| In the past, all that boat builders had to work with | | | | software of this sort has built-in error correction, and |
| was simple 2D plans. They had to carefully read the | | | | can quickly inform a designer if a change they make |
| measurements and cross reference profiles with | | | | could make the ship unsound. |
| overhead views in order to interpret the exact | | | | There are a number of other advantages to the |
| specifications of a ship that they were building. | | | | process. Making changes to a digital design is a much |
| Fortunately, as ship designs have grown increasingly | | | | easier process; so designing multiple iterations of a |
| more complex, so have the design tools that are | | | | design is very quick. Designers can confer with their |
| available. While it's still possible and even preferable to | | | | customers to easily fine-tune the design and show |
| build small boats using hand-drawn plans, more | | | | the customer very quickly the benefits or drawbacks |
| complicated designs can make use of 3D boat design | | | | of a specific change. Once the design process is |
| software to make the process much easier. | | | | complete, the software can produce comprehensive |
| Designing a model in 3D is itself a pretty daunting | | | | and easy-to-follow blueprints for shipbuilders to |
| task. Most people would have trouble working in that | | | | follow. By the end of the process, hours and hours |
| sort of environment without a lot of training. So, the | | | | of time and effort can be saved by using 3D boat |
| way that many design programs work is that you | | | | design software. |
| are able to draw the design first in 2D. Then, you | | | | Finally you must remember that decent boat design |
| specify the dimensions, and the software | | | | software helps you to build the boat of your dreams. |
| automatically generates a 3D model based on those | | | | Probably the best idea is to get some sort of 3D |
| specifications. Once the model has been created, it is | | | | boat design software that is affordable, easy and |
| much easier to manipulate, as the designer can | | | | flexible to use and is suitable for anyone from the |
| modify specific points in the design, or set the | | | | hobby model boat builder to professional mass ship |
| properties of specific sections of the ship. Most | | | | producers. |