Boat design gallery exploration yacht 178ft / 54m 3d model of a 178ft / 54m exploration yacht, with strong structure and strengthened hull, for long range navigation.. Cad course in rhino operation. the purpose of this course is to instruct students, practicing designers, and draftsmen in "on screen" design. it utilizes the rhino software which the industry accepts as one of the best software for on screen design of yachts and small craft currently available.. "i have been using the rhino 5.0 plugin orca3d for several years for hydrostatics, hull model fairing and analysis, as well as for stability & flotation study for new j/boat projects. it is a great companion tool for yacht design and the folks at orca3d are always very helpful."-alan johnstone, j/boats, inc. read more about the modules>>.
Prosurf is faster for hull design and statistics without plug-ins. rhino is a better 3d modeling tool and for me was easier to learn. but if you want numbers on your hull you will have to buy the plug-ins.. "if you want to learn to use rhino for all your boat drawing and modeling, this is a great course. it covers many different areas of boat design, and is an efficient way to learn many techniques for boat modeling, instead of having to develop these techniques for yourself." - ian morris, cad course graduate. Prosurf 3 and rhino 3d . a number of customers use our prosurf 3 program for hull design, fairing, and calculations along with mcneel's rhino3d and flamingo software. this combination of programs is very powerful and low cost..
