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Re: Strip: Lofting
By:Mark
Date: 12/2/2002, 7:56 pm
In Response To: Strip: Lofting *LINK* (david schneider)

There's a simple but effective freeware offering out there for hard chine designs. I have only used an earlier version, it may have improved since... It allows a large number of chines, so you can achieve a wide variety of shapes. I've dabbled with it for a surf yak, a small planing hull sailboat, and other ventures. Unlike the other kayak design software I've tried, this one allows you to manipulate the SHAPE directly, not just hull parameters. It then calculates displacement and other factors. It will output frames and plywood cutting projections in DXF format for plotting. It would CERTAINLY be useful for S&G designs too.

http://www.carlsondesign.com/#Fun_Shareware

: This is slightly off topic, but I'd like to loft something similar to a

Messages In This Thread

Strip: Lofting *LINK*
david schneider -- 12/1/2002, 10:26 pm
Re: Strip: Lofting *LINK*
Jim Elbrecht -- 12/4/2002, 6:29 am
Re: Strip: Lofting
Dave Schneider -- 12/4/2002, 7:57 am
Re: Strip: Lofting
Chip Sandresky -- 12/2/2002, 8:12 pm
Re: Strip: Lofting *LINK*
david schneider -- 12/2/2002, 9:04 pm
Re: Strip: Lofting
Chip Sandresky -- 12/2/2002, 9:28 pm
Re: Strip: Lofting
Dave Schneider -- 12/3/2002, 9:23 am
Re: Model Slicing
Mike Scarborough -- 12/3/2002, 9:41 pm
Re: Model Slicing (not the kind magicians do) :)
Paul G. Jacobson -- 12/4/2002, 12:35 am
Re: Model Slicing (not the kind magicians do) :)
Chip Sandresky -- 12/4/2002, 4:39 pm
Ok I think I get it now. Thanks! *NM*
david schneider -- 12/3/2002, 9:52 pm
Re: Strip: Lofting *Pic*
Chip Sandresky -- 12/3/2002, 12:15 pm
Re: Strip: Half-models
Rehd -- 12/2/2002, 11:21 pm
Re: Strip: Half-models
Dave Schneider -- 12/3/2002, 9:14 am
Re: Strip: Lofting
Mark -- 12/2/2002, 7:56 pm
Thanks, other interesting shareware too. *NM*
david schneider -- 12/2/2002, 8:54 pm
Re: Lofting, Here's the traditional way
Ron Hagedorn -- 12/2/2002, 6:38 pm
Re: Lofting,
david schneider -- 12/2/2002, 7:45 pm
Re: Lofting,
Paul G. Jacobson -- 12/2/2002, 9:05 pm
Re: Strip: Lofting
Mike Scarborough -- 12/2/2002, 6:10 pm
Re: Strip: Lofting
Rick Allnutt -- 12/2/2002, 12:00 pm