Kayak tutorial and model

[Matt Sederberg]

This kayak was first mentioned in this thread. Here is the model and the tutorial: http://tsplines.com/support/rhinotutorials.html. A video tutorial for the kayak paddle is available here.

I'll put this on the main part of the site soon; I'm first interested to get feedback. Is it detailed enough? I think having the model available as a reference makes it much easier to follow. Also, let me know what you think about the screenshot quality in the pdf.

Thanks!

Matt (and Juan)

[Holger Jahns]

Very nice tutorial! A nitpicker would maybe say that for production wall-thickness is missing. I hope that we'll have tools for that purpose
in future. (One better doesn't try using Tsmesh/Offset Mesh and Convert).

Holger

[al2000]

Juan and Matt both (grandi)
Tanks for the "illumination"
al

[JSantocono]

Hey Jahns, thanks for the feedback!!
I dont have much experience on rotomoulded manufacturing process......but as far as I know you dont need to have wall thickness on the Rotomoulded production 3dmodel.........this is because the material thickness is given by the machine setup and the quantity of Prime material......not by the mould.

In this particular case you can manufacture it with a 2 "female" part cast aluminium mould that has to be aprox 3.5% bigger than the desired plastic piece (depends on the material contraction).
Please correct me if I am wrong..
You are right about having some kind of shell tool for the T-Splines surfaces......maybe for this product is not necesary but would be very usefull for injection, termoformed, and all main manufacturing process.
Anyway, you can transform the tsplines to nurbs..............shell it on SolidWorks...........and finally export it again to rhino.......but is not so simply, some repair may be need!

Best,
Juan

[JSantocono]

Thanks al2000, è sempre bono essere iluminato!!

Juan

[yappa888]

Hi there,

Maybe I'm looking in the wrong place but I can't seem to find the kayak tutorial anymore. Is there any new link to it?

I'm really interested to go through it as I'm trying to model a kayak myself

Thanks

[JSantocono]

Hi Yappa,
We took it from the web because its too old. T-Splines have changed a lot since that tutorial. We didnt want to confuse the users
Now, if you need to model a Kayak maybe its useful for you.
Can you send me a mail to juan@tsplines.com? I can send it to yours privatly.
JuanS