You could still do your hull design in MCAD and then export to Rhino for the hydrostatics and plate expansion. Still exporting/importing is...
I loved maxsurf back in school, but like Marsh I can't justify the cost for my personal use and none of the companies I've worked for have used...
The companies I am familiar with do not use the Orca plugin (or the previous incarnation - RhinoMarine) for hull modeling. This is at bigger...
Umm, this is an exceptionally difficult question to answer. Yipster is correct in that you use your 2D drawing as an underlay or a template and...
Sorry I can't open your file because it says it was made with a newer version of Rhino. One general piece of advice is to make sure your curves...
Some companies make it incredibly difficult to obtain accurate drawings of their equipment. Other companies provide full 2d cad and some even...
I am sorry that I cannot help you with your specific problem. However, I will say that it is very unlikely that your vessel was registered with...
15 dollars with shipping sounds fair for something that weighs 5 pounds. $7.50 sounds even better. I don't think the problem is the price. It's...
Three things 1) Cliff Estes is still selling that tutorial on his website so it doesn't really seem fair to distribute it freely. This seems...
Hello Nathan. First of all you aren't clear what sort of work you are looking for, but it sounds like pretty much anything. One piece of general...
First I will reiterate what everyone else has said. It is different everywhere you go. If you want to call yourself by ANY title it is your...
What I always find interesting about these type of threads is what does one mean by "design". Exterior styling? Interior arrangement? Interior...
When in the attachGHS dialog you select your hull and click the button in the top right "edit shape". Then uncheck the box "Refine Stations"....
I second Mr. Sponberg's article. Michael Kasten has a similar article on his site: http://www.kastenmarine.com/student.htm The only thing I...
You need to be very careful about what you are doing when you use these kind of dimensional analysis speed predictions. You must be absolutely...
There is no such thing as the best you can get. It comes down to each individuals skill and willingness to learn the software. Maya comes with...
There are countless rendering engines out there that will produce the photorealistic looks. You'll just have to find the one that suits your...
Here is the scantling book I did for a school project. It was done using Lloyd's special service craft rules. I haven't looked at it in years,...
They are both well respected schools. I've worked with graduates of both universities although nobody from those programs. You are the only...
I don't know of any cheap cfd software. You will probably have to rely on empirical methods.