Hull designer software
 

Can any one say which is the best way to get trustworthy panel offsets out
of that program Hull Designer ?

Link here (it's free): http://www.carlsondesign.com/index.html#Fun_Shareware


Morgan O.

Morgan Ohlson ) writes:
Can any one say which is the best way to get trustworthy panel offsets out
of that program Hull Designer ?

Link here (it's free): http://www.carlsondesign.com/index.html#Fun_Shareware

I had problems figuring it out and didn't get a really good fit for one
model (www.ncf.ca/~ag384/Solo15.htm). I studied the numbers and tried
plotting cutting carboard panels a couple of times. When I asked about it here
people wrote they were able to use it to get good fits.

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"Morgan Ohlson" wrote in message
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Can any one say which is the best way to get trustworthy panel offsets out
of that program Hull Designer ?

Link here (it's free):
http://www.carlsondesign.com/index.html#Fun_Shareware


Morgan O.

the software is worth its price.. and no more

On 28 Oct 2004 19:04:52 GMT, William R. Watt wrote:

Morgan Ohlson ) writes:
Can any one say which is the best way to get trustworthy panel offsets out
of that program Hull Designer ?

Link here (it's free): http://www.carlsondesign.com/index.html#Fun_Shareware

I had problems figuring it out and didn't get a really good fit for one
model (www.ncf.ca/~ag384/Solo15.htm). I studied the numbers and tried
plotting cutting carboard panels a couple of times. When I asked about it here
people wrote they were able to use it to get good fits.

Have you tried putting the data from Hull Design into Hullform and get it
outprinted that way?


Morgan O.

Morgan Ohlson wrote in
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On 28 Oct 2004 19:04:52 GMT, William R. Watt wrote:

Morgan Ohlson ) writes:
Can any one say which is the best way to get trustworthy panel
offsets out of that program Hull Designer ?

Link here (it's free):
http://www.carlsondesign.com/index.html#Fun_Shareware

I had problems figuring it out and didn't get a really good fit for
one model (www.ncf.ca/~ag384/Solo15.htm). I studied the numbers and
tried plotting cutting carboard panels a couple of times. When I
asked about it here people wrote they were able to use it to get good
fits.

Have you tried putting the data from Hull Design into Hullform and get
it outprinted that way?


If you have hullform why would you use hulls?

On Fri, 29 Oct 2004 12:56:13 GMT, Jeff wrote:

Morgan Ohlson wrote in
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On 28 Oct 2004 19:04:52 GMT, William R. Watt wrote:

Morgan Ohlson ) writes:
Can any one say which is the best way to get trustworthy panel
offsets out of that program Hull Designer ?

Link here (it's free):
http://www.carlsondesign.com/index.html#Fun_Shareware

I had problems figuring it out and didn't get a really good fit for
one model (www.ncf.ca/~ag384/Solo15.htm). I studied the numbers and
tried plotting cutting carboard panels a couple of times. When I
asked about it here people wrote they were able to use it to get good
fits.

Have you tried putting the data from Hull Design into Hullform and get
it outprinted that way?


If you have hullform why would you use hulls?

I think it's much easier to work with the graphical presentation in Hulls
Des.

....have all designs in hulls
....and that I have not learnt Hullform properly.


Morgan O.

"James" wrote in message

the software is worth its price.. and no more

:-)

It's OK for an amateur that wants to develop panels from a known
developable hull, not more.
That program does not check for developability so you never know if
you can really bend the panels it produces. Besides that, it's good
and it's free.

Jacques
http://bateau.com

On Thu, 28 Oct 2004 15:08:01 GMT, Morgan Ohlson
wrote:

Can any one say which is the best way to get trustworthy panel offsets out
of that program Hull Designer ?

Link here (it's free): http://www.carlsondesign.com/index.html#Fun_Shareware


Morgan O.
I used "hulls" to design my small sail / outboard / row boat, see
www.wemfish.supanet.com I just played with the figures untill it
looked right! ok so it's not finnished yet but I am confident that it
will be a fine "fun" boat. . . .

On Fri, 29 Oct 2004 13:36:05 GMT, Morgan Ohlson wrote:

On Fri, 29 Oct 2004 12:56:13 GMT, Jeff wrote:

Morgan Ohlson wrote in
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On 28 Oct 2004 19:04:52 GMT, William R. Watt wrote:

Morgan Ohlson ) writes:
Can any one say which is the best way to get trustworthy panel
offsets out of that program Hull Designer ?

