Product Info

 ProSurf 3 is a low cost, high-performance, relational trimmed NURB curve and surface 3D modeling program customized for the design of any type of boat or ship.  Just look at this partial list of program capabilities:

• Full trimmed NURB curve and surface 3D modeling

• Point, line, polyline, NURB curve and NURB surface entities

• Curve entities can include both polyline and curve sections

• Edit points lie ON the curves AND surfaces

• Automatic symmetrical design option

• Full relational editing of connected surfaces or polysurfaces

• Dynamically updated geometry constraints allowed

  • Attach points to curves or surfaces

  • Merge points together

  • Fix points relative to other points

  • Attach curves to surfaces

  • Bond surfaces edges

  • Attach surface edges to middle of other surfaces

  • Draw and update ruling lines between curves

• All related geometry dynamically updates and moves during the editing process

• CreateBoat Wizard to create a starting shape of a vessel using simple input of principal dimensions

• Constraints or relationships are optional and can be added or deleted at any time - they are independent of the entities

• New curves or polylines can be attached directly onto a surface in one step

• Curves on surfaces can be edited and faired like any other curve

• Curves on surfaces can be used for trimming and be dynamically dragged

• Dynamic Move, Move%, and Ooch Point commands for detailed shaping and fairing of Class A surfaces

• Smoothness indicated with dynamic curvature curves on curves, surface rows or columns, and planar cuts

• Smoothness also indicated with Gaussian and Mean surface shading

• Full DXF and IGES input and output, including IGES types 143 and 144

• DXF and IGES input options and report

• STL output for trimmed NURB surfaces

• Text file input and output compatible with spreadsheets

• Input and output of NWS, GHS, SHCP, OFF, and Michlet offsets file formats

• Easily fit offsets files (GHS, SHCP, etc.) with NURB surfaces

• Fast, dynamic display of plane-surface and surface-surface intersections while editing shapes

• 2D shapes can be easily created and positioned using many methods - enter sizes or interactively dragged to fit

  • Triangles

  • Rectangles

  • Trapazoids

  • Arcs

  • Circles

  • Ellipses

  • Polygons

  • NACA airfoils

  • UIUC airfoils (from 1000+ airfoil database)

• Full set of curve and polyline tools for detailed shaping

• Insert and delete points on curve/polyline

• Edit using points ON the curve (2 styles) or edit the vertex points

• Curvefit of polylines

• Refit curves - equal spacing, add points, cull points

• Toggle curve or polyline edit points to/from hard, knuckle points from/to smooth curve points

• Closed, periodic curves allowed

• Join and break curve commands

• 3D bonded solids can be automatically generated and edited

  • Triangle solids

  • Box solids

  • Wedge solids

  • Cylinders

  • Cones

  • Truncated cones

  • Spheres

  • Ellipsoids

• Solids can have different sizes, positions and orientations at the ends

• Solids can be truncated, solid, or hollow like a pipe, with a user-defined thickness

• Cylinders, cones, spheres, and ellipsoids can be full 360 degree revolution or any user-defined range of angles

• Solids can be fully capped off and bonded to create "watertight", editable geometry - even partially revolved solids

• Full set of surface tools for detailed shaping

• Create surface by picking 4 corner points

• Add/delete surface rows or columns anywhere

• Split a surface into two surfaces at any internal row or column - surfaces remain bonded and editable

• Combine two surfaces into one at a bonded edge

• Bond or un-bond common surface edges

• Edit using points ON the surface (2 styles) or edit the vertex points

• Surface extrusion - straight path or to a point

• Surface sweeping - using one or two paths - the shape curve is normal to the path curve or normal to surface

• Surface skinning through a group of 2 or more curves

• Extrusion, sweeping, or skinning shape curves can have hard or knuckle points to create multiple, bonded, editable surfaces - polyline sections can be curvefit automatically

• Interpolate one NURB surface through a rectangular mesh of points from DXF or IGES input

• Surface offsetting or shelling, including polysurfaces - creates bonded NURB surfaces - offset surface edge joints are automatically clipped or extended

• Refit surfaces - equal space rows/cols, add or cull rows and cols

• Mold row or column shape - force linear, radius arc, NACA airfoil shape to surface row or column

• Plate development using dynamically calculated "ruling lines" showing twist with colors - fit with NURB surface

• Check degree of developability with Gaussian curvature color mapping

• Finite element type plate expansion for flattening doubly-curved surfaces - calculates all internal strains

• Assign weights to points, weight/length to curves and weight/area to surfaces

• Output entity/part data, weights, moments, and centers to spreadsheet type text file 

• Calculations - distance, angle, length, area, weights, centers

• Full hydrostatics and stability calculations for any combination of draft, trim, displacement, LCG and heel angle.  The program will automatically sink and trim the vessel to find the balance condition.

• Four types of hull resistance calculated: Holtrop for ships, Delft 3 for sailboats, Kaper for canoes and kayaks, and DispMode for pre-planing resistance of planing hulls.  Resistance is based on the current hydrostatic balance condition.

• Hydrostatics calculations for flat water or for waves.  The flat water or waves can be converted to NURB surfaces for rendering.

• Heeled waterlines and can be displayed for the vessel in the balanced condition.

• Assign a thickness to each surface for variable thickness shelling command

• Grouping of entities allowed by pick, zoom, or entity type

• Full undo capability

• Hide and un-hide entity stack

• Move, rotate, scale, and mirror of entities or groups - by dragging or by entering numbers

• Snap to points, curves, polylines, or surfaces

• Automatic snap to grid or edit points option

• Match points by X,Y,Z, view, or 3D

• Enter points by picking, snapping, or by entering relative or absolute positions

• Construction plane displayed for editing in 3D view

• Automatic rotating of construction/edit  plane in 3D

• Last, but not least, all of this costs ONLY $395 US!