>and is there a DXF viewer I can get cheap? does free is cheap enough? if so, take a look at; http://www.progecad.com/ btw, latest service...
friendship is a unique tool. but it is not a standalone stuff indeed. it is some kind of bridge between some cad (for example multisurf) and cfd...
for a class 1 like offshore hull, simply no way. for a simpler prediction in that case (much faster than 100 knots) you will need real life...
hi dimitris, there are many possible reasons for your problem. but this sounds to me like a geometry issue. first check your surface normals,...
autowing may help you; http://www.cl.spb.ru/taranov/Index.htm or you will need a rans code specially to predict cavitation and...
hi leo, thanks for re-freeing this nice tool again! best regards, burak
in general any hull design software can model a submarine hull. although most of the general purpose cad software can also do the job easily, same...
i can't say which is better unless to test them personally so have no exact idea about that matter. by the way these potential flow codes...
here is some results for wigley etc. against shipflow; http://www.panix.com/%7Ebrosen/catamarans.html
hi, in short cfd can calculate everything you asked. on the other hand it is not so easy to get (and interpret) realistic results with cfd....
dionysis and EmilSB, thanks for your comments... burakreis
hi Dim, first, thanks for your comments... actually i am working on some major updates on VMA, new sections many new software links etc. indeed...
EmilSB, you can find (nearly) all ship structural analysis stuff at my site; http://www.bodrum-bodrum.com/vorteks/arsenal/feacodes.htm...
hi, with general purpose fea software it is not easy to solve a floating thing. a local analysis on ship structures can be easliy done with any...
well, for the first leave the autocad back... so, for a yacht designer there are some software with good price/performance ratios. you can...
i recommend you to test surfaceworks (plugin version of multisurf for solidworks) +solidworks. this combination can be very powerfull for a...
between the stuff you asked about (Maxsurf, Multisurf, Autoship) multisurf is far best for the modeling point of view. even the limited capability...