offsets

Discussion in 'General Computing' started by peter radclyffe, May 20, 2010.

  1. peter radclyffe
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    can anyone tell me please how to use a computer program to put offsets into, thank you ,pete
     
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    Peter,

    What do you need to do with your offsets? Are you looking for something that can do hydrostatic calculations, or something that'll turn your offsets into a surface model, or just something that'll give you a nicely formatted table?
     
  3. apex1

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    For which result Peter? To import them into a CAD machine or what?

    ahh, thanks Matt! (one shall not open a thread and reply half a hour later)
     
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    marshmat & apex, i need a 3 d drawing, & if possible the tonnage at the designed waterline
     
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    A drawing like this one made in Freeship? Where you then could import your table of offsets?

    the pic. shows nothing real btw.
     

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    Peter,

    Can you send (email) me the offsets? In a scanned table or XCell spreadsheet or whatever....

    see if we can get a hull out it....
     
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    Tad,

    You are a gentleman and a scallop.
     
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    the hull is ready to loft, i just need a 3 d drawing
     
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    The easiest way I am aware of would be then to type the offsets in a excel sheet and import them into Freeship or Delftship.

    The Freeship tutorial whcihc comes with the freeware, handles the "howto".

    (I assume you have freeship)

    Regards
    Richard
     
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    thank you Richard i have the freeship you told me about downloading, but i cannot make it work, i feel so stupid, it may be something very simple, but ?
     
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    So here's the wire frame, ends still don't quite make sense....funky sections aft around the prop opening....trying to reconcile the sections and the profile doesn't seem to quite work.....

    This is with stations and waterlines at 500mm spacing...

    wireframe500mm.jpg
     
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    thanks Tad, it looks good
     
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    this dodgy video squashes it


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    The preliminary surface...looks like we lost some fullness at DWL...I'll look at that tomorrow....

    surface01.jpg
     

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    At 8.6m length

    LOA = 28'2.5"
    LWL = 24'11"
    Beam = 8' 2.25"
    Draft = 5' 8.625"
    Disp to DWL = 17,416 lbs
    LCG = 15' 5.5" aft foreside of stem
    VCB = 18" below DWL
    WS = 268 sq ft
    WPA = 131 sq ft
    PPI = 700 lbs
     
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