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Re: S&G: Importing models into FreeShip
By:Acors
Date: 12/7/2007, 9:55 am

No, i still develop panels in Rhino, they arent perfect Rhino isnt the best for that but i use them mostly as indication for dimensions, for the panel shapes i still use the batten and triangles method, saves tons of times to me, no surprises since unless you have a software created for plate developement with description of the material etc youll never be sure 100%, so why sweat it? they used it for centuries and worked out great so its fine for me too. I dont even print full scale, i like lofting, dont want to use the computer for everything.

The reason to work with Freeship its simply for the easy export in michlet, for the possibility to create and treat a surface in different ways than Rhino does: each software has something that it does better/faster/easier than the other so at the end even counting the time of importing/exporting its still faster to use more than one thing. And on top of all that there are the calculations, costs aside i absolutely refuse to even try the marine plugin for Rhino, the company that created it uses a Crypkey protection that, beside being a real weak one, is too invasive for my tastes, for my activity in boat design/build freeship or michelet hydrostatics are more than enough.

: If you do the design in Rhino, why do you export it to FreeShip? Just for
: developing the panels?

: Henk

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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