design softwear

[fredrikgravem]

I am just wondering, what`s the best boatdesig program(softwear)
I`m going too study naval arcitect next year, so I ned a good, but mybe not so expensive design program???

[Raggi_Thor]

Navaldesigner (www.navaldesigner.com) er det beste vi har funnet i "lavpris-segmentet". Rhino3D er rimelig og bra for generell modellering med enkel hydrostatikk mm.

http://www.boatdesign.net/forums/design-software/ Best software and best free software discussed here.

[Dutch Peter]

Ragnar,

Your saying: "ND is one of the best in the low priced segment. Rhino3D can also be used for general modeling and some hydrostatic calculations"????????

[Raggi_Thor]

Yes, maybe rude to change to Norwegian...
Seems like yiu understand quite well :-)

I think ND is more "up to date" than Prolines. Theese are thetwo low cost programs I have tried recently.
Rhino's hydrostatic is really basic so now I am trying out RhinoMarine.

[Dutch Peter]

I'm Dutch, language from the same group. Just as Danish, Swedish, German. By speaking out the words I can make sence of what you write.

Wat ik nu schrijf kun jij ook wel lezen, denk ik.

[Raggi_Thor]

What you wrote I could also read well, I think?

I remeber one Icelandic, after learning Danish in school, studying in Norway and Germany he moved to Holland and spoke Dutch in a few weeks. "Just another european dialect" he said.

btw, I have an old book "ZailZport" or simmilar in Dutch, many interesting old designs.

[Dutch Peter]

You got it!

Is the book called "De Zeilsport" by J. Loeff. Hold on to it, it's a real classic here in Holland. I'm still looking for a copy.

[Raggi_Thor]

No, its a book by Juan Baader, "Zeilsport, Zeiltechniek, Zeiljachten",
6e druk.
I see now that it's originally written in Buenos Aires, so its translated from spannish...
Its from 1979, ISBN 90 6045 521 5

[Dutch Peter]

Sorry, don't know that one!

[Wynand N]

Wat ik nu schrijf kun jij ook wel lezen, denk ik.

Wat ek nou skryf kan jy ook goed lees, dink ek.

Dutch, you are a genuis. Now lets try Greek......

[MikeJohns]

Originally Posted by fredrikgravem

I am just wondering, what`s the best boatdesig program(softwear)
I`m going too study naval arcitect next year, so I ned a good, but mybe not so expensive design program???

I would recommend Rhino from McNeel you can get a student package combination of Rhino and the Proteus product Rhino marine very cheaply. The stability calcs free to trim, I have checked with some complex designs. If you get realy advaced though you will need a package that can account for free surfaces in tanks, although you can get around this by segmenting the tanks and adding the mass in your weight calcs.