[WIP] type 45 destroyer

[peabody]

Originally Posted by iowa101

i have the dimensions it's just the points, i read a minute ago that it doesnt matter you can add them lol but dont know how so i'll go over the tuts and have a look see.

also theres a problem it only does the dull and deck, the structure is in the pro that cost quiet abit.

Yes, I said the free one does hulls, but the hulls are the "hard" part for some people because of the shape. Once you get that the rest can be done in another program. It is just that this program is specific to 'ship building'.

Here is some help for you or anyone that doesn't understand what Delftship is telling you (just the basics)

They only show half of the hull so the Bodyplan view will be easier to use. You can go to the menu and enable both sides, but I recommend you keep in on one side to work on it. The Bodyplan view is showing you what the ship would look like if you cut it with a knife at a certain point. Here are some pictures from a canoe building book showing how it works.

Notice in this first one the hull is cut and numbered and it show the 'Bodyplan" view numbered to match. So it will show you what the shape of the hull is at that point. Notice also there is only one side to the 'bodyplan' view, that is because the bow and stern of the canoe are the same.



The next picture they cut the hull horizontally and that shows in Delftship Plan view.



I don't have an image for the profile view, but that would be cutting it lengthwise, top to bottom.

Now the next picture is again a 'Bodyplan' view only this time the bow and stern of the canoe are NOT the same. So the right side is the bow and the left side is the stern. The picture is too small to read the numbers, so I put colored arrows to show where the stations are. You can see this in Delftship by selecting a point on the right side and the same point will highlight in the other views toward the bow. Then pick a point from the left side and you will see them highlight on the aft of the hull.
Just keep in mind for example, the green arrow shows the shape of the hull if you cut the canoe where the other green arrow is. To make it easier, just ignore the other lines and imagine cutting the canoe top to bottom at the green arrow and stand back and look at the front of the canoe. It would look like the "bodyplan' view at the green arrow location.




NOTE: Just remember when you look at the 'Bodyplan' view it is NOT the left and right of the ship, it is the Stern and the Bow. It only shows half of the shape since the other side looks exactly the same.

The next images are from Delftship and show the same thing I just showed above. So they get the shape of the hull by determining what it would look like at different positions along the hull if you cut it and looked at it from the front.



Next image shows what it looks like if you select the display/show both sides from the menu. Notice how the Bodyplan view becomes more complicated since you have enabled both sides. So it is ok to show both sides to see what it looks like, but I suggest you keep it at one sided to work on it.




Maybe that information will help, maybe not.

Peabody