Josh Schulman Posted February 13, 2015 Share Posted February 13, 2015 So I am making the hull of a ship and I know that VW isn't built to do this at all. What I've done is to make several cross sections or ribs out of Nurbs curves. Then I used the Loft Surface tool to make the sides. This all working like a charm. I now have a hollow "hull" but what I really need to do is fill it in. I need to fill it in so I can cut the profile of the ship out of the hull and not have it be hollow. I have tried using the Stitch and Trim Surfaces tool to on avail. There is not very good documentation on this tool. Any thoughts? I have attached the file as well. Thank you! Quote Link to comment
Vectorworks, Inc Employee PVA - Admin Posted February 13, 2015 Vectorworks, Inc Employee Share Posted February 13, 2015 I have it a few tries this morning with no success, apologies, I will come back to this and give it another go in a bit. Quote Link to comment
Kevin McAllister Posted February 13, 2015 Share Posted February 13, 2015 I would try extracting the curves along the top of the hull using the Extract tool, composing them using Modify>Compose and use Model>3D Powerpack>Create Surface from Curves to create a top. Then, if your hull has no holes you should be able to create a solid using Stitch and Trim.... Have modelled my fair share of boats I suspect the shape you have may not create a real solid (its the shape at the back that will cause issues). VW will only think its a solid which often occurs with complex shapes and Stitch and Trim.... Kevin Quote Link to comment
jbtroost Posted February 9, 2019 Share Posted February 9, 2019 Bump! Would it be doable to use Subdivision in making the hull & after that use Unfold Surfaces for extracting the sides? Quote Link to comment
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