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Re: Where can i find design software for boats?
By:peter czerpak
Date: 11/27/2000, 9:01 am

: Don't Know of any to purchase, but the free download at marinerkayaks.com
: seems to be nice enough. It has 31 pages of instructions to download. I
: have been playing with it when possible but have not come up with anything
: yet. I believe several others have used it and are using their own designs
: to build. I think I need to learn a little more about the actual design of
: a boat first, because I keep coming up with some odd shapes and dont know
: why.

I think you keep coming up with weird shapes due to the software being set to minimize the watercovered surface area.

make sure to read the manual as it states what exactly this is. I don't think there is a way to turn it off either

Pete czerpak
albany, NY

Messages In This Thread

Where can i find design software for boats?
.tim -- 11/23/2000, 8:21 pm
Cool! Thanks, guys. *NM*
.tim -- 11/25/2000, 2:35 pm
Commercial design software for boats?
eric schade (shearwater boats) -- 11/25/2000, 2:32 pm
Re: Here !
Erez -- 11/24/2000, 6:17 pm
Re: Where can i find design software for boats?
Tom -- 11/24/2000, 4:47 pm
Re: Where can i find design software for boats?
peter czerpak -- 11/27/2000, 9:01 am