boat plans

[Almar]

here is a newer version of house boat

Might work if the river is´nt much wider than the structure is tall.

[Almar]

This is all new, so I've been modifying my design with the more knowledge I get about marine design. I come from an Architecture/Structural background. I appreciate the input I get from all of you. It helps me thru my transition. so more you teach me about functionality in Marine design the better i will be at designing. Thank you.

[JONSHOW]

Originally Posted by Almar

I've been looking for a good program to import my cad drawings to simulate, would you happen to know of any?

Im pretty sure COSMOS, the simulation component of Solidworks could handle it. You need some pretty heavy processing power to do proper simulations and the cost of the software is pretty high for a startup, but not a large expense for a Marine sector company requiring some sort of certification.

http://www.solidworks.com/sw/product...on-sofware.htm

[bhnautika]

Almar google “houseboats Australia” and have a look at some of the sites to see boats of a similar style. I love your little touch of art deco in the design, but you are in Miami.

[Almar]

Originally Posted by JONSHOW

Im pretty sure COSMOS, the simulation component of Solidworks could handle it. You need some pretty heavy processing power to do proper simulations and the cost of the software is pretty high for a startup, but not a large expense for a Marine sector company requiring some sort of certification.

http://www.solidworks.com/sw/product...on-sofware.htm

I've tried solidworks before didn't feel comfortable with but maybe I should. Try to give it Another chance. Thank you

[Almar]

Originally Posted by bhnautika

Almar google “houseboats Australia” and have a look at some of the sites to see boats of a similar style. I love your little touch of art deco in the design, but you are in Miami.

Thank you, I'm still implementing A steam punk look to it as well. I would say the render is maybe 75% done when Im 100% done I wil post.

[PAR]

I'd say you should focus on the hydrodynamic elements, with it's yacht design principles and concepts end of things before spending all this time on surface models. Richard and I have been politely beating around the bush about the suitability of your vessel for the stated use. Of course a wire frame of the hull form would help considerably, if not a modest set of volumetric and hydrodynamic calculations.

[Almar]

I'm still waiting from a response from my friend that took the wire frame of the hull to an engineer. I'll ask him for the test results as soon as he has them. I might also be wrong on th e type of waters this will in. I know its defiantly inter coastal. he also mentioned something about making the bow look similar to a snow plow. I put a slight angle for cosmetic purposes. I hope that might help you out a bit let me find my wire frame and I'll post it up for you.

[PAR]

Does the engineer you sent the drawings to have a clue about hydrodynamics?

[Fanie]

There are two things that worries me -

The height of that boat vs the width. It is going to roll over and stay over.
If you want a large house boat, split it down the middle and make it wider. You'll gain some space as well as weight for it's size. Using cat hulls instead could be your answer.

The other thing is with such a large side the wind is going to be an issue. Unless you have powerfull motors in a gale you are not going to make way to wind, and can easily land you in trouble.

On one of the other threads there was a link to another forum where a similar rig was completed and could not be launched because it would topple over.

There is no such thing as too much stability or too low a center of gravity on a boat.

he also mentioned something about making the bow look similar to a snow plow.

I have seen this used on cats, but on inland waters.
It is used to break the waves so they won't rinse over the too low deck.
Poor design imo.

The picture is of a cat with a plow on the bow. Sorry it's not visible and I couldn't find any of the other pictures I have of it. The cat you see is wider than it looks. I was right beside and around it with our boat at the time.