@tig said: What you have model so far looks pretty well thought out... except... I suggest you make all of the elements into groups (or components if they might be repeated). [...] O my, I wish I had started out doing this (making each major new area of the model a layer). Trying to select stuff after the fact, group it, and layer it, is pretty tedious and delicate work. However I have done some of this and it is useful to be able to turn on and off entire design elements like Roof, Walls. Thanks for the thought-provoking tip!

Yes, I am interested. So far, so good. Note however (when hidden geometry is on), that some parts are made of rather much geometry which won't help keeping the model clean. Especially near the bow (where also there is a little bend-in in the mesh). Some suggestions also: After you make the mesh with SSB, convert the group into a component (right click the group > Make component) After mirroring, do not explode the two parts. When they are instances of the same component definition, you will only need to work on one half at a tzime and all the changes will be reflected on the other half (not to mention savings in file size). There are some inaccuracies in the modelling process somewhere. An example; here the two halves do not perfectly align. You can easily move them together at this point but when I placed the deck on top of the hull, I noticed other misalignments, too. When dealing with such geometry, always double check these little details othewise you can easily end up with some troublesome things later. [image: hJ8O_Move1.jpg] [image: LLov_Move2.jpg] All in all, very nice for "baby steps" and I can already see where you are going (although the horizon of a baby is still somewhat smaller) so feel encouraged to learn to run, too.

@d12dozr said: See if this plugin by Krill does what you want...http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?f=180&t=21658&hilit=Krill that certainly looks like the ticket! many thanks

Gaieus advice solves the problem. But if you are looking for editing curved surfaces (eg. draw a rect. and push pull) don't miss this out: http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?f=180&t=11212 It is Fredo6's Tools on Surface plugin. IT WILL BE WORTH IT.

That won't make a face for you as you would need a closed, coplanar set of edges for that script. That's actually something I have never used in my life as redrawing an edge to heal a face is always easier than to dig three levels down to find a plugin and then start selecting bounding edges meticulously.

Some useful stuff on this page. http://www.carlsondesign.com/ including the Hull Designer software near the bottom of the page (free) It also mentions a design program for sheet metal work, which (I think) is on this page. http://pagesperso-orange.fr/robert.laine/sailcut/index.html