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Re: Thanks for the photo link and good luck.
By:Bret
Date: 10/3/2000, 10:01 pm
In Response To: Re: Thanks for the photo link and good luck. (Tom Jablonski)

Tom,
I downloaded a free CAD program called CadStd and used the offsets I had previously entered in a spreadsheet on my computer. It took a little bit of head scratching to figure out the best way to get the data into the format required by the cad program, but by about the 6th form I finally figured out the most efficient procedure. I now have to do some scissors and tape work to assemble the forms but other than that the procedure went great. I don't have a time estimate but I worked at it in the evenings and on the weekend over a span of about a week. I think it would have taken a lot longer doing it by hand due to the sheer number of data points but YMMV.

Bret

: Thanks for the photo link. That sure is a nice looking boat. So how did you
: go about plotting your forms? Did you use computer or plot by hand? Did it
: take much time to plot them out?

Messages In This Thread

Input on Great Auk
Tom Jablonski -- 10/2/2000, 4:04 pm
Re: Input on Great Auk
Terry -- 10/4/2000, 8:24 pm
Re: Input on Great Auk *Pic*
Jerry Siegel -- 10/4/2000, 12:20 am
I need to look in a mirror. *Pic*
Dale Frolander -- 10/4/2000, 1:08 am
I don't think diet would help . . . ;-) *Pic*
Spidey -- 10/4/2000, 6:23 pm
Re: I don't think diet would help . . . ;-)
Dale Frolander -- 10/4/2000, 9:32 pm
oops!
Jerry Siegel -- 10/4/2000, 10:10 am
Re: Jerry could make me taller? *Pic*
Shawn Baker -- 10/4/2000, 2:48 pm
Re: Jerry could make me taller?
Jerry Siegel -- 10/4/2000, 2:57 pm
Re: oops!
Dale Frolander -- 10/4/2000, 1:02 pm
Re: Input on Great Auk
Mike Nicholson -- 10/3/2000, 10:27 pm
Re: Input on Great Auk *NM*
Rehd -- 10/3/2000, 4:23 pm
Re: Input on Great Auk
Bret -- 10/3/2000, 3:28 pm
How to round Great Auk Deck
Jerry Siegel -- 10/4/2000, 12:37 pm
Re: Thanks for the photo link and good luck.
Tom Jablonski -- 10/3/2000, 9:05 pm
Re: Thanks for the photo link and good luck.
Bret -- 10/3/2000, 10:01 pm
Re: Input on Great Auk
Earl Bailey -- 10/3/2000, 1:22 pm
Re: Why Rounded Deck and Guilemont Cockpit?
Tom Jablonski -- 10/3/2000, 9:09 pm
Re: Why Rounded Deck
Jerry Siegel -- 10/4/2000, 12:30 pm
Re: Input on Great Auk
Kelly Trehearne -- 10/3/2000, 7:35 am
Re: Input on Great Auk
Kelly Trehearne -- 10/3/2000, 9:06 am
Re: Input on Great Auk
Gordo -- 10/3/2000, 4:29 am
Re: Input on Great Auk
Rehd -- 10/2/2000, 11:18 pm
Re: Input on Great Auk
Spidey -- 10/2/2000, 7:36 pm
Re: Input on Great Auk
Tom Jablonski -- 10/2/2000, 10:26 pm
Re: Whoops!
Spidey -- 10/2/2000, 7:44 pm
Here is the Link
Spidey -- 10/4/2000, 7:25 pm