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bpyhullgen is a Blender based Parametric Hull Generator
bpyhullgen was started for the purpose of generating parametric boat hull designs that can easily converted to real world objects.
One of the design goals of the project is to generate hulls with curves and surfaces that result in easily developable faces that can be cut from plate surfaces such as plywood, steel plate or aluminum plate and will bend and assemble together with minimal distortion and manipulation.
Example hull generated with bulkheads following parametric curves.
Example bulkheads with minimum floor height defined to allow for a level floor surface between bulkheads.
Bulkheads with minimum floor height defined and hull plates separated into individual sheets.
Example hull shape with longitudal stringers added and notched automatically with bulkheds for easy integration.
Example showing bulkheads and stringers and one stringer removed to show notching in both bulkhead and stringer.
You can use a spreadsheet program to calculate total weight based on the chosen material. The numbers displayed are cubic meters (m3).
Quick Hull sample model from included tests directory
Plate file SVG showing bend creases
Preview of DXF file output for CAD/CAM cutting
rendered example
plates exported
Plates nested with deepnest