Marine Design and Analysis in Rhino
Developed by naval architects for naval architects, Orca3D is an intuitive and powerful software suite taking your project from concept through analysis, all within the Rhino 3D CAD environment.
Meet the Orca3D Product Suite
Design
Hull Design & Fairing, Basic Hydrostatics & Stability
Orca3D’s Design Module makes creating hulls and checking stability fast and easy.
Analysis
Resistance Prediction, Weight Tracking
With the Analysis Module, you can see how your design choices affect performance
Advanced Stability
Intact & Damaged Stability with Tank Loads
When projects demand more detailed analysis, the Advanced Stability Module gives you the tools to succeed.
Marine CFD
Fast, Accurate, & Affordable CFD
Combining Orca3D with SimericsMP gives you fast, accurate simulations without requiring CFD expertise.
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Design
Design fair and producible hulls with ease
Orca3D Design empowers you to craft any type of vessel quickly and accurately. With real-time updates, your designs stay grounded in performance.
- Fast hull creation using Hull Assistants
- Real-time hydrostatics and section updates as the hull shape is modified
- Versatile tools for fairing and surface adjustments
- Comprehensive hydrostatics and stability reports
“The tools are there to help build the hull shape you want quickly and easily. That hull can be as simple as you like, or as complex as necessary, and the final geometry will not only look nice on the screen but can be readily analyzed to assure that it is both ‘fair’ and buildable.”
Chuck Neville, Charles Neville Associates
Analysis
Get performance insights & manage project weight & cost
The Orca3D Analysis module merges proven speed and power prediction methods with weight and cost tracking, providing you with the essential data to make informed design choices.
- Parametric Speed & Power Analysis (Savitsky, Holtrop, van Oortmerssen)
- Automatic input parameter calculations based on your model
- Weight and center of gravity tracking for enhanced stability and performance
- User-defined material and cost libraries
“Our current yacht tender was designed, developed, and tuned with Rhino and Orca3D. The boat would never have seen the light of day if it was not for Rhino and in particular Orca3D for weight/balance design evaluation and engineering—an invaluable tool.”
Andy Mcloughlin, c-fury Limited
Advanced Stability
Analyze complex designs with confidence
Move beyond the basics of hydrostatics by utilizing advanced stability tools designed for compartmentation, load cases, intact and damaged stability, and meeting regulatory standards.
- Model internal subdivision including tanks, watertight, and non watertight compartments, downflooding points, margin line and deck edge.
- Assess intact and damaged stability while considering free surface effects
- Evaluate stability criteria with clear pass/fail checks
- Generate automated tank capacity tables and detailed load case reports
“Orca3D is an extremely powerful set of tools that can handle any project that needs stability information. From hull design to tank development, the learning curve was easy and the results were accurate and easily presented.”
Kam Mitchell, Naval Architect, Majestic Cruise Lines
MarineCFD
Bring a virtual towing tank to your desktop
With Orca3D Marine CFD you can dive into high-fidelity hydrodynamic simulations without needing to be a CFD expert.
- Analyze resistance and self-propulsion for both displacement and planing hulls
- Get precise simulations for monohulls, multihulls, appendages, and other features
- Evaluate dynamic trim and porpoising for planing vessels
- Enjoy clear 2D/3D visualizations of pressure, waves, and streamlines
“Orca3D CFD is an important tool in our data-driven approach to making boats ride better and more efficiently.”
Jonas Danielson, CEO, Petestep AB
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