Rhino Surface creation question

[Arvy]

Hi all,

I am wondering how can I create a surface in rhino from an already existing autocad drawing? I have a hull design consisting of plines that represent the sections, sheer and centerline, now I want to use rhino to turn this into a 3d surface so I can render it.

This is just the hull, I also have all other parts of the ship, like the deck, the superstructure, cockpit etc all drawn in autocad, and would like to render this with Rhino.

If there is some tutorial, could you please point me to it, or if there are better ways to create a rendered image (right now experimenting with a demo version) please let me know.

Thanks,
Arvy

[CGN]

http://en.wiki.mcneel.com/default.as...lModeling.html

http://www.3drender.com/rhino/boathtml/index.htm

About rendering have a look at:

http://www.kerkythea.net/joomla/ they have some tutorials and can be a good start, there are many many software that you can use including rhino3d+rhinoman+3delight

[Steve Baer]

Hi Arvy,
There are also an awful lot of Rhino users who are more than willing to help at:
news://news.mcneel.com/rhino

Thanks,
-Steve

[Arvy]

Thanks CGN and Steve,

I will start reading it all

Grtz,
Arvy