Rhinomarine
Marine Design
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Rhino Marine: Table of Contents
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