After about 1.5 years of beta testing MoI version 1.0 has finally been released! http://moi3d.com/
Has anyone here experimented with trueSpace (a polygon, SDS and NURBS modeling application)? Is it something you would recommend?...
Take a look at these awsome simulations.......especially the boat_turning.avi and splash.avi http://graphics.stanford.edu/~irving/
Here is a link to yet another new 3D modeler....SpaceClaim. This one (although not geared towards boatdesigners) looks very promising. Some have...
Has anyone on this forum been using PowerNURBS? Just wondering how it´s UI and range of tools compares to other NURBS modelers? Heard any rumours...
Has anyone on this forum tried out or tested Modo from Luxology? It seems to be a superb 3d modeller and renderer. Do you think it is...
I am looking for a free or low cost .iges to .dxf 3d mesh converter. Any suggestions?
Here are some pictures of an 18 ft sportfisher I am designing. Any comments and suggestions welcome.
WCVT2POV from Keith Rule is a very usefull utility. It allows you to convert different 3D-formats into an other. It can handle these formats in...
Is anybody here familiar with designing origami hulls? Is there any known quick method or dirty trick around to ease the panel development?...
Greg Carlson´s free hull design software contains numbers of preentered hulls including a Whitehall for example. The files have the extension...
Here are some pictures of the Sportsman powerboats designed by Dave Sintes, built using c-flex fiberglass planks.
Experimenting with Freeship I would like to import tables of offsets from Excel. Each column contains the x, y or z coordinates of a previously...
Looking for a stable plywood tender able to tolerate some chop I stumbled on John´s Holtrop design called The Trident. The plans are available...
For those of you fantasizing about building a small, stable, relatively fast and easily driven rowboat.........I stumble on this interesting 15 ft...
Does anyone here have any experience with substituting plywood with lightly fiberglassed (one side only) foam core panels in stitch-n-glue...
Dreaming about building a small boat from aluminium rather than S & G. Is it possible to make a watertight hull by riveting only and no welding???
Does anyone know where I can obtain decent videos demonstrating the basics of fiberglass construction, incl. making of plug and mold one-off...
Happy New Year!!! Stitch-n-glue boats are tratitionally fiberglassed, covered with epoxy resin and fiberglass. For a small funboat that´s...
Is there anyone out there that has some experience with building from c-flex?? With respect to amateur construction, does this building method...