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Question about FreeB 12 bow lofting


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Folks -

 

I have everything lofted out, but looking at the FreeB 12 file I downloaded from the kudzu site the other day, line 4 under the bow:

 

X=2 1/16  Y= 8  Z= 4

 

As the bow runs longitudinally down the boat, all Y values on lines 1-3 and 5-11 ( in other words, all the other coords) Y=0.

 

What's the story there? I went ahead and lofted out the shgape without that line, as the result looked like a workable bow. Am I missing something here?

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I never cease to be amazed at how such obvious mistakes aren't caught quickly but take so long before they show up.  Ignore the 8, I have no idea why or how that got there (and why no one caught it before now!).

 

I caught the error when I lofted the boat in a graphics program, but it's so obvious that there's no doubt.

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  • 1 year later...

I just got the FreeB 12 Offsets. Under BOW, one of the offsets is (X,Y,Z) = (2-1/16,0,4). I think this should be (2-1/16,0,8) to achieve a smooth bow, but to be honest, I thought that the X coordinates for the bow would be much larger as they should reflect the position of the bow being at the front of the boat, know what I mean? So, stern X values would be in the 0 - 12 inch range, but bow X values would be in the 11-12 foot range. Amirite?

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