Explanations
of background theory. It is recommended to read these sections.Welcome to Learning Maxsurf. This introductory training manual will give new users to Maxsurf a thorough understanding of the application’s architecture, main functions and give an idea of its capabilities. Experienced users will also find this manual useful to expand their understanding of concepts or simply as a refresher.
This training manual is by no means an extensive guide to using Maxsurf. If you need help or would like more information on certain topics, the manual should be consulted. The training manual consists of several short tutorials, each with their own concrete learning goal. Throughout the tutorials, the user will model a simple hullshape and make modifications to it. Each tutorial may have different related resources such as:
1. Sample designs. Some tutorials will have a “start” and “end” sample design attached to it. For example: BasicFairing_start.msd and BasicFairing_end.msd. All these designs can be found in the c:\program files\Maxsurf\Training Samples directory.
2.
Explanations
of background theory. It is recommended to read these sections.
3.
Videos. There are several short videos you can
watch that illustrate the steps explained in the tutorial.
a. [Web] You can click on this link for each video to view the video online; i.e. on the internet. This will open up the video in your Internet browser. You do need a reasonably fast internet connection for this.
b. [Disk] Click on this link from your PDF document when you are running this training manual from your local computer. This will start up the video from your local hard drive. This is generally much faster than viewing the videos online, but it does require that you have installed the Learning Maxsurf installer from the CD or after downloading it from the internet. Links to “[Disk]” only work from the PDF document and not from your internet browser.
4. Links to the User Manual for background reading on concepts, or further explanation of dialogs and related commands.
Tips on using this training material:
§ Take your time and read all instructions carefully
§ Read explanations, try to understand the concepts explained
Start the training by reading “Chapter 1 Maxsurf Help”.