License & Copyright iii
Contents. v
About This Manual 1
Chapter 1 Introduction. 3
Chapter 2 Basic Principles. 5
The Spline and Spring Analogy. 6
Bibliography. 8
Chapter 3 Getting Started. 11
Installing, Starting and Opening. 12
Installing Maxsurf 12
Starting Maxsurf 12
Opening an Existing Design. 13
Moving a Control Point 15
Creating your first Design. 17
Adding a Surface. 17
Setting up your Units. 18
Modelling Edges. 19
Setting your Frame of Reference. 22
Setting up your Grid. 23
Viewing in 3D.. 25
Saving Your Design. 26
Showing the Net 26
Inserting Control Points. 29
Setting Surface Stiffness. 32
Removing Control Points. 34
Chapter 4 Maxsurf Windows. 35
View Windows - General 36
Maxsurf Coordinate System.. 36
Setting the Frame of Reference. 36
Setting the Zero Point 37
Setting the Vessel Type. 38
Setting Units. 40
Taking Measurements. 40
Setting up the Grid. 40
Zoom, Shrink, Pan and Home View.. 47
View Windows. 50
Body Plan Window.. 50
Plan and Profile Windows. 53
Perspective Window.. 54
Assembly Window.. 56
Table Windows. 60
Table Windows – General 60
Control Points Window.. 67
Markers Window.. 68
Surfaces Window.. 75
Offsets Window.. 76
Graph Windows. 79
Graph Windows - General 79
Curve of Areas Window.. 80
Calculations Window.. 82
Maxsurf Settings. 86
Maxsurf Preferences. 86
Colour and Font 87
Chapter 5 Using Maxsurf 89
Working with Surfaces. 90
Surface Types. 90
Surface Stiffness. 95
Surface Appearance. 98
Surface Properties. 99
Outside Arrows. 100
Surface Materials and Skin Thickness. 101
Surface Precision. 103
Surface Curvature. 105
Surface Operations. 109
Trimming Surfaces. 118
Bonding Surfaces. 127
Fitting Surfaces. 134
Surface Fitting with Genetic Algorithms. 134
Assisted Manual Fit to Markers. 138
Background Images. 142
Modelling Developable Surfaces. 146
Developable Surfaces Example. 146
Control Points. 151
Adding Control Points. 151
Deleting Control Points. 152
Moving Control Points. 152
Display of Control Points. 155
Masking the Net 156
Manipulating Groups of Control Points. 157
Advanced - Transpose. 169
Calculations. 170
Hydrostatics. 170
Calculate Girth. 172
Calculate Areas. 172
Using Parametric Transformation. 174
Search Parameters. 174
Scaling factors. 177
Hull Shape Comparison. 179
Parametric Transformation Restrictions. 179
Americas Cup Yachts. 180
Input of Data. 181
Pasting (General) 181
Importing DXF background. 181
Importing DXF Markers. 182
Importing IGES Surfaces. 183
Importing Rhino .3dm files. 184
Output of Data. 185
Printing. 185
Copying. 188
Offsets Data Output 189
Animation Files. 189
Exporting a Maxsurf Design. 190
Chapter 6 Maxsurf Reference. 195
Toolbars. 196
Customising Toolbars. 196
Maxsurf Toolbars. 199
Menus. 201
File Menu. 201
Edit Menu. 202
View Menu. 203
Marker Menu. 204
Controls Menu. 205
Surfaces Menu. 207
Display Menu. 209
Data Menu. 212
Window Menu. 214
Help Menu. 214
Appendix A Data Export 215
Pictures and Text 215
2D Drafting Data. 216
3D Drafting Data. 217
3D Surface Definition. 218
Appendix B Surface Algorithms. 219
Appendix C Command Keys. 224
Modifier Keys. 224
Special Keys. 224
Control Point Weights. 225
Menu Shortcuts. 225
Appendix D Moving Files Across Platforms. 228
Moving Files From Macintosh to Windows. 228
Moving Files from Windows to Macintosh. 229
Index. 231