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JosephH

Sun May 28 2017, 05:00am

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Well I decided to start work on a virtual ship I always wanted to build due to all the really cool details on it. I chose the HMY Royal Caroline as the basic ship build looked fairly straight forward and simple enough with tons of cool details to test my skills in cad.

the thing with 3D modeling is there are 2 types of 3D modeling there is Polygon and Nurbs modeling with programs such as Rhino and 3D Max then there is 3D Cad with Programs such as Inventor and Solidworks (which I am using).

Polygon type modeling makes it easier to model certain geometries as you can manipulate the polygons manually, but is also not very accurate.

Cad type Modeling is more accurate but harder to get the correct shapes as the software uses mathematical formulas to create the shapes, thus you need to use guides and points to try and create certain shapes

I use 2 programs when I draw.

1: Corel Draw - I use this program for my 2D work as it allows me to easily manipulate sizes, organize plan sheets etc.

2: Solidworks - I use this for my 3D drawing and for taking my 3D drawings and making plan sets in 2D for import into Corel

Below I took a rough image of the ship and used it to lay out the size I wanted. In this case I wanted it no more than 25" tall so it would be a manageable size for modeling and also so it can be easily transported in a standard SUV. so with masts etc the overall dimensions are approx 25" tall and 33" long

JosephH

Sun May 28 2017, 06:33am

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For Reference I am using the Anatomy of the Ship book and here I arranged pertinent drawings to get ready for tracing the Keel.

daves

Sun May 28 2017, 01:25pm

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if you plan on including the hull framing I have a CAD drawing of the frames

JosephH

Sun May 28 2017, 02:32pm

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yes Daves I was doing the full framing not the POB I sent you my email address

and ty very much will save me tons and tons of time trying to figure them out and I can concentrated on other stuff

When Finished I will offer these plans and 3D model Free of charge to anyone interested

JosephH

Sun May 28 2017, 04:23pm

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Ok time to pack up and head out to hotel here is what I got done this morning on the Keel

JosephH

Mon May 29 2017, 08:43pm

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Ok well I am slowly working on tracing stuff. as usual i get back to hotel and every time something abt the transport of my system it lags really bad only in the cad program. i am talking i click with my mouse and it takes literally 3 or 4 minutes to do anything. but sometimes it clears sometimes it doesnt. and then when i travel home on the weekends it seems to work fine lol.

Anyways I have enlarged the drawings Daves kindly sent me and have underlayed them behind the ones I have started and they fairly close to the same so musta been traced from the same drawings. I am mainly just using his hull drawings to transfer over the hull station positions so I can set up my drawing planes for the Hull Stations.

His hull drawing has a couple lines not sure of and am assuming the numbered stations are just a few main ones just for ease of locating where all the rest goes. I will be looking at them shortly and have some updated screenshots sometime soon

JosephH

Thu Jun 01 2017, 12:35am

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well on days for today and yest heading home for early weekend after work tomorrow afternoon think im gonna get me a new computer. having too much trouble lately with this one as i think it is tired of travelling. in mean time I did bring in several hull stations and other items and tidyied them up for solidworks so will try to get some pics of a hull this weekend. just got notice today everything has been confirmed and after this job finishes next weekend i am continuing to their next project for another 12 weeks of fun and joy )