Rhino Marine:
Table of Contents
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Table of Contents
Introduction.......................................................................................................................1
Design 1
Visualize 2
Engineer 2
Loft 3
Tool 3
Tutorial Summaries..........................................................................................................4
About the tutorials............................................................................................................4
Requirements....................................................................................................................5
Using the online tutorial file.............................................................................................5
Table of contents 5
Back and Forward buttons 5
Command location pop-ups 5
Annotate 5
Bookmarks 6
How to print 6
Conventions used in this document 6
Part I: Fair Curves and Surfaces......................................................................................7
Introduction.......................................................................................................................9
Characteristics of fairness 9
Using the curvature graph for fairing 10
Steps to achieving fairness............................................................................................11
Fairing to simple curves.................................................................................................13
Analyzing the hull curves 13
Fairing the curves 13
Refining the curve shapes 15
Bow profiles 17
Create the Surface..........................................................................................................18
Assess the surface fairness...........................................................................................18
Final fairing of the surface.............................................................................................20
Part II: 17-Foot Seine Skiff..............................................................................................23
Introduction.....................................................................................................................25
The vessel 25
The files 26