hello, i am working on a porject for a catamaran, and was wondering, when i will have finished my drawing in autocad of the boat, is it possible to simulate within autocad the flow of the water? or do i need other programs?
thank you and excuse me for my bad english
You'll definitely need something much different from AutoCAD. ___
suggestions? :-)
in
Looks like you are going to need a modeler/renderer/animator, perhaps 3ds max or Accurender. If you cannot justify spending a lot of money you could download blender
If you want to cheat, you could simulate a flowing water background by creating an animated gif and incorporate a rendered image of the boat into it. I use Corel for animated gifs, although I am sure there are countless possibilities...
LT
If you're reall serious about modeling, you could use FLUENT software. It ain't cheap and it takes a good bit of learning. But I believe it was used for the hull simulations for the Americas cup winners of the last five years.
thanks for the suggestion. the project im working on is for hobby... but i would like to optimize it. is there some program maybe less precise but more affordable?
thanks.mat
in
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