Video Tutorials

General

Learn to set various parameters, including units, water density, etc.
 

General: Properties

OrcaProperties allows the user to specify the forward and up directions for the current model.

 

Hull Design: Forefoot Continuity

See how Orca3D can automatically produce slope and curvature continuity at the forefoot of a hull.

 

Hull Design: Hull Assistants

See the steps for creating a sailboat hull, using the Sailboat Hull Assistant.

 

Hull Design: Hull Assistants 2

See the latest improvements to the Hull Assistants.

 

Hull Design: Lines Plans

Quickly produce a traditional 3-view lines plan with labels, border, and title block.

 

Hull Design: Offset Tables

Learn how to create a table of offsets in Microsoft Excel.

 

Hull Design: OrcaMove

Easily and precisely place Orca control points to fair your model.

 

Hull Design: Real-time Hydrostatics

See the sections and hydrostatics update in real time as you modify the hull.

 

Hull Design: Sections

A demonstration of defining locations for sections (stations, buttocks, waterlines, cants, diagonals, and inclines).

 

Hull Design: T-Splines Compatibility

Orca3D has been made to be compatible with the T-Splines plug-in.

 

Hydrostatics & Stability: Custom Conditions

Orca3D hydrostatics allows the user to define virtually any combination of loading conditions in analysis using the "Custom Conditions" feature.

 

Hydrostatics & Stability: Design Hydrostatics

Learn how to quickly compute the upright hydrostatics of your model.

 

Hydrostatics & Stability: Hydrostatics & Stability

Compute complete intact hydrostatics and stability for your model.

 

Licensing

An explanation of the licensing process, including moving a license to a different computer.
 

Weight & Cost

See how stock materials are added to the library, and then assigned as a property to an object in the model. Create a weight point object, and finally create a weight and cost report.
 

Weight & Cost 2

The OrcaManageWeightCost command allows the user to manage Orca3D weight/cost properties.