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Designing Acapella: How Orca3D Supported Stability and Performance Analysis on a 49-Meter Sailing Yacht
September 9, 2026

Naval architect Srđan Đaković used Rhino and Orca3D to refine the 49-meter sailing yacht Acapella, verify compliance with stability requirements, and confirm propulsion needs before construction.

Posted in 49 Meter Yacht, Acapella, Croatian Register of Shipping, CRS, Customer Spotlight, Hull Design, Hull Geometry, Hydrostatics, Luxury Yacht, Marine Design, Marine Engineering, Naval Architecture, Orca3D, Propulsion Prediction, Real-Time Hydrostatics, Resistance Prediction, Rhino, Rhino 3D, Sailing Yacht, Sailing Yacht Design, Ship Design, Speed and Power, Srđan Đaković, Stability Analysis, Steel Yacht, Yacht Design, Yacht Engineering, Yacht Stability

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New Orca3D Tutorial: Automating Speed & Power Prediction in Grasshopper
July 7, 2026

Learn how to build a complete parametric speed and power analysis workflow using Orca3D Grasshopper components. In this new 90-minute tutorial, we'll walk through everything from creating a hydrostatics model to performing Holtrop-Mennen resistance predictions, configuring design margins, calculating required propulsion power, and exporting results for further analysis. Whether you're looking to automate repetitive engineering tasks or explore computational design techniques in Rhino and Grasshopper, this tutorial provides practical, real-world guidance to help you get more from Orca3D.

Posted in CAD, Computational Design, Engineering Tutorials, Grasshopper, Holtrop-Mennen, Hydrostatics, Marine Design, Marine Engineering, Naval Architecture, Orca3D, Orca3D Tutorials, Parametric Design, Resistance Prediction, Rhino 3D, Rhino Grasshopper, Savitsky, Speed and Power Analysis, Yacht Design

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Designing Acapella: How Orca3D Supported Stability and Performance Analysis on a 49-Meter Sailing Yacht

New Orca3D Tutorial: Automating Speed & Power Prediction in Grasshopper