FREE!ship has a "point align" feature. Go to the profile view and select the points on the centerline of your transom. Bring down the Point menu...
FREE!ship 2.6 reads Carlson's .hul files and can export IGES. Download here: http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=140466
Stu, I've edited the file out of my post.
The order in which you select the points is important. Start anywhere, but move around the transom in an orderly counter-clockwise manner....
Bring up the Perspective view, and turn the boat around so that you're looking at it from behind. Hold down the control key while selecting the...
Glad to hear it. If you have any other questions re. FREE!ship/DELFTship, post them and I'll see what I can do.
First, create some empty layers: Edit-->Layers-->New . Repeat, as necessary, creating "layer 1," "layer 2," etc. Notice that you can now...
Interesting. One of my own designs -- the ultralight camping boat Blackfly, which I offer for free on my own website -- appeared on Ebay a few...
If you have a good linesplan for the boat, you might find it easier to use the "background images" feature. Otherwise, you must import the...
Feet, inches, eighths of an inch, sixteenths of an inch. I'm not sure what xls file you're using, but if it's Bryan Hansel's I believe it...
If you want a true hole (no glass) you can simply delete a face from the object you're modelling (select the face, then hit CTRL-X). As you...
First, set "origin." Right click on the background, select "origin" from the menu, and use the mouse to drag the image into position. Now, to...
Thanks for posting that, Ragnar. Very interesting.
There are a couple of ways to do it. Method 1: Select the aft edge of the hull (where the transom ought to be), then click Edge --> Extrude. In...
"Edges" (the straight lines connecting points in the "control mesh") can be either "creased" or "uncreased." Hard chines are "creases," and will...
Not that I've found.
If you want all points to line up (for instance, if you want to move all points to the centerline) just select your points, then enter new values...
Yup. I put together some tutorials on making keels and centerboards...and the next version of FREE!ship included a CB & rudder wizard!
And the "development team" consists of one guy working in his spare time! What Martijn has accomplished in less than a year is simply amazing.
Fun! I made a Little Guy a couple of months ago (before the .part feature was available). Because he's asymmetrical, he grows a couple of extra...
