Importing into Freeship

Has anyone import a surface set into freeship successfully? I've created the text file and it them in, but it was out of scale and somewhat randomized about the basic hull shape. The randomization could be related to having an inconsistent number of control points from station to station, but the scale problem is purplexing. Also, the Waterline, Buttline and Stationline icons aren't available with the Files/Import/Surface...

 

To get the icons activated you have to add the stations using Calculations/Intersections. Then right click on the list and add locations you wish your cutting planes to be.

Go through the manual to really find out how the software works best.

Cheers

JA

 

If you're having trouble importing a surface in FREE!ship, please send the file containing the offsets to info@freeship.org so I can have a look and try to help you.

Marven

 

Thank you so very much for your input. My eyes tend to glaze over when reading software manuals so I must have missed that little tidbit of information. It's a nice little revelation since the default station locations are odd and now I know how to put them where I want them. I should just start using meters.

 

Consider it done. Thanks