I found this great site for boat plans, it even has ****************
downloadable plans just look way at the bottom of each boats
description at the last link to the .zip file. You will need some sort
of CAD program to read the dxf-format though.

http://www.boatplans.dk/


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Yellowchaser writes:

You will need some sort
of CAD program to read the dxf-format though.

You will need $$$, spammer.

Yellowchaser wrote:

I found this great site for boat plans, it even has ****************
downloadable plans just look way at the bottom of each boats
description at the last link to the .zip file. You will need some sort
of CAD program to read the dxf-format though.

http://www.boatplans.dk/

Anyone know what program reads those dxf files? Would there perhaps be a
free one?

-H

Hi
I would suggest IntelliCAD that you can download for free, It is one of
the best AutoCAD clones some even recon it better than AutoCAD and it
do offer import of various 2D and 3D formats.

Btw It is nice to see a fellow dane trying his luck on the web ,it seem
to be quite tradisional designs and proberly very tradisional plans and
there are a good collection of different boat types, nice to see.

P.C.

wrote:
: Hi
: I would suggest IntelliCAD that you can download for free, It is one of
: the best AutoCAD clones some even recon it better than AutoCAD and it
: do offer import of various 2D and 3D formats.

: Btw It is nice to see a fellow dane trying his luck on the web ,it seem
: to be quite tradisional designs and proberly very tradisional plans and
: there are a good collection of different boat types, nice to see.

Go look thru the fishing newsgroups at other posts by this one and you might
not think it's so nice anymore...

Personally, we used a modified version of kayak plans from Roy Underhills
book You can build a log cabin and everything to go int it, which you can
get at your local library for free, or buy it (I bought it as there is lots
of other neat stuff in there to build).

Instead of canvas, we used nautical cocooning (sp?) material... local boat
shop charged me $4/boat for enough to cover them (we did this as a boy scout
project where each scout built a kayak). Each scout had to bring 12 x 1 gallon
milk containers with lids for flotation... A word of warning about using the
stuff however... if you heat it, it strinks tight and is more suseptable to
tearing, if you don't heat it, it's much stretchier and tears less...

http://www.chicagopaddling.org/lilyak.jpg is a picture of one of our kayaks.

Those paddle ends are schedule 25 PVC heated using a heatgun and flattened...

We were under $25/scout for the kayak project.

Other scout projects we've done (windmill, pvc klondike sled, vinyl gutter
ski's) are at http://www.chicagopaddling.org/scout.html

2 weeks ago, we built catapults with cub scouts... it seemed they all had fun
launching marshmellows... we did foot long catapults with 1x3's and 1x2's, a
few doll rods as stopper and hinge and using a clothspin trigger mechanism.
Being a scout leader has long been the excuse I tell my wife for buying tools:

"But, I need that new router table for our next scout project..." ;-)

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Hi

"Go look thru the fishing newsgroups at other posts by this one and you
might
not think it's so nice anymore... "

True like when you enter an usenet architecture group what you see is
items like "sex on a bike", sure , this is the hotspot of the week for
usenet group alt.architecture.
Then I wonder how an naive promoting of quite quite tradisional
blueprints for a hobby thing shuld mane anyone vorry -- don't we all
know that there are a myriade of AutoCAD clones and as said in this
tread, this is just about trasferable file formats inbetween different
more or less stupid programmed CAD programs.
Well then you proberly know that my promoting of 3D-Honeycomb just
stand out even more clear, as if this is just a discussion about how
the good old rutines and 2D drafting systems havn't develobed into a
visionary 3D solution , please just look at my signature ; realy I
thought that this was a tread about boat plans --- have you guy's ever
thought about what a profesional boatsbuilder, one of those who acturly
learned the crafts, would think reading the nonesense that often show
in a boatsbuilding group ? What would you guy's think if some jerk
came and knew anything about your profesional skills and acted as a
true babarian and a ****off ?

On Sun, 8 May 2005 12:54:57 +0000 (UTC), Chicago Paddling-Fishing
wrote:

Can you proivide an example? I personally am interested in whether
this is spam, but have a _negative_ interest in fishing....

Go look thru the fishing newsgroups at other posts by this one and you might
not think it's so nice anymore...

Old Nick nsnsafemail#iinet.net.au wrote:
: On Sun, 8 May 2005 12:54:57 +0000 (UTC), Chicago Paddling-Fishing
: wrote:

: Can you proivide an example? I personally am interested in whether
: this is spam, but have a _negative_ interest in fishing....

Sometimes posted sites are helpful and on topic, sometimes not so....

http://groups-beta.google.com/group/...d443df3e61f51e

Here you go. This puppy works like a champ and reads AutoCAD files too.
BTW, DXF files are 'drawing exchange' files. It's just a cross-platform
format that lets you share drawings between otherwise incompatible graphics
programs.

http://www.progecad.com

Brian D


"Heikki" wrote in message
. ..
Yellowchaser wrote:

I found this great site for boat plans, it even has ****************
downloadable plans just look way at the bottom of each boats
description at the last link to the .zip file. You will need some sort
of CAD program to read the dxf-format though.

http://www.boatplans.dk/

Anyone know what program reads those dxf files? Would there perhaps be a
free one?

-H

Noting that the LT version of the software is free but still must be
registered. I think it works for awhile, then you fill out the usual
address info in their online registration form and they send you an
authorization code that gets rid of the nagware notices when the program
starts up. I for one, believe that if you like a particular package, that
it's worth paying for and ProgeCAD is a very good AutoCAD replacement and a
helluva lot cheaper. No affiliation ...I'm just cheeeaaaap and these folks
put together a good product. I think letting you go free is good marketing
for them ...

Brian D



"Brian D" wrote in message
...
Here you go. This puppy works like a champ and reads AutoCAD files too.
BTW, DXF files are 'drawing exchange' files. It's just a cross-platform
format that lets you share drawings between otherwise incompatible
graphics programs.

http://www.progecad.com

Brian D


"Heikki" wrote in message
. ..
Yellowchaser wrote:

I found this great site for boat plans, it even has ****************
downloadable plans just look way at the bottom of each boats
description at the last link to the .zip file. You will need some sort
of CAD program to read the dxf-format though.

http://www.boatplans.dk/

Anyone know what program reads those dxf files? Would there perhaps be a
free one?

-H