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Re: S&G: Importing models into FreeShip
By:Acors
Date: 12/3/2007, 10:48 am
In Response To: S&G: Importing models into FreeShip (HenkA)

With "import surfaces" you can import basically anything you want, just instead of importing stations coordinates try importing the keel line, the chine line and sheer line, if you want add the cockpit too.

From there the control points will be on the lines you imported (and i dont mean on the hull surface rather they will describe exactly those lines) setting those as hard chines, the ends as corners etc would give you a model in no time.

Other ways are to import the chines as markers and modify a surface, it doesnt take much.

Personally i work with Rhino, an old version with no hydrostatics, and then use Polycad as bridge from there to freeship or delftship, there are no errors in conversions and building up any sort of model takes no time.

Since not everyone has a working Rhino you can still use Rhino 3 trial version, you dont save the hull you create: the trial would work only for 25 saves so you dont want to use that. The thing is that in Rhino3 you can upload custom scripts and even if you dont want to spend some time to create them theres a huge collection of scripts. One of those export offsets from rhino to an excel file automatically. Using the scripts wont be intended as a save or export by rhino so it can work indefinately. Some fiddling with excel will create an offset file with the format read from freeship and you are set.

But passing through Polycad its still the best option i found and when you learn it polycad its not that bad (a little complicated at first since its not that intuitive) so in the long run using even just Polycad and Freeship gives lots of possibilities.

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S&G: Importing models into FreeShip
HenkA -- 12/2/2007, 3:02 am
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Bryan Hansel -- 12/6/2007, 11:12 pm
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HenkA -- 12/7/2007, 11:53 am
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Bryan Hansel -- 12/7/2007, 9:00 pm
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Toni V -- 12/7/2007, 1:21 pm
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Acors -- 12/3/2007, 10:48 am
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HenkA -- 12/6/2007, 8:55 pm
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Acors -- 12/7/2007, 9:55 am
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HenkA -- 12/7/2007, 12:13 pm
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Acors -- 12/7/2007, 8:39 pm
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HenkA -- 12/9/2007, 2:28 pm
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AaronH -- 12/7/2007, 10:23 am
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Acors -- 12/7/2007, 8:31 pm
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AaronH -- 12/5/2007, 3:18 pm
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Acors -- 12/6/2007, 11:48 am
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AaronH -- 12/6/2007, 2:55 pm
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Acors -- 12/7/2007, 9:29 am
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HenkA -- 12/3/2007, 4:07 pm
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Acors -- 12/4/2007, 2:27 pm
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HenkA -- 12/7/2007, 12:08 pm
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Bryan Hansel -- 12/2/2007, 4:27 pm
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HenkA -- 12/2/2007, 6:20 pm
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HenkA -- 12/2/2007, 10:06 pm
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Toni V -- 12/3/2007, 2:24 am
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HenkA -- 12/3/2007, 10:03 pm
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Kris Buttermore -- 12/4/2007, 5:27 pm
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HenkA -- 12/4/2007, 6:25 pm
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Kris Buttermore -- 12/5/2007, 12:12 pm
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HenkA -- 12/6/2007, 3:14 am
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Bryan Hansel -- 12/6/2007, 9:56 pm
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Kris Buttermore -- 12/6/2007, 11:21 am
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Robert McMurray -- 12/5/2007, 3:14 pm
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Kris Buttermore -- 12/5/2007, 4:59 pm
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HenkA -- 12/6/2007, 3:20 am
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Kris Buttermore -- 12/6/2007, 10:02 am
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Bryan Hansel -- 12/5/2007, 1:17 pm
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Toni V -- 12/5/2007, 1:48 pm
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Kris Buttermore -- 12/5/2007, 5:21 pm
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Toni V -- 12/6/2007, 4:07 am
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Bryan Hansel -- 12/6/2007, 10:24 pm
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Toni V -- 12/7/2007, 5:35 am
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Bryan Hansel -- 12/7/2007, 9:10 pm
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Kris Buttermore -- 12/6/2007, 9:49 am
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Bryan Hansel -- 12/5/2007, 2:17 pm
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TOM RAYMOND -- 12/5/2007, 2:31 pm
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Bryan Hansel -- 12/3/2007, 10:22 am
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Toni V -- 12/3/2007, 11:18 am
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HenkA -- 12/3/2007, 3:55 pm
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HenkA -- 12/3/2007, 3:43 am
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Toni V -- 12/3/2007, 7:05 am
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Bryan Hansel -- 12/2/2007, 10:31 pm
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HenkA -- 12/2/2007, 10:41 pm
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Toni V -- 12/2/2007, 5:47 am
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HenkA -- 12/2/2007, 2:23 pm
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Toni V -- 12/2/2007, 3:36 pm
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mike allen -- 12/2/2007, 5:04 am
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HenkA -- 12/2/2007, 3:16 pm
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mike allen -- 12/2/2007, 4:09 pm
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HenkA -- 12/2/2007, 2:16 pm
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mike allen -- 12/2/2007, 3:52 pm
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mike allen -- 12/2/2007, 5:12 am
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HenkA -- 12/2/2007, 2:07 pm
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mike allen -- 12/2/2007, 4:03 pm