Programs to model hydro in?

Yeah, I realized this shortly after I posted and fixed it.

If I am understanding correctly, you want me to break it into layers? I think I can achieve the same thing using crease edges, right?



So what is the overall goal of designing a planing hull and running hydrostatics on it? To see how low it sits in the water? The angle it sits? How much weight it can displace at a given draft?

What all can I do in freeship? Sorry for the vague question but I am just beginning to use freeship and I am just curious what I can expect and what I will be limited to.

I attached the re-worked file with measurements taken from my sketchup design. The front of the hull isn't the exact curved profile of my design but I think it's close enough.

 

No, I have not managed to explain well. It is not to create several layers. What I have drawn are the various steps of a process performed in one layer:
- Take two lines in space to create the port side surface.
- Take two lines to create the port bottom surface.
- Create symmetrical surfaces of both surfaces.
- Create the transom surface.
- So on with the rest of "accidents" of the hull.
Perhaps, to start practicing, you could use a parallelepiped-shaped hull and work to discover which are the hydrostatic and what it is used. A book on the theory of the ship will be of great help to you.

 

Do you have any specific books you would recommend?

 

In this forum you can find several threads in which various experts advise, better than me, on this subject.
http://www.boatdesign.net/forums/education/free-e-books-naval-architecture-14984.html
http://www.boatdesign.net/forums/education/recomend-naval-architecture-textbook-29145.html
http://www.boatdesign.net/forums/boat-design/naval-architect-book-5466.html