Create smooth organic designs: Creating fair superstructures or hulls is difficult. Autodesk T-Splines Plug-in for Rhino makes this process easier by letting marine architects cover large sections of the model with a single, watertight, smooth surface. Don't compromise the form or aesthetics of your designs with limitations in your CAD software. T-Splines helps you spend less time modeling because it has fewer restrictions then other software.

Win more business with faster iterations: T-Splines lets you make fast iterations, be more responsive to your clients and win more business.

Achieve the right look and feel. Most marine designs, especially freeform designs, are not perfect after the first try. When you model with T-Splines, making changes is as easy as pushing and pulling on the model, instead of rebuilding it from scratch. You can even do it with your client looking over your shoulder!

Orca3D and T-Splines are both plugins for Rhino. Orca3D's analysis tools can be used to optimize T-Splines surfaces. You can save up to $299 by buying Orca3D and T-Splines together. Below are some features of Orca3D.

Sections: Don't compromise the form or aesthetics of your designs with limitations in your CAD software. T-Splines helps you spend less time modeling because it has fewer restrictions then other software.

Lines plan: Orca3D easily generates lines plans from T-spline and Rhino hull models.

Hydrostatics and stability: Because Orca3D computes the hydrostatic properties based on the surface model, using first principles, there is really no limit to the type of vessel or object that it can analyze. Monohulls, multihulls, vessels with propeller or bow thruster tunnels...basically, anything that floats, or even sinks, can be analyzed with Orca3D.

Speed/power analysis: "How fast will it go?" The Orca3D Speed/Power Analysis module has two different prediction methods: the Savitsky method to predict the speed/power curve for chine hulls, and the Holtrop method to predict the speed/power for displacement hulls.

Weight and cost properties: The success of any design hinges on its weight and center of gravity. These parameters are fundamental to stability, speed, capacity to carry cargo (whether it be passengers, containers, or weapons), seakeeping performance, etc. Weight and CG tracking therefore must be a fundamental part of any design process. Cost is another critical factor in the success of a design, and good engineering practice calls for cost considerations to be closely tied to the design process.

Orca3D's Weight/Cost Tracking module adds value to your Rhino and T-Splines models by assigning weight and cost parameters to the objects in the model, and summarizing and presenting the data.

Developed by naval architects: Orca3D is the latest marine software developed by a team led by Bruce Hays and George Hazen, who have been writing marine software for over twenty years. For more information, visit the Orca3D website.