Boat hull design in SketchUp

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Hello,

All new to SketchUp, just testing out if it will be possible (for me) to design a boat hull using SketchUp.

Watching YouTube videos about the subject, the “sandbox” feature keeps popping up, but my result is not really good, to say the least. Any ideas on how to design an accurate V-hull boat in SU, will be highly appreciated.

Thanks a lot!

Lines drawn for the shape of the hull:
RIB Boat Erik Asnyg 01.skp (4.5 MB)

Same model, using the Sandbok feature:
RIB Boat Erik Asnyg 02.skp (4.5 MB)

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3D model :right_arrow: boat-02.skp (831.7 KB)

Using Fredo Curviloft extension

boat
boat1331×746 138 KB

(change back to your imperial units)

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Yes, for the compound curves of boat hulls, curviloft is the way to go. Due to symmetry, you can usually model just half the hull and flip a copy to complete it.

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Thanks a lot for the help! Now it actually starts to look like a boat.