DAVE uses meshes for calculation of buoyancy and tank volumes. These meshes have to be clean and coherent. No holes,…
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The xmas2020 Christmas card was prepared in DAVE and finalized with Blender. The tug is the the Husky with a…
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Export to orcaflex Documentation Beams and catenaries Marine: Carene tables, conversion of shape-based buoyancy to linear springs Documentation The documentation…
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Release 1.4 – Tanks and thanks
Release 1.4 Features: Tanks with a free fluid surface are now available. They work in the same way as buoyancy…
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Following other technology companies and in light of recent events the technical terminology of master/slave has been changed to main/secondary.…
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Designing something awesome is fun. But there comes a time when you need to report and document what you did…
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DAVE 1.3 has been released. This is a major update with the focus on rigging design and reporting. This post…
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Spyder (link) is a popular IDE for working with python. I personally recommend using jupyter lab instead of spyder because…
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This is the second article about stability of heavy lifts and transports. This one covers loads that are suspended in…
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