Rubkvi

Hi, thanks for all help. I'm not sure if I got solved the promlem. The 2 first station lines in the front view i now how to place, but the rest is more difficult to find where to place. 

I have started on a project to 3d model an offshore vessel, who im going to 3d print later. I struggle a bit to figure out where to place the lines, as there are no numbers on the lines in the front drawing. If someone have an idea to solve this, it would be a great help. I attach the ga drawing .

On 2/24/2021 at 3:33 PM, CDR_Ret said:

Hello, Rubkvi, and welcome to MSW!

 

The short answer to your question is No, there is no shortcut, automatic way accessible to the average ship modeller to convert scanned 2D drawings to a 3D digital model. Essentially, one must import a good-quality set of plans into a 3D CAD program such as FreeCAD, DELFTship, Blender, or one of the others mentioned in the posts in this CAD forum. Then you build the model in the program.

 

You should read through the topics in this forum to understand why this is the case. Just accurately digitizing scanned prints can be a laborious process, even with the best CAD software.

 

Feel free to ask about the pros and cons of the various methods. This is a very helpful and knowledgeable community!

 

Terry

Hi, Thank you for answering. I have plans to build an offshore vessel from line drawings and 3d print the hull. What CAD software do you reccomend for 3d modeling ship hull. And do you know some good tutoriols for that? 

Hi, I is it any tool that can scan modern ship hull drawings to 3d, or another way of doing that?