Hi Alan,
Hexnut mentioned about lofting surfaces, you would be advised to play with them, rather than with the solid loft. They are easier to adjust as you are only dealing with a one sided shape as opposed to a solid. It also makes the creation of the inside of the frame surface easier as you will find when you try to shell the solid you currently have. (it will not work as the frame will be the same thickness from top to bottom, and when you got to cut or slice out the individual frames some will be very very awkward to cut correctly. Not to criticize your work (you are learning a lot by trial and error) I would if you do not mind lake to suggest the following sequence to build the hull.
Using surfaces only ( its easier once you get the hang of it and you can use them later to generate your solids), only build one half of the hull, less work and mirror is a simple command to use later)
1, Build the keel side surface, add the lower part of the rabbit. Build the bow section, again only adding the lower or outer section of the rabbit.
2. Add your stations and body lines, you only need the left half ( or right depending on which half you are modeling). Set the body lines in their correct positions. ( Almost like you have already done with the solid sections.) Extend the upper part of the body lines to a common height ( say 2" above the tallest body line, this will even out your surface appearance) You will be able to trim the final surface to the profile which will remove the extra later.
3. Edit each of the body line sketches so that the lowest point is in contact with the upper part of the rabbit surface. This will give you the correct form of the upper section of the rabbit.
4. Try some surface lofts using the body lines, were the lofted surface is lumpy just deselect that station from the loft. Try to aim for a smooth surface, use a guide line that runs along the upper edge of the rabbit surface.
5. Do not worry about the extreme bow section that is missing or the wing transom until later ( the bow is easy and the wing transom is a female dog)
6. Your surface will still probably be a little lumpy or uneven ( if its not you have drawn a perfect body plan - which is more than i ever manage to do)
7. Make some diagonal planes ( easy way open a sketch draw some diagonals on it and surface extrude them a little. Make a new sketch on each of the new diagonal surfaces and use the surface intersection tool. This will show you any areas that need to be smoothed.
8. You also have to option to edit the just created diagonal (simplify spline ect) to make it smoother, you can use these to loft a much smoother hull shape.
Good luck
Tony D
