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  1. Loola

    Designing a wooden boat in Solidworks

    Hi, I am very glad to see that there are replies to this subject. I think that it would be appropriate with some further explanations to it. I have added a picture: It shows how the clinker built style looks in general. A rough sketch of how a hull plank could look like (the profile slightly...
  2. Loola

    Designing a wooden boat in Solidworks

    Hi, Thanks for the advice about the sheet metal tool. At first let me say that I am a newbe to SW, but I see this boat project as a chance to improve my knowledge about CAD design. If I use the sheet metal tool to “build” the planks, how can I have the ability to bend the planks to fit the...
  3. Loola

    Designing a wooden boat in Solidworks

    Hi all, my desire is to design a wooden boat in clinker built style (the boat hull is made up of overlapping planks), it can even be called lapstrake, and have that done with Solidworks. My question about this is this: When I have bent end shaped all the planks to fit the hull, I would like to...
  4. Loola

    No smooth curves on my lofts.

    Hi Dan & Jeff Mowry Yes, your advice was exactly what I needed. Thank you very much for your time and effort. Loola
  5. Loola

    No smooth curves on my lofts.

    Hi all, I am trying to create a loft based on two rectangles as profiles and a guide curve that have a smooth curve. The preview of the loft has a smooth and even curve, but when I “click” the green hatch (OK) the smooth curve becomes not so smooth. The curve is now made up of short straight...
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