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Old 06-20-2011, 11:36 PM
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Weight Curve !!!!!!

i have the weight distribution details of a vessel which includes sets of Weights, its corresponding LCG and its corresponding longitudanal limits...my understanding is that to get a weight curve, u need to key this data into a software like shipweight inorder to get the acccurate weight curve....i dont have any software like SHIPWEIGHT..so plz advice on a method by which i can get the weight curve without any software ????.....
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Old 06-21-2011, 10:24 AM
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Use and spreadsheet program or draw it by hand. These concepts and figures pre-date computers (but not computors...if you get the whole welder/weldor analogy).
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