[PSUBS-MAILIST] CAD software

Wed Apr 9 17:55:00 EDT 2014

Scott waste not so much money for auxillaries like a pressure dock test
or a cad programm.
Use the Atlantic or Pacific and a paper and a pencil. Take the money
safe into the sub..   

vbr Carsten

"Alan" <alanlindsayjames at yahoo.com> schrieb: 
Scott, get as much information on it as you can before purchasing.
The initial cost is negligible compared with the hours you spend
learning it. It would be a bummer spending hundreds of hours
learning a program & finding you could have purchased something more
relevant.
I looked at Solid Works & went to a 3 hr seminar on updates from 2012
to 2013. The program was so huge, it scared me off. It would have been
ok if I were intending to use it 40 hrs a week, but for just designing
subs,
I would have got totally overwhelmed.
Alan

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On 10/04/2014, at 7:32 am, <swaters at waters-ks.com> wrote:

Haha. I appreciate the info. I feel like last time this discussion was
kind of like this with no real conclusion and I was very confused as
what to do, me being a first timer to CAD. 
Thanks,
Scott Waters 

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Subject: [PSUBS-MAILIST] CAD software
From: JimToddPsub at aol.com
Date: Wed, April 09, 2014 12:24 pm
To: personal_submersibles at psubs.org

Changing the thread title:
Scott,

I bought TurboCAD Pro Platinum 18 with two training CDs. 
http://www.imsidesign.com/
It seems to be a great program with full volumetric and parametric
capabilities (important).  I think Steve McQueen uses it.  Besides all
the features, I chose it because of the huge discount for not being the
very latest release.  A new release comes out at least once per year. 
The version updates are reasonable, but it's not at all necessary to get
each one as they're released.  I didn't buy AutoCAD because of the high
cost, however with the eligibility to get the educational version that
consideration might disappear.

I've just told all I know on the subject, so I'm going to leave it to
others to expound on it.

Jim

In a message dated 4/9/2014 2:17:30 P.M. Central Daylight Time,
alanlindsayjames at yahoo.com writes:
Scott / Carsten,
>> I am not sure if Rino can give figures like center of graphity, of
bouanvy, weights, areas and so on.  
See the link. Orca is a marine design program plug in for Rhino. 
http://www.orca3d.com/Orca3dJ/
Alan

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On 10/04/2014, at 6:05 am, "Carsten Standfuß " <MerlinSub at t-online.de>
wrote:

Scott Rhino is mostly a modeller for nices shapes and surfaces - not a
real CAD programm. 
Rinoi is nice if you like to design something organic. Like the exterior
of a motoryacht.
For a submarine use a 2D or 3D Autocad, Megacad or simillar or Inventor
if you like to go 3D.   
I am not sure if Rino can give figures like center of graphity, of
bouanvy, weights, areas and so on. 

vbr Carsten

"Joe Perkel" <josephperkel at yahoo.com> schrieb: 
Scott,

For CAD I must of course recommend what I use, Rhino3d with Flamingo NXT
renderer. I have not seen nicer renderings for marine designs than this
combination can produce.

As for inspiration, think "out of the box," look for it in odd places.
Bigger need not be necessarily better, but "inspired," "imaginative."

Joe

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From: swaters <swaters at waters-ks.com>; 
To: Personal Submersibles General Discussion
<personal_submersibles at psubs.org>; 
Subject: Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] New submarine 
Sent: Wed, Apr 9, 2014 2:46:53 PM 

Very true. I am still in the research phase and will put together a full
spreadsheet. I do the same thing when I build new stores. It is possible
to find the project is not feasable and move on to the next idea too.
Thanks,
Scott Waters

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