There's also DLBA Robotics: http://www.dlbarobotics.com/ in Virginia. They do quality work but if you're on a tight budget it would make more...
my step-by-step It may be a little tedious but it gives me good and consistent results: 1) Make a hull 2) Put stations, buttocks,...
Alex, I see what you're trying to do but I wouldn't use the loft command for it. I would use polylines and splines to reproduce the edges of the...
chrisvs, with your background in machinery design I think you could be useful to a boat-related company almost immediately. Switching over to...
OpenOffice can be gotten from www.openoffice.org Another alternative spreadsheet is Gnumeric (see...
Also try setting the inital waterline height well below where you expect the DWL to be. I mean put it at half or a quarter the height that you...
I would slightly offset the surface outboard (keeping the original surface) and trim the offset surface as needed to get a surface suitable for a...
I'm not sure how much this will help you but FWIW I have had nothing but disappointing results from proc curves and proc surfaces. They sound...
I have seen CADground mentioned here as a place to find CAD jobs. But has anyone had any success in using it or know someone who has? Things...
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can't zoom or pan? Raggi Thor, I'm curious; why do you say that you can't zoom or pan when using a raster image for a background inRhino? I trace...
lewisboats, are they actually holes in or between the surfaces? Or does it look like there are jagged gaps between surfaces when you shade the...
My first thought was to draw diagonal lines in a plane parallel to the body plan and then project (curve -> curve from objects -> project) those...
Go 3D & you'll never look back. I have to agree with Claes. Once you get good at 3D modelling, it becomes a completely different (and in my...
Inlet Boat Works? Their 66' sportfish might be more than you're looking for but the company might be worth looking at: Inlet Boat Works is just...
straightening a bowtie mee, I think I know what you mean by "bowtie" in a lofted surface, and there is a way to fix that: first, delete the...
general follow up Back in September I talked up RedHat and their subscription plan. Shortly thereafter I decided to 'eat my own dogfood' and give...
A worm in the install software? Seriously? Now that's innovation! That's helping the customer save time! No longer do Windows users have to go...
I was also suprised by the twelve month support period. I think I understand why they're doing it but I don't neccessarily like it. RedHat is a...
I can't go back to one! I used to think of dual screens as a bizarre luxury - like leather-grip pliers or a fur lined bicycle seat. But I was put...
