Tutorial - How to draw a hull
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Best plugs for this seems the collection of Extrude Edges Tools by Tig...
Bon courage!
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Thank you charly2008! I'll try the program now!
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If you've focused on the construction of ships, You should become familiar with the free version of the program Delftship. This program is ideal for the professional construction of ship hulls. I even had a couple of hours training to make hulls not yet perfect. See the link below.
Karl
http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?f=179&t=26870&p=235033&hilit=hulls#p235033
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Ships and planes share the same SU design challenges.
One tip: Best to work on a 1/2 hull as a component, then when done copy it abeam, flip it and move them together. Don't explode or merge them. Now any changes to one side is reflected on the other.
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I forgot to mention that you can also export a half hull from Delftship.
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@charly2008 said:
I forgot to mention that you can also export a half hull from Delftship.
Like the firsthalf above?
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Half hull component
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@charly2008 said:
I forgot to mention that you can also export a half hull from Delftship.
How can i export the hull on SketchUp?
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export DXF, import DXF.
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How can i draw the hull of my ship under this face with DelftShip?
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Hi Gianluca,
the best workflow is to import your shape as a background image in the plan view. There are many tutorials in th net see the links below.
http://www.modelboatmayhem.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=19208.0
http://forum.woodenboat.com/showthread.php?t=90696
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Thank you Charlie2008!
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Soap Skin and Bubble can make also half Hull
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@unknownuser said:
Soap Skin and Bubble can make also half Hull
FOr the moment it's always freeYes, i have it!
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Here again the workflow:
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Export the model (in this the plan view, you can additional export the profile view) as image with dimensions from sketchup.
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Import the Image to Delftship. Place it at point of origin and then scale the image.
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Model the hull
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Export model as dxf and import into Sketchup
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Thank you Charly2008!
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Hi Gianluca
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Dimension the length and width of the new Model (Image 1)
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Right click at the plan view (Origin), Place the Image exactly left in the midth of the control frame(Image 2,3).
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Right click at the plan view (Set scale)and place the cursor exactly at the right end of the background image. In the control box adjust the length and hit ok (Image 4,5,6).
Charly
PS. In the first step is a mistake, instead of 2.16 the width (Beam) should be 2.18
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Gianluca,
See this Tutorial, a method using using SketchUp only:
http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=9652
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This Tutorial uses the SoapSkinBubble Ruby Script (Excellent) but you could also use:
TIGs Extrude Tools or
Fredo's Curviloft Tool (currently in development)
Both are also excellent
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Hope this helpsHoward L'
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Hi
TIG's and Fredo's tools are versatile, without question, very good tools. But special tasks require special tools usually serve only one purpose. In this case the construction of a realistic ship's hull.
I had found this use of tools just by chance but with a classed training can achieve very good results. Without this tool, it would have been very hard for me to design historic ship hulls in SketchUp. I see Delftship as a useful complement of Sketchup for this specific purpose.
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