Simple design

Hi Forum,

My first post here, after reading a lot.

I have two old pictures, that I want to convert to a 3D design, so I can 3D print it for a gift.
The design is an old one of my fathers, and i thought to give it to him as a gift, hence it was one of the designs that never got build.

I am though having issues in the design. For a long time I have been fighting with Fusin360 to try and learn, with multiple different boat designs, but it have never suceeded.
Even after using a ton of time on an old design of a friends classic boat, the hull was bumpy and looked terrible.

I have also tried all simple TinkerCad, but it gets quite ugly, unless there are tips & tricks of which i am not aware.

So, what to do? Is there a more (preferably free) easy program for a simple design as this? I dont have the line drawings, so the pictures here will have to do for base.

Hope some of you might have an idea, about a way to get started.

/ Lasse

 

Hi Lasse, you could cheat a bit, and instead of spending hours / days programming for a 3D printer, to do an average finish, go to a hobby store, buy a model boat as similar as possible, particularly the sail rig, made of ply, balsa, or plastic, then glue balsa to it and shape it yourself as a slightly bigger model, paint, and impress your dad anyway. You don't even need to use the whole model if a kit of flat panels, just copy the panels and you can keep the kit yourself, plus or minus the sail rig. Cheat even more and make a half hull mounted on a nice board of wood, for wall hanging or mantelpiece. If it's from you, and accurate enough, he will love it anyway. Work from your own hands would mean more than a computer rendering I would think. Or be patient and someone here may assist you with 3D modelling, but I think filing and sanding balsa would be quicker. A model that floats and sails may be the ultimate gift.

 

Hi Lasse, welcome to the forum.
With this information it is not easy to build a very accurate 3D model, but you could try to see if the result is good enough. But it is not only about having adequate CAD software but also having knowledge that only practice can give you.
Good luck.

 

You can build it out of balsa wood that is available at any hobby shop or online. Make 5 or 6 stations and lay the boards over it. When I was a kid I used to design and build sailboats like this and try them out in the water.

 

Hello Lasse,
One way would be to use Delftship or Freeship (both have free versions) to make the hull and bring it into Fusion for the deck, etc...this is how we did it in our Rhino class.
Once the hull was in Rhino we trimmed it for transom and sheer line using a profile view.


Another way would be to make a 'chunk' in Fusion that captures plan shape and profile shapes (similar to how one would pattern it to cut on a bandsaw) and then make work planes for the stations, sketches on the work planes that correct the station shapes better to the plans, then loft the sketches into a new hull.

 

That solution looks kinda nice. Will try to look into it and see if that could be a solution.

Have seen Rhino mentioned often in here but havent dived it myself, yet.

thanks!