Mr. Iorga Stefan 1 Report post Posted November 4, 2015 Good morning, I have a ship lines plan originated from Tribon (Lines). I can export all the curves to Rhino in IGES format and then, the hard way, divide the stations into 60 - 80 points, then export to Excel and sort each station by Z values, resulting the offset file to be used with ShipFlow.This is how at school we work. It's a tremendous job to sort over a hundred stations in Excel. I wander if there is an easier way to do this, given the IGES file with sections, waterlines, buttocks, boundary curves. Thank you very much! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Willy Maschen 1 Report post Posted November 4, 2015 Hey, i think this can be done more automated in CAESES.Would it be possible that you give us a sample file so i can have a look at it? GreetingsWilly Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mr. Iorga Stefan 1 Report post Posted November 6, 2015 Hello, I was very busy these days, sorry for not replying sooner. I am afraid I can't share the model since it's for a commercial work.Meanwhile, I've exported the model in rhino, I'm working the surfaces in the aft part, fore it's done.I think it's simpler this way, I can modify the PMB easily, even in Caeses I have a lot of utilities to transform the hull.Afterwards, ShipFlow knows how to manage IGES surfaces to generate a very nice offset file, much better than I would manually. My only question remains if ShipFlow's offset generator will work on IGES trimmed surfaces, since I had unfortunate results in a FEA software importing trimmed IGES surfaces - it "seen" the trim. Thank you very much! Later edit:If you'd like, I can generate a IGES 3D lines plan for KCS, for example, and share it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Willy Maschen 1 Report post Posted November 10, 2015 Hello, any example would help :) GreetingsWilly Share this post Link to post Share on other sites