3D Modelling Projects
This is a show of my progress in teaching myself Fusion 360 and Rhino 8.
I began Rhino when it was first taught to us during university lessons. I downloaded the free trial to test it out.
Almost all of the below was created within two weeks of being introduced to Rhino - I immediately fell in love with it.
Fully Recreating our Boat in Rhino [NEW]
Before modification.
3D scan of our catamaran: We 3D scanned our catamaran hull so I could work on it in the future. This is what I began with.
After all real-life modification (except the sterns).
Rest of body missing from the scan. It was hard to line up the edge of the scan with the model.
All metal poles and cockpit structure along with cockpit details.
Superstructure addition with windows along hull and on deck.
Rear additional solar panels and Starlink aluminum structure that we will make the following summer. I used the official Starlink 3D model.
Added on the additions.
Mast, boom, and main ropes and shrouds.
Final Design for our 2025 Summer Project (Sugar Scoops) [NEW]
We believe this is the final design. It can change of course, but after consultation with my naval architecture professor, we settled with this.
I designed the inner frame layout as well so we would know how much of what material to buy beforehand.
Without the outer layer.
Just the inner frame.
First part of the frame (lower section) we will be adding.
Possible Addition of Keel Winglets [NEW]
We decided we will look into adding keel winglets to improve upwind sailing. This will only be added after extensive research and many professional opinions, and will be a project for the distant future.
Windsurf Catamaran Concept [NEW]
My father and brother are big windsurfers, as well as big sailors. We specifically like sailing Hobie Cats, which brought me to think, what if we used our windsurfing sails to do both sports at a lower price and with less overall gear required? That is when I recreated my idea in Rhino of a one-person catamaran designed to use windsurfing gear as a sail.
I am thinking of creating a proof of concept once we are finished with our Summer Catamaran Project. The hulls would have to be ultra lightweight, and there would have to be a mechanism to hold the windsurf mast in place, since it pivots on its base, while still allowing rotation along the yaw axis (in the render the mechanism is currently cables). The idea is that the catamaran would have the ability to be disassembled to ensure (relatively) easy storage on leisure vessels. So, for anyone that enjoys both windsurfing and sailing, this idea would be perfect and much more accessible.
Making My Own Catamaran Design [NEW]
This was a sketch I made in Fusion360 a year or two back. Now that I know Rhino, I realized the sketch into a 3D model.
My Experimenting in Fusion 360
Model hydrofoils: I designed hydrofoils for my art project in school, Aurora, a model sailboat. I plan on getting them 3D printed and attached onto the model.
3D scan of our catamaran: This is not a model created by me. We 3D scanned our catamaran so I could work on it in the future.
This is a sketch I would like to create as a 3D model.
Creating a hull from different forms.
The final form.
Early 2023: Bows extensions (components in grey): This is a very early and simple design for our bow extensions. I used it to help create the template for our Summer Catamaran Project.
Post-summer 2023: Real bow extensions: These are my recreation of the actual bow extensions we added on in summer. I remade these in Fusion 360 so I could better design the sugar scoops to fit.
Our Catamaran’s scoops: This is a very early design of the sugar scoops that we plan on building in summer.
Our Catamaran: The blue lines are a 2D sketch I created to represent the upper half that wasn’t scanned. I also added rudder and keel modifications we possibly plan on making in the future.
Work with the form tool in Fusion 360.
Adding onto the hull.
My 3D Models Created from Tutorials
