PolyCAD supports a range of entities
that can be used to parametrically generate a hull surface for futher
manipulation within the interactive editing environment. IntelliHull
is a unique framework which extends previous parametric hull generation
tools by allow the user to modify the hull surface without any loss
of parametric control. With Enhanced
3D Editing, interactive manipulation of geometric definition
is accuratle controlled regardless of the viewing angle and the
Image Plane can be used to display scanned images in 3D to match
geometry to drawings.
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PolyCAD primarily supports ship design
activities particularly development of the hull and compartmentation.
A variety of entities can be used to represent the hull from curves,
surfaces and polygons. A range of analysis tools are supported which
look at volume and hydrostatics as well as. the curvature of surfaces.
A wide range of interfaces are included through which designs can
be imported/exported.
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| Not all Naval Architect analysis tools
use the same kind of data. PolyCAD provides the means to convert from
one format to another maintaining the greatest amount of accuracy
appropriate to the converted definition formats. PolyCAD features
an array of different processing tools which can be used to correct,
simply or change the quality or resolution of the data to make it
more ameanable to a particular analysis tool. |
As well as interactive design, PolyCAD
can be used to accurarly build constructive components using transformations
and helper objects. Furthermore, a range constructive geometry entities
(Ruled, Swept and Coons) allow accurate surfaces to be generated over
former shapes to produce engineering components. This is particular
useful when developing pre-processing geometry for CFD or FEM analysis
grid generation tools. |
