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rudderlesslaser
Newbie Joined: 09 Apr 08 Location: United Arab Emirates Online Status: Offline Posts: 13 |
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Topic: hull design software Posted: 14 Sep 08 at 12:45pm |
does any one know of any free hull design software that is easy to use
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Isis
Really should get out more Joined: 01 Sep 05 Online Status: Offline Posts: 2753 |
Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 14 Sep 08 at 12:58pm |
Hullform is the best of the free stuff ive tried - Very easy to use and surprisingly in-depth once you get to grips with it.
Most of the big players will have free trial versions as well I suspect so it depends what you are after.. Id recomend looking at maxsurf if you decide its worth going that way Edited by Isis |
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Chew my RS
Really should get out more Joined: 05 Oct 05 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 790 |
Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 14 Sep 08 at 5:40pm |
I think Freeship / Delftship is the best of the free stuff that I've used. Polycad should be pretty decent (but I've not tried it) - the guy who developed it also developed some of the best (very expensive) commercial stuff.
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s.a.l.t.y
Really should get out more Joined: 11 Apr 08 Location: Costa del Essex Online Status: Offline Posts: 517 |
Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 14 Sep 08 at 7:00pm |
Ive tried Multisurf which im guessing is related to MaxSurf. I found it stupidly hard to do even the simplest things. Even following a tutorial i still managed to balls it up like a good'un. |
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laserboy404
Posting king Joined: 14 Mar 08 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 146 |
Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 14 Sep 08 at 9:25pm |
delftship is the only one I have used and it has always done what I want (not very demanding stuff though )
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craiggo
Really should get out more Joined: 01 Apr 04 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 1810 |
Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 15 Sep 08 at 1:13pm |
Hullform and Delftship.
Hullform is easy to use and gives inclined/trimmed hydrostatics but is a bit jumpy and graphically not great. Delftship (free) is easy to use if a bit quirky, and has excellent graphics and a nice foils wizard, but the free version wont do inclined hydrostatics. You can trim fore and aft by rotating the hull but you cant heel it. Delftship has a good user forum, but Marjtin (the guy who created it) can take a bit of time to provide help. Have a go with both and see what you think. Im currently designing a Graduate in Delftship free. |
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