Yes you can trim surfaces in maxsurf with another surface and it will export as trimmed surface into say rhino but it needs the original trimming...
Will you are right STEP is not an import file format in maxsurf. IGES is probably your best chance for nurbs, for best results you need to have...
Or just turn off there visibility in the surfaces menu, they are then not used in the hydro calculations .
It looks like a Hartley. Look up Hartly Boats
I did find I could leave the points at 5 but change the degree’s to 4 I could get the area to work
David you're on the right track with the points but I think the degree has any influence also.I did a rebuild (see pic) and was able to get a...
This concept design by Lazzarini turned up in my inbox. its getting close to a saw bow pierpaolo lazzarini designs 'avanguardia': a swan shaped...
mc rash stick with pencil rather than marker pen, use different line weights, hard and dark on silhouette lines and edges , lighter on other...
Tz3dcom you may want to have a look at the super yacht “predator” from the feadship yard back in 2008 . All those budding designers out there look...
LePrince investigate the rebuild command it may help you reduce the number of points in your lines, also the 2rail command adds points to the new...
Le Prince unfortunately the screen shots don’t tell the whole story. Were the imported lines fair? Were there to many sections? Did they have to...
Jimmy N welcome to the forum having read your post I would suggest you look at maybe industrial design as this may tap into your existing tool set...
Boatbeginner try these, one maxsurf file ,other iges( works in rhino and maxsurf)
Surfer what sort of PDF, there is vector and raster pdf’s. Vector will import directly, raster is an image file which you will have to either...
Renaud Chile you can do some checks on your unrolled surfaces using the “Analyze “ menu , checking area and edge lengths between model and...
Renaud Chile excellent work ,it is always gratifying see see it thought from start to finish, did you relate back the void problem to the original...
