About ship lines plan

[nguyenthanhnghi]

hi every body, i am a designer, so, i am looking for ship lines plan (all, every type of ship) because i want to collect for modelling 3D in Rhinoceros and make a library about types of ship. I will share it for person who need 3D modelling when i finish.
Who can help me?
thanks alot.
Nguyenthanhnghi
tuyetsonphiho15@yahoo.com

[Gilbert]

Perhaps you could expand on what you wish to class as a ship. Most of the folks on the forum are dealing with what we usually call boats and not vessels that are normally called ships.

[nguyenthanhnghi]

yes, i know that. at the moment, i want to build a 3D ship library (include boats), then i want to share it for students who need it. I think rebuild a 3D model is needed.
So i am looking for lines plan of Catamaran, canoes, tug, hight speed canoes ...
from 2D lines plan, i will modelling to 3D model. i think it is very interesting.
thanks every body.

[gonzo]

You will have to deal with copyright issues. Contact differenct engineering and naval architecture firms. Some will license you as a user of their designs. Others may charge royalties or have some kind of arrangement.

[dccd]

You must be careful about using modern copyrighted/patented hull lines. However, their are many standard long expired "public domain" hull lines to be found in dusty "Proceedings of Naval Architecture" books to create the foundation of a very broad variety of ship and boat hull lines. You can find just about any type of hull from river paddelwheelers to semi-swath and all the "standard" forms in between

Here is some info on CAD lines input:

http://www.modelshipwrightsdatabase....LL%20LINES.pdf