The Hull and Surface Workshop was held this week at GRC. The workshop was to arranged to demonstrate the capabilities of X-Topology in PolyCAD with the possibility of developing equivalent tool set for Paramarine. The morning session was used to review the previous hull design developments in Paramarine followed by an introduction into cross sectional design, different surface patch techniques followed by a demonstration of X-Topology. In the afternoon session, Paramarine users got to try out PolyCAD and X-Topology for themselves. The workshop was attended by a selection of Naval Architects involved in hull and surface design from accross the UK naval ship building industry including BAE Systems, BMT-DSL and DML.

Charles Forrest - Presentation of previous hull and surface developments for Paramarine.	Marcus Bole - Presentation of hull and surface design requirements, surface options and x-topology.

The delegates get started by defining a simple ship mid-section in PolyCAD.

Followed by the bow portion of the exercise