User Manuals
All of these manuals are in Adobe Acrobat (PDF) format. To view or print them you need the Adobe Acrobat Reader which can be downloaded free from the Adobe web site.
If you have Maxsurf or you have downloaded a demo, the contents of the manuals are also available as on line help under the Help menu.
Click on any of the links below to download the manual in PDF Format.
Manual | Description |
| Maxsurf | The full user manual provided with Maxsurf. It contains a complete description of all functions in the program. |
| Hydromax | The full user manual provided with Hydromax. It describes how to use Hydromax to perform hydrostatic and stability analyses on you Maxsurf design. |
| Workshop | The full user manual provided with Workshop. It contains a complete description of all functions used in Workshop to assist in the generation of preliminary structure for Maxsurf designs. |
| Seakeeper | The full user manual provided with Seakeeper. It contains a a complete description of all functions used in Seakeeper to predict the motion and seakeeping performance of vessels designed using Maxsurf. |
| Hullspeed | The full user manual provided with Hullspeed. It contains a complete description of all functions in used Hullspeed to predict the resistance of hull designs. |
| Prefit | The full user manual provided with Prefit. It contains a complete description of all functions used in Prefit to input existing hull designs into Maxsurf. |
| Hydrolink | The full user manual provided with Hydrolink. It contains a complete description of all functions used in Hydrolink to export Maxsurf design files to a variety of other file formats. |
| Span | The full user manual provided with Span. It contains a complete description of all functions used in Span to predict the sailing performance of yachts designed using Maxsurf. |
| AC Rule | User Manual for AC Rule - America's Cup addon to Maxsurf |
| The manual provides a description and includes VBA code examples of the objects, properties and methods contained in the Maxsurf Automation Interface. | |
| Installation Guide | Step by step instructions on how to install our software. |
