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Hi there
I just moved to a new job in the boat building industry and to my surprise (although it is big shipyard) they don’t use 3D cad software. I move to Revit from AutoCAd some five year ago and never look back. As anyone in here know about using Revit for boat 3D modelling?
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It really depends on the type of boat. I would say the hull of the boat would be difficult to model but I would think that everything inside would be like the inside of a building.
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Thanks for the reply. That is what I would suspect too, but I wonder if there REVIT people out there with experience of use it for boat building (any prospect of the boat building process)?
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what would be the benefit of this?
This is like using Revit to design a new product, cell phone or even car.....there is a reason it hasnt been done
You are wasting your time IMHO....stick to Inventor, autocad or even solidworks for something like a boat
revit was created for building/building systems its modeling capabilties is arguable its weakest point..it is kept basic for various reasons taht are justified at this point
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Hi wgfletch
First: super yacht is much like very complex cutting end of design and technology building. And form my limited observation of the boat construction I can say that the ability of REVIT to incorporate all the MEP system in the model and the ability to produce schedule and modify the model / schedule in real time can solve very serious problem in that process, and not to mention the render ability (though limited) that can save lots of money and time either to the client and the shipyard.
Second: what do you mean ‘it is kept basic for various reasons’? Have you looked at Mr zach kron blog? There is nothing basic about the forms that he manages to do with REVIT.
Alas, as I don’t have any experience in boat building, I am interested to ear from somebody with experience in that trade.
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ahhh your question/idea makes much more sense now
I still think your biggest issue will be modeling the actual "boat"
What I was talking about with how simple revit's modeling tools are doesnt mean tehy cannot be complex
it just takes extra steps (which in some cases means extra more time)
for instance....chamfering the edges of 3d objeccts....there is no such tool in Revit you end up having to do viod extrusions on each edge
Again.....not saying it isnt possible but I think it would take a lot more time (especially if you are not familar with revit family creation)
just my .02
I would maybe model the actual boat in invetor or autocad and import it into Revit?
its a very interesting question I look forward to hearing how things work out
be sure to keep us posted on what you end up doing
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What I thought is: ones I got the ribs shaped I can cover them with surface layer and convert it to some kind of wall the thickness of the boat hull and take it from there.
Your idea sounds interesting i.e. to build the GA model in more dedicated to the purpose software and then populate the model with all the mechanical system and interior furniture by using REVIT. To be honest the main problem is to make my boss enthusiastic about it in the first place.
I hope there will be continue to that discussion.
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