We're pleased to announce the release of a new Work-in-Progress (WIP) version of Orca3D. This new version (1.4 WIP 2014-04-15) will expire on August 5th, 2014.
Please note that this release no longer supports Rhinoceros version 4. This and future Orca3D WIP releases require Rhinoceros version 5.
This release contains the following:
- A new hull assistant for creating developable surface models. This assistant takes a new approach to the developable surface problem and is based on a composition of conic and cylindrical surface patches that is guaranteed to form a mathematically developable surface model. See the Orca3D Help File for a detailed discussion of the new developable surface functionality.
- Fixed a bug in the Orca tree view which had caused a crash in Rhino 5.
- Fixed some error condition message handling in Orca3D hydrostatics.
- Addressed a units and persistence issue related to overriding the initial plane height for free float hydrostatics in the Orca3D design condition.
As a WIP, there will certainly be feature additions, changes, or removals before the final release, but this is your chance to give us feedback and suggestions. A few important notes to be aware of:
- This version of the 1.4 WIP will function only with Rhino 5, service release 5 or later. Rhino 4 is not supported.
- Only one version of Orca3D may be installed at a time. Therefore, you must uninstall Orca3D from your computer before installing this WIP.
- No change to your License is required. The new version of Orca3D will find your existing License.
- Portions of the Help file may not be entirely up to date.
This WIP will expire on August 5th. Either the final version of Orca3D 1.4 will be released before then, or a new WIP will be released.If you have questions as you install and use the new release, remember that you can:
- read through the Help file which is available from the Orca3D menu in Rhino, and on our web site here
- post a question on the Orca3D forum
To download the new WIP version, please visit www.orca3d.com/wip. To download the Release Version (1.3), please visit www.orca3d.com/update.
Thank you very much for using Orca3D, and we look forward to hearing from you!
Best regards,
Bruce Hays
Principal Naval Architect
DRS Technologies, Inc., Advanced Marine Technology Center
