Orca3D Advanced Hydrostatics & Stability Webinar (Rhino Plugin)

Join McNeel Europe for a one-hour webinar on 19th June 2024, at 3 PM BST (4 PM CEST), highlighting the new features in Rhino’s marine design plugin Orca3D.

Click here to register for the Zoom Webinar.

The focus will be on the new Advanced Hydrostatics & Stability module, with tank and compartment definition, tank tables, load cases with fluid and fixed loads, free surface effects, intact and damage stability, and stability criteria evaluation.

Speakers:

  • Larry Leibman: Naval architect and founding partner of Orca3D, LLC. Larry has over 35 years of experience in vessel design and software development for naval architects.
  • Bruce Hays: Naval architect and a founding partner of Orca3D, LLC. Bruce has been working in the field of marine design software for almost 40 years.
  • Stéphane Dardel: Senior Naval Architect at NDAR. Stéphane has considerable experience in all fields of the Marine and Yachting industries. He actively participated in the recent Orca3d developments by providing hands-on feedback from practical experience.

About Orca3D

If you’re a naval architect, check out the Orca3D plugin for Rhino. Orca3D adds some fantastic features to Rhino to help design boats, ships, and other sea vessels. 

Key Orca Features include:

  • Hull Assistant: Instantly create hulls using NURBS surfaces according to a range of input and shape parameters. 
  • Hydrostatics & Stability: Calculate overall and waterplane dimensions, water displacement, centre of buoyancy, and more.
  • Parametric Speed/Power Analysis: Analyse using the Savitsky method for chine hulls and the Holtrop method for displacement hulls.
  • Weight/Cost Tracking: Track your project’s weight and cost data using the built-in stock materials or custom materials.

And so much more!

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