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Martijn_vE
03-02-2006, 04:05 PM
FREE!ship 2.5 has been released and is available from:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/freeship/
New features:
* Mirroring of developed plates
* Multiple language support
* Add scaled background images to viewports in order to reproduce the
lines of an existing hull.
* Export to GHS
* Visualize geometry based flowlines
* Add cylindrical surfaces
Bugs fixes or improvements:
* Bug fixed in the check model procedure
* Added the dimensioning of cornerpoints of developed plates
* Bug in Delft resistance when length dwl was 0.0
* Increased visibility of thin lines of preview image
* Old file format (.free files, prior to Version 1.91) no longer supported
* Max. limit on undo memory
* Draft and trim settings for hydrostatic calculations are stored in file
I'm getting a corrupt file message when trying to open the .zip file. Is anybody else experiencing this problem?
Chris Ostlind
03-02-2006, 10:02 PM
I got bad downloads, as well, for the software and the new manual.
Chris O
The zip file is showing as corrupted on my computer
Martijn_vE
03-03-2006, 12:37 AM
I think something went wrong during the upload. I uploaded the files again and now it seems to be working.
Sorry for that...
Toby P
03-03-2006, 07:10 AM
I know this is a really dumb question - but how do you display the diagonals in FREE!ship? The icon is always faded out so that it can't be selected...
Martijn_vE
03-03-2006, 07:13 AM
Add them first, just like you add stations or waterlines.
Toby P,
It's the icon at the very top right. Looks kinda of like a knife hanging over a calculator. It opens the intersections dialog.
Windvang
03-03-2006, 02:02 PM
Here is a picture of the plug of a 6 m. solarboat designed in Free!ship. It was exported to IGES and milled with a 5-axis machine. The boat is now under construction at the HISWA exhibition and even made it to TV and national radio!
More information on the project (in Dutch)
http://www.thrijswijksolarteam.nl/
Hey Windvang that's amazing, congratulations on your efforts, and thanks for share it!
DGreenwood
03-04-2006, 05:15 PM
Fantastic stuff Windvang. it is great to see real quality tangible results from a free program.
I think Martijn is an his way to Sainthood.
Great software and getting better!!!
DGreenwood
03-06-2006, 02:02 PM
Hey Windvang
Are the drawings "top secret" or can we get a glimpse of what it will look like finished?
Windvang
03-06-2006, 03:07 PM
They are not secret anymore, since the boat went on display at the HISWA exhibition. The boat is build for the http://www.frisiannuonsolarchallenge.com/
a 220 km. endurance race for solar powered boats along a famous Dutch ice-skating route.
The boat will be trimmed aft for top speed (+/- 15 Kn.) and foreward for endurance. The last generation had a problem with windage that is why we reverse-curved the sheer and rounded the deck edge. The chine promotes early planing and enhances stability for the heavy stock solar cells. It is build in carbon on a 6 mm PVC core. 2 boats will be build to test various configurations of prop and gearing.
Caldera Boats
03-06-2006, 03:22 PM
FREE!ship is the best thing to happen to boat design since the invention of the pencil.
A BIG thanks to the guys at FREE!ship.
:) :) :)
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