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On Wed, 07 Sep 2005 13:42:35 GMT, "Roger Derby"
wrote: For boat design, Greg Carlson's "Hulls" is worth every penny (it's free). No, no. Sorry, Greg. It's a good program and it does the job within the stated limitations. http://www.carlsondesign.com/#Fun_Shareware It is limited to six chines, and it has no error messages -- when you screw up, it stops, but the interface is reasonable and the results are good. I used it to lay out the strakes for the Chebacco I'm building, but it took two passes because I needed seven chines for the six strakes. (The "wide sheer" pass got the garboard strake and adjacents. The "wide garboard" got the sheer strake and adjacents. The strakes in the middle matched to better than my ability to cut plywood.) Actually, I downloaded 1.89 and it looks like it will do more than 20 chines now. Also, it has a few other minor changes. Now if only he would add in a flat-bottom option for the nesting diagram..... email: dallyn_spam at yahoo dot com please respond in this NG so others can share your wisdom as well! |
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Now if only he would add in a flat-bottom option for the nesting diagram..... Agreed. I got close enough by dragging the two halves together on one sheet. I think you have to flip one over. The results are on the Solo15 microcruiser design on my website mentioned in a previous post in this thread. (wesite address below, clikd on "Boats", "Designs", "Solo15") Look at the panel layouts and the photos of the cardboard models. -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ William R Watt National Capital FreeNet Ottawa's free community network homepage: www.ncf.ca/~ag384/top.htm warning: non-FreeNet email must have "notspam" in subject or it's returned |
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"Dave Allyn" wrote in message
... On Wed, 07 Sep 2005 13:42:35 GMT, "Roger Derby" wrote: For boat design, Greg Carlson's "Hulls" is worth every penny (it's free). No, no. Sorry, Greg. It's a good program and it does the job within the stated limitations. http://www.carlsondesign.com/#Fun_Shareware It is limited to six chines, and it has no error messages -- when you screw up, it stops, but the interface is reasonable and the results are good. I used it to lay out the strakes for the Chebacco I'm building, but it took two passes because I needed seven chines for the six strakes. (The "wide sheer" pass got the garboard strake and adjacents. The "wide garboard" got the sheer strake and adjacents. The strakes in the middle matched to better than my ability to cut plywood.) Actually, I downloaded 1.89 and it looks like it will do more than 20 chines now. Also, it has a few other minor changes. Now if only he would add in a flat-bottom option for the nesting diagram..... Newbie alert... I have only worked up very basic designs and built 2 boats. Both were virtually visualized with the Carlson program. Both behave very much like the program says it will (i.e. displacement calculations and waterlines at a given load.) It is certainly worth every red cent spent. (grin) Actually (and this surely defines me as a geek), the program is fun to fiddle with doing things that I'll never build. Ed |
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Hey Bryan -
I wrote back to you via email but got no response; assume you spam-out email from unknowns ... Anyway - I'm wondering if you mean the Lake Tiger east of Lake Wales (the town) as I live near Lake Walk-in-Water, just south of that Lake Tiger and have passed through Tiger many times while canoeing from here to the Kissimmee River. Lemme know ... And Yes -I'd be happy to take you fishing or just boatriding, if you wish. Where will you stay when you come down and how will you get here? chip "Flyingmonk" wrote in message ups.com... chipster, I will be visiting my piece of FL, I bought 2.27 acres in Lake Tiger, sometime before the year is over. I've been out of AUTOCAD for a while now. I have AutoCad LT that you can have on cd and Autocad2000 on cd. I don't use them anymore. I'll trade that for a day of sun & fun on a boat when I get down there. I'll add in one evening of tutoring as well, more if time permits. Bryan |
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Sorry Chip, I haven't been checking that email account. I'll bring
them down with me when I come down. We stayed in the local hotels when we come down usually in Bartow, Sandford, Orlando, Kissimme or Apopka. My land is very very close to you. It is of of Tiger Lake Road little ways up from rt 60. Yeah, take me fighing or gaitor hunting when we come down. We are up here in Northern Virginia near DC. I'll give you a shout before we come down. Don't know when yet, but it will be before the years over. Bryan "The Monk" Chaisone |
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Hi nautiphiles,
just wondering: Are ther any CAD downloads for sails, rigging and of course masts? Any leads much appreciated mikl "chipster" wrote in message nk.net... I could use some advice from those of you with experience using free or low-cost "beginner" CAD software suitable for designing & drawing small boats. I've hand-drawn plans in the past and have absolutely no experience using CAD or any other aid but my current project is bending my brain. I've found some shareware through Google, but have no idea which of the offerings is suitable. I 'll need some start-up education, too, so a book suggestion or two would also be appreciated. Thanx in advance for any help chip in central florida |
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Greg Carlson again. http://www.carlsondesign.com/#Fun_Shareware for masts
and a link to download Sailcut by Robert Laine. Roger (I haven't used either of these) http://home.earthlink.net/~derbyrm "noexpert" wrote in message ... Hi nautiphiles, just wondering: Are ther any CAD downloads for sails, rigging and of course masts? Any leads much appreciated mikl "chipster" wrote in message nk.net... I could use some advice from those of you with experience using free or low-cost "beginner" CAD software suitable for designing & drawing small boats. I've hand-drawn plans in the past and have absolutely no experience using CAD or any other aid but my current project is bending my brain. I've found some shareware through Google, but have no idea which of the offerings is suitable. I 'll need some start-up education, too, so a book suggestion or two would also be appreciated. Thanx in advance for any help chip in central florida |
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