Rhino 3D Hull Design

[JT Fox]

I could use some help or a link to a tutorial for hull design in Rhino.

I've created a ships waterline hull which looks fine but doesn't unfold. The old "can't fold paper in two directions" thing.

In a large model you can break the hull into sections but as I'm working on 1:600 scale, the models I have planned will be between 200mm and 400mm in length, I would prefer a to make a hull from the following.

Base, deck, port side, starboard side and a number of formers.

I have done some work in meta which unfolded OK in Pep and I'd like to do the same in Rhino.

Thanks in advance.

[Dragos]

Check this : http://www.kartonbau.de/wbb2/thread.php?threadid=12211

[Barry]

I found this helpful

http://www.3drender.com/rhino/boathtml/6.htm

[Lex]

Try the smash command if it gives you anything good

[JT Fox]

Thanks for the tips guys.

Cheers JTF

[JT Fox]

Also found this.

http://rhinocentre.blogspot.com/2009/11/modeling-developable-hull-shapes-in.html

Cheers JTF

[JT Fox]

When using the unroll command I have the "labels On" as this helps me to assemble the part when I have to use the "Explode" option.

Problem is I can't seen to get rid of them when I've finished.

Any point me in the right direction?

Cheers JTF

[lancer525]

I'm rather curious as to how to get flattened parts to output from Rhino at the correct, proper size. Almost all of the 3-D programs I've looked at over the past few months, don't have a way to output to a file that I can be sure is the right size. The shape might be okay, but if it is so much as a tenth of a millimeter out of the right size, it's useless...

This is really a point of interest.