Boat design soft popularity

[Alik]

Interested in popularity of boat and ship design software. Maxsurf, but unfortunately no systematic series for small boats and no propeller calculations. Any advice?

[Andrew Mason]

Originally Posted by Alik

Interested in popularity of boat and ship design software. Maxsurf, but unfortunately no systematic series for small boats and no propeller calculations. Any advice?

Maxsurf Pro has a parametric transformation function that allows you to vary LCB, Cp (or Cb), and Cmidship, as well as scale to any Displacement, LWL, BWL and/or draft. This function is also accesible from Maxsurf's COM interface, so a systematic series can be easily generated in Excel.

Propeller Calcs - Navcad does a good job, we have no desire to compete with an already excellent product.