CAD vs. Paper

[Earl Boebert]

Originally Posted by dreamer

Earl, looked up some of the models at USVMYG. While one may be able to replace such a craft with stl or some other rapid prototyper, I can't imagine much that would be as fulfilling as creating a sailable model yacht by hand.

Cool stuff!

Thanks. The old plans are just approximations, final fairing took place on the building board -- especially for carved hulls. I always recommend doing a half-hull before starting a model, laid up on the buttock lines for accuracy. Many of those traditional hulls had subtleties that are hard to visualize off of renderings, whether paper or computer.

Cheers,

Earl

[dreamer]

Originally Posted by kach22i

I want to learn parametric, feature-based CAD, but suspect that I will most likely just hire someone out of school to do it for me. I will be the old guy pointing at the screen screaming "LIKE THIS" smudging my fingerprints all over everything.

haha...

I'm never going to be the old guy.

[Joe Petrich]

Originally Posted by dreamer

haha...

I'm never going to be the old guy.

Me neither. Only the good die young!

[Paul No Boat]

I am already old and bad.

[Asleep Helmsman]

I was thinking that a good use of this thread, would be to describe how you utilize the tools that are comfortable to you.


And how your designs evolve in your mind and how that translates to images that could be use in construction, or marketing.

[dreamer]

Originally Posted by Asleep Helmsman

I was thinking that a good use of this thread, would be to describe how you utilize the tools that are comfortable to you.


And how your designs evolve in your mind and how that translates to images that could be use in construction, or marketing.

I agree, this is a great idea! But honestly, it's a good enough idea to be its own thread.

Ancient...you care to move your thoughts to a new thread?

[ancient kayaker]

I have started a new thread The Design Process and Tools

-and deleted my post to prevent duplication.