#Sail design software full
#Sail design software series

This duplicates the methods used on the floor to make hypars from shade cloth and other fairly stretchy fabrics, where the tension on the fabric and its stretch factor are used to get a fair 3D shape. Shade Cloth Hypars can also be made using the Generate Shades macro. Tangent will give you a figure for fabric length and waste. You can get accurate figures of edge lengths in Vectorworks for calculating wire quantities. The resulting panels are then imported into Tangent for nesting, plotting and cutting. If you know the stretch factors of your fabric, its a simple matter to proportionally scale panels to adjust for fabric stretch. When the shape has been generated in Vectorworks you add any seam or welding allowances, rope edges, and deductions for corner fittings and reinforcements. The generated shape has check dimensions so you can compare it with the original ground plan. The amount of hollow in the unsupported in Vectorworks, and the centre position of the triangular panels can be moved. You can choose to put hollow into any unsupported edges.

#Sail design software series

The shape will be generated as one single polygon or a series of triangular polygons for easier or more attractive panel layouts. Working in a clockwise direction, you enter the dimensions into the Generate Shades macro first side length, second side and check diagonal, and so on, finally entering the last edge. If the pattern shape is not flat, the multi-sided shades plug-in will calculate the lengths of edges in a 3D plane so the final fabricated shape accurately fits the structural components and the ground plan. Lines can be easily dimensioned in Vectorworks, the area and perimeter calculated to the millimetre. If all these cant be measured on site, you can draw a quick ground plan in Vectorworks and calculate what you cant measure. To begin with, you need to know the length of each side, and check diagonals.

#Sail design software full

These techniques cover the vast majority of simple surfaces made from fabric such as shade cloth, where a full 3D surface model is not necessary. Structures with many more than 6 sides can be designed by breaking up the shape into simpler areas. Using measurements taken on site, you can design structures with 3-6 sides, generate the panels, and have them ready to cut in minutes. Designing patterns for shade cloth structures and shade sails is an easy task with Aeronauts Vectorworks multi-sided shades plug-in.