yes, I was doing a lot of research in this are 18 or so months ago and I stumbled on it and downloaded it.

I don’t have windows so I haven’t done anything with it yet. My memory is that it is very early lofting software and has a reputation for being a close analog to the actual process.

I have strange CAD ideas that are closer to lofting than using a mouse. My intention was to look through the source to find the “engine” and work around that.

> yes

Hm, source (and binary) uploaded to GitHub this week, but not by original developer.[0] Code last touched on February 18, 2011.[1] On Softpedia there are its screenshots.[2]

> I don’t have windows so I haven’t done anything with it yet.

Use Wine to launch Windows sotware under Linux.[3]

But, as for me, FREE!ship is the better and more advanced than Hullform.

[0] https://github.com/jesshaas/hullform

[1] https://github.com/jesshaas/hullform/blob/main/Final%20Relea...

[2] https://www.softpedia.com/get/Science-CAD/Hullform.html

[3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wine_(software)

/* Hullform component - builders.c * Copyright (C) 2011 Peter Rye * Email: prye@iinet.net.au

This is from the builders.c file of my source.

I haven't done anything other than download the source from somewhere. I'm still getting other things in place before I need to look into running the software.

I will probably try to do a new build. Per the Github suggestions.

I need to start at a pretty raw level. I think Freeship might be too evolved for me. I definitely want to work with parametrics and I can't remember if hullform is parametric.

I have found the Boatdesign.net community pretty unhelpful, excepting a few members.

https://www.boatdesign.net/attachments/parametric_hull_form_...

I just found this thesis which is also a commercial product.

https://www.polycad.co.uk/downloads/MB_Compit2010.pdf