Hello all,
I’ve been studying small craft Naval Architecture for several years using Rhino as my main design platform. I’m wondering if there are any Designers or NA’s who use Rhino for hull modeling of aluminum boats that could comment on twist tolerance. I typically use Evolute Tools’ D.Loft plug-in for surface creation and use a combination of CurvatureAnalysis and some manual methods already covered on this forum for checking developability.
While these are great tools, and I’ve found the many discussions on this forum useful, I’m not sure I’ve ever seen anyone chime in with any actual real world experience designing/building aluminum hulls using Rhino. It’s a tricky subject because twist tolerance changes with material thickness/dimensions, so before sending off cut files and spending thousands of dollars, I was hoping I could get some insight from someone who has some industry experience. I’ve had several other programs (Autoship, Max Surf, MultiSurf…etc.) that have excellent, more automated, developable surface generation recommended by NA’s in my area, but these are a significant investment that I’m not quite ready to make and given I’m no longer enrolled with any post-sec institutions, student versions aren’t an option.
So before I throw a bunch of money at Autoship or MaxSurf, If anyone has any real world experience with producing reliable developable hull surfaces in Rhino for metal construction, I’d love to chat!
Thanks, Dan.