License & Copyright iii
Contents. v
About This Manual 1
Chapter 1 Introduction. 3
Chapter 2 Basic Principles. 5
The Spline and Spring Analogy. 6
B-Spline Properties. 9
Bibliography. 10
Chapter 3 Getting Started. 11
Chapter 4 Maxsurf Windows. 13
View Windows - General 14
Maxsurf Coordinate System.. 14
Setting the Frame of Reference. 14
Setting the Zero Point 16
Setting the Vessel Type. 17
Setting Units. 18
Taking Measurements. 19
Setting up the Grid. 19
Displaying Contour Lines. 24
Zoom, Shrink, Pan and Home View.. 27
View Windows. 31
Body Plan Window.. 31
Plan and Profile Windows. 35
Perspective Window.. 36
Tool Panes. 38
Assembly Pane. 38
Properties Pane. 41
Table Windows. 45
Table Windows – General 45
Control Points Window.. 51
Markers Window.. 53
Surfaces Window.. 53
Offsets Window.. 53
Graph Windows. 57
Graph Windows - General 57
Curve of Areas Window.. 58
Calculations Window.. 60
Maxsurf Settings. 64
Maxsurf Preferences. 64
Colour and Font 65
Chapter 5 Using Maxsurf 67
Working with Markers. 68
Working with Markers – Concepts. 68
Working with Markers - Procedures. 68
Generating
Markers for Developable Surfaces. 78
Working with Surfaces. 80
Surface Types in Maxsurf 80
Surface Stiffness. 82
Surface Appearance. 85
Surface Properties. 85
Outside Arrows. 87
Surface Materials and Skin Thickness. 88
Surface Precision. 89
Displaying Curvature on Contours. 91
Rendering a Surface. 92
Surface Operations. 97
Trimming Surfaces. 106
Bonding Surfaces. 115
Working with Control Points. 123
Adding Control Points. 123
Deleting Control Points. 124
Moving Control Points. 125
Aligning Control Points. 127
Smooth Controls or Straighten Controls. 130
Manipulating Groups of Control Points. 132
Compacting Control Points. 136
Grouping Control Points. 138
Displaying Control Points. 139
Control Point Weight 140
Advanced - Transpose. 145
Calculations. 146
Hydrostatics. 146
Calculate Girth. 148
Calculate Areas. 149
Surface Fitting. 151
Surface Fitting – Concepts. 151
Surface Fitting – Procedures. 154
Fitting a NURB Surface to Markers. 155
Generating a TriMesh Surface. 162
Using Parametric Transformation. 167
Search Parameters. 168
Scaling factors. 170
Hull Shape Comparison. 172
Parametric Transformation Restrictions. 172
Americas Cup Yachts. 173
Input of Data. 174
Pasting (General) 174
Importing Background Images. 174
Importing DXF background. 179
Importing DXF Markers. 179
Importing IGES Surfaces. 181
Importing Rhino .3dm files. 182
Output of Data. 183
Printing. 183
Copying. 186
Offsets Data Output 187
Animation Files. 188
Exporting a Maxsurf Design. 188
Chapter 6 Maxsurf Reference. 195
Toolbars. 196
Customising Toolbars. 196
Maxsurf Toolbars. 199
Menus. 202
File Menu. 202
Edit Menu. 203
View Menu. 204
Marker Menu. 205
Controls Menu. 207
Surfaces Menu. 209
Display Menu. 211
Data Menu. 213
Window Menu. 215
Help Menu. 215
Right Click Menu. 217
Appendix A Data Export 218
Pictures and Text 218
2D Drafting Data. 219
3D Drafting Data. 220
3D Surface Definition. 221
Appendix B Surface Algorithms. 223
Appendix C Command Keys. 224
Appendix D Moving Files Across Platforms. 226
Moving Files From Macintosh to Windows. 226
Moving Files from Windows to Macintosh. 227
Index. 229