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Marine Design Software - Is there a 3D CAD Software for Designing Boats?

Something that's cheaper & easier than AutoCAD and specially built for marine design.

Public Comments

1. 3D Boat Design is one of the easiest CAD software I've worked with. It is fast, flexible and creates any kind of floating object (boat, yacht, ship) from just one surface. It can also run hydrostatic calculations.
2. Freeship is designed to offer an alternative to hullformdefinition programs based on NURB surface modeling. Most hull modeling packages use these parametric spline surfaces which can be very tricky to use. Freeship uses subdivision surfaces instead, which offer many advantages over NURB surfaces, such as: no need for a rectangular control grid divided into rows and columns; more freedom in modeling knuckle lines; surfaces can contain holes; even the most complex shapes can be created with just one surface; the possibility to insert just one single control point. Here are some key features of "Freeship": · No need for a rectangular control grid divided into rows and columns. · More freedom in modeling knuckle lines. · Surfaces can contain holes. · Even the most complex shapes can be created with just one surface. · The possibility to insert just one single control point. Free download of the program can be found at the following link: http://download.cnet.com/Freeship/3000-6677_4-10558861.html