need help with bech cat

Discussion in 'Boat Design' started by jaydee, Jan 16, 2008.

  1. jaydee
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    jaydee Junior Member

    need help with beach cat

    I am trying to design a beach cat and want to know if im going in the rights direction.
    im not trying to design something to break records just a nice looking beach cat, here is where im up to so far
    im using rhino 4
    any information would be a help

    cheers
    Jaydee
     

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  2. Trevlyns
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    Trevlyns Senior Citizen/Member

    Sorry Jaydee, my computer won’t read your file. I’m old school – I still design with paper and pencil ;) But the starting point of any design is to compare it with what else is out there.

    Beach cats? Look at the Hobies, Prindles (sorry, don’t know any more – but you do!)

    What are you trying to achieve? All designs are variations on a theme. How does yours differ, is it within the design parameters of the others in the beach cat class? Why would I buy yours instead of the others…?

    Define what makes your boat unique then just GO DO IT!!
     
  3. Guest625101138

    Guest625101138 Previous Member

    When I open the file in my 3D viewer I get duplicated boats. Not sure if it is your file or my viewer.

    Shape looks good.

    Rick W.
     
  4. jaydee
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    jaydee Junior Member

    re

    yes there is 2 boats in the file, I tend to copy the boat when i am about to make some changes rather than saving it as a seperate file because if the changes don't look nice i can go back to the other boat and carry on from where i was before

    thanks
    Jaydee
     
  5. Guest625101138

    Guest625101138 Previous Member

    The CAD programs I have used have an undo function with slectable undo memory. So no need to keep two copies. Just go back to where I was happy. Is better than getting confused and working on the wrong object.

    Rick W.
     

  6. jaydee
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    jaydee Junior Member

    re

    old habits die hard

    Jaydee
     
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