Link here (it's free):
http://www.carlsondesign.com/index.html#Fun_Shareware

I had problems figuring it out and didn't get a really good fit for
one model (www.ncf.ca/~ag384/Solo15.htm). I studied the numbers and
tried plotting cutting carboard panels a couple of times. When I
asked about it here people wrote they were able to use it to get good
fits.

Have you tried putting the data from Hull Design into Hullform and get
it outprinted that way?


If you have hullform why would you use hulls?

I think it's much easier to work with the graphical presentation in Hulls
Des.

...have all designs in hulls
...and that I have not learnt Hullform properly.


Morgan O.

Perhaps I should state that I only have the freeware version.

No luxery stuff around here.


Morgan O.

I dodn't know the names of the programs I've used, but I first typed the
table of offsets into the free program from Blue Peter Designs to check
the numbers were okay, then typed the table of offsets into the program
from Carlson Design to plot the plywood panels. I've used both programs a
few times but am not expert with either. I found the automatic curve
fitting of both programs difficult to work with but figured minor
variances would nto affect the performance numbers enough to worry about.
the Blue Peter program allows many more lines and stations than the
Carlson program so the fit can be closer, including a superstructure
(cabin top), etc. It would make more of a difference in cutting and
fitting the plywood panels with teh Carlson which is why I cut out two
cardboard models before I was sort of satisfied. The models are as far as
I got with the plywood panel feature of the prgram. Others have used it to
build boats. The Carslon program is bad for doing straight hull lines. It
always wants to fit them to a curve, at least as far as I was able to
figure out. You can use a mouse pointer to reposition intermedtiate points
(red dots on the lines) bewteen the stations in the Carlson program.



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On 2 Nov 2004 14:20:36 GMT, William R. Watt wrote:

I dodn't know the names of the programs I've used, but I first typed the
table of offsets into the free program from Blue Peter Designs

(Just to crearify, that must be Hullform)


Thanks for your comments!


Morgan O.

On Sun, 31 Oct 2004 15:28:04 +0000, wemfish wrote:

On Thu, 28 Oct 2004 15:08:01 GMT, Morgan Ohlson
wrote:

Can any one say which is the best way to get trustworthy panel offsets out
of that program Hull Designer ?

Link here (it's free): http://www.carlsondesign.com/index.html#Fun_Shareware


Morgan O.
I used "hulls" to design my small sail / outboard / row boat, see
www.wemfish.supanet.com I just played with the figures untill it
looked right! ok so it's not finnished yet but I am confident that it
will be a fine "fun" boat. . . .

Did you find it to operate as you believed it would?


Morgan O.

On Wed, 03 Nov 2004 08:16:45 GMT, Morgan Ohlson
wrote:

On Sun, 31 Oct 2004 15:28:04 +0000, wemfish wrote:

On Thu, 28 Oct 2004 15:08:01 GMT, Morgan Ohlson
wrote:

Can any one say which is the best way to get trustworthy panel offsets out
of that program Hull Designer ?

Link here (it's free): http://www.carlsondesign.com/index.html#Fun_Shareware


Morgan O.
I used "hulls" to design my small sail / outboard / row boat, see
www.wemfish.supanet.com I just played with the figures untill it
looked right! ok so it's not finnished yet but I am confident that it
will be a fine "fun" boat. . . .

Did you find it to operate as you believed it would?


Morgan O.

If you mean did it give usable offsets then yes it did.

if its your first attempt at building a boat then it leaves the
figuring out how you are going to construct the boat to you, it does
not draw the plans for you!!

On Thu, 04 Nov 2004 00:43:32 +0000, wemfish wrote:

On Wed, 03 Nov 2004 08:16:45 GMT, Morgan Ohlson
wrote:

On Sun, 31 Oct 2004 15:28:04 +0000, wemfish wrote:

On Thu, 28 Oct 2004 15:08:01 GMT, Morgan Ohlson
wrote:

Can any one say which is the best way to get trustworthy panel offsets out
of that program Hull Designer ?

Link here (it's free): http://www.carlsondesign.com/index.html#Fun_Shareware


Morgan O.
I used "hulls" to design my small sail / outboard / row boat, see
www.wemfish.supanet.com I just played with the figures untill it
looked right! ok so it's not finnished yet but I am confident that it
will be a fine "fun" boat. . . .

Did you find it to operate as you believed it would?


Morgan O.

If you mean did it give usable offsets then yes it did.

if its your first attempt at building a boat then it leaves the
figuring out how you are going to construct the boat to you, it does
not draw the plans for you!!

A little human thinking is pleasant.

Now I got the hull into Hullform too.

According to hobby standards my project is probably to big, but I don't
care. But I'm slowly taking controll of the parameters.

Looked at your building pictures. Very nice! Will there be any more
projects?


Morgan O.