Hello I am a student at Illinois Tech, we are participating in the Marine Energy Collegiate Competition. Our simulation team is developing a wave-energy converter model to test energy outputs with WecSim, we are aware there are other software to test energy outputs even specifically for wave energy research; however, all seem to require a nuanced file input process which our team cannot seem to sort out. Although I am fairly experienced with Rhino Ladybug for building simulation, this is my first venture into naval architecture and energy modeling. Currently we have a good mesh with .3dm, .stl, and .gdf files for WAMIT. I think we also need to specify materials for the .pot and .frc files, but that’s where our team gets lost. Is there a resource that could guide us through the workflow of Rhino > WecSim or .stl > WecSim.
Hi
I’ve assigned your message to the Developer category.
I’m not positive that’s best, but it seems better than the Grasshopper category, or leaving it uncategorized.
The idea is to get it in front of people that can help.
Hi @Saurav_Ayyagari,
A quick search on our forum yields only WecSim hit - this one. So I’m not sure how much help you’re gont to be able to get here.
Rhino can save both .stl and .gdf (WAMIT) files. Beyond that, I’m not sure how we can help.
– Dale