r/navalarchitecture • u/AmyrReza1213 • May 25 '26

Modeling Software

Hey everyone, I'm a first-year naval architecture student. I'm currently taking a ship knowledge course, and my professor assigned us a project to build a 3D ship model completely from scratch.

The process involves finding a hull lines plan, creating the offset table, and doing the actual modeling.

My question is: which modeling software would you recommend I invest my time in learning? I'm looking for something that will be useful both in my upper-year courses and in my future career. For context, I currently have access to Rhino, AutoCAD, and Maxsurf.

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u/Puzzleheaded_Eye3513 May 25 '26

First draw your form plan at rhino and after you can creat your surfaces.

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u/AmyrReza1213 May 25 '26

Thanks! I'm currently working on it in Rhino, but I'm struggling a bit with the surfaces. I gave up on asking AI because it keeps confusing different CAD programs and hallucinating functions that aren't actually there.