Doing the P.S. Pevensey in Fusion 360

[Greg G]

The plans are from Float a Boat in Vic Australia .

The P.S. Pevensey is an Australian River Steamer and is based at Echuca on the Murray River.

This makes it hard to get photos and measurements as I live in Queensland .Just a bit to far to drive .

I will be doing it 1/24 scale as per the plans

 

This is my first time trying to do a hull in Fusion 360 .

I may need some help with Fusion 360 .

I have worked out how to all the bulkheads/frames and waterline plus deck lines .

I can't workout how to do the lines shown in the top view or do I need to do them

I would like to add more bulkheads/frames for cutting the parts out on a CNC router .

[Kevin-the-lubber]

Hi Greg, I'm happy to try to help with F360, while I haven't yet made a hull I've been doing similar shapes. Just explain where you're stuck. In case you don't know, Richard Dunn is doing a tutorial on hull creation over Christmas https://modelshipworld.com/topic/30596-free-hull-form-creation-training-workshop/#comment-870333 which you might find useful. He's from your neck of the woods too.

[Greg G]

I think I workout how to do the lofting in Fusion .Now to make it one body and do the new frame to be cut .

 

[Kevin-the-lubber]

Yep, looks like it. Just split the body wherever you want and project the cut shapes to new sketches.

[Greg G]

I just redid it after looking at Fusion 360 NewbiesPlus YouTube videos again .

He is a big help for Fusion 360 users .Now to work on the deck  before starting the frames/Bulkheads .

I also have to do the same for the P.S.Oscar W for a mate .

[Kevin-the-lubber]

That looks pretty good, faired well too. It looks like you’ve done it as a surface, is that right, with a single loft bow to stern? I sometimes run into issues with rails when lofting, where F360 picks seemingly random points to link and creates interference. 

 

My eyesight isn’t good enough to see the dims on the drawing, at 1/24 how big will it be.

[fnkershner]

FYI there is a free addon for F360 called Slicer. It will take a solid hull and slice it up to create the bulkheads and former. It will also lay them out for you on plywood so you can cut them with either a CNC or Laser. Once you have the solid shape created in Fusion all you need to do is specify the thickness of your material and the number of Bulkheads and it will do the rest. This includes the slots in the former for the Bulkheads.

[Kevin-the-lubber]

That sounds very useful. Technically it's no longer available but I found it here https://knowledge.autodesk.com/support/fusion-360/downloads/caas/downloads/content/slicer-for-fusion-360.html

[Greg G]

fnkershner the  add in Slicer no longer supported as a add in  from the app store