For a very pasionnated user maybe!
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@Pilou:
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I was trying to figure that out, too. Pilou probably dragged it from the DelftShip site.
DelftShip was Free!Ship in the beginning.
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Well, a quick home page visit and scan of the text didn't show it. Maybe it's on another page that I missed. No big deal.
EDIT. and thanks for that tidbit. I didn't realize the relationship between the two programs.
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You're welcome.
I started using Free!Ship back when it was pretty new. Well before SketchUp. Even then it was amazing for a free program and for the hydrostatic calculations it could handle. I have done a few boat designs in it and then imported the results into SketchUp.
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@unknownuser said:
Where is the quote from?
Yes from here
I had FreeShip since many years: it has a very good Manual (in French
very well detailed! This crazzy free prog permit to make anything** and has some poweful functions (unfold) but was very not fiendly UI and ergonomy compared to SU!
** in free is limited to hulls that are symmetrical with respect to the centerplane.
So for car or plane that is sufficient!
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