Hydrolink is a program designed specifically for translation of hull data from one file format to another. It is intended to be used for the transfer of hull offsets files to various hydrostatics and stability programs currently in use by Maxsurf users. In addition Hydrolink supports transfers to the IMS LPP & VPP programs, and a two way translation of the US Naval Academy NURBS surface format.
Once Hydrolink has been started, the first step is to decide on the kind of translation required, e.g. USNA to Maxsurf, Maxsurf to IMS LPP, Maxsurf to BMT Microship etc. You can then use the File menu to select the Input File Format and Output File Format based on this information.
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