3D CAD Boat Design Software
To get a good boat you must first start with a good design. Fortunately or unfortunately the collection of designs available is immense.
In years gone by choosing a boat design to build was limited to what you could get your hands on through local boat yards or designers.
My best advice is first decide on the basic concept. Do you want a small day sailer ocean going mono hull live aboard catamaran or car topper. Is your family truly interested in going boating with you or are you just assuming? Ask yourself a lot of questions first.
Remember all you need is some basic woodworking tools some experience and some patience. The building of your own boat is a challenge but if you meet it the reward is the deep satisfaction of a selfmade life afloat.
The best way to design and build your boat is to first get your hands on a piece of software. There are many benefits of using software to design your boat but the one I am recommending is special as you can use subdivision surfaces to gain more flexibility and the advantages can only truly be appreciated once you start to use it.
Here are the advantages of the software:
- Create any type of floatable object
- Easy to use amp; extremely flexible
- Super low learning curve Very easy to use
- Visually appealing no complex menus
- Enhanced hydrostatic calculations More accurate Locking amp; Unlocking of control points
- Add background images easily
- Easy 3D scaling moving rotating
- Advanced File import and export functions
- Fairing Tools amp; Advanced Modeling options
- More freedom in modeling knuckle lines
- Surfaces can contain holes and gaps
- Create complex shapes from just 1 surface
- The possibility to insert just 1 single control point
- Resistance calculations including the Delft series resistance calculation and The KAPER resistance method.
- All from the thriving Open Source Community this software is forever changing
- Ideal for any type of boat hull from luxury yachts to toy models
- Multi PC License This can be used on as many systems as you want.
- 100 FREE updates.
This is truly a wonderful piece of software which no boat builder should be without.
Visit the website here: 3D CAD Boat Design Software
About the writer: This article was written by Thomas Cawte the head instructor at The Kitesurf Centre. The Kitesurf Centre is based at Camber a golden sandy beach in the South East of the UK. The school offers kitesurf lessons and courses at Camber from complete beginners to advanced competition coaching. For more information on kite surfing and how to get into the sport visit http://www.thekitesurfcentre.com
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