Program description Version 13 June 2025

Course objectives
This course, intended for ship, yacht and small craft designers, covers the foundations of NURBS-based hull surface modelling, including hydrostatics concepts of displacement, buoyancy and waterplanes. From concept sketch to assessing hull fairness, different hull types are reviewed: fairbody sailing hull, hard-chine, bulbous-bow displacement.

By the end of the course, participants are able to:
– Create a hull form
– Manipulate/ modify a hull form
– understand foundations of NURBS mathematics
– Measure hull hydrostatics
– Produce hull lines plan and hydrostatic reports

Syllabus
– Basis of NURBS Theory
– Foundations of modelling and fairing techniques
– Rhino’s highfield image
– Surface analysis
– Hydrostatics
– Sections, hull lines plan

Software of reference: Rhino3D v8, Orca3D v3
Course venue / delivery mode: live web sessions. A minimum of 2 registered attendees is required to maintain the course.
Duration : 6 x 3.5 hours, total 21 hours

Prerequisites :
– Good knowledge of Rhino3D (completion of Rhino3D Level 1 training program is ideal), notions of ship hydrostatics
– Participants provide their own PC. Software training licenses are included in the training cost. NDAR will check correct software installation prior to course commencement.

Teaching Method:
Course content is 20% theoretical / 80% practical. Participants are invited to practice “hands-on”, through exercises and guidance by the instructor.

Evaluation Method:
The training course in non-certifying. The instructor monitors the participants’ progress via an evaluation table.

Course Language : English
Instructor: Stéphane Dardel, naval architect

Persons with disabilities : please contact ndar@ndar.com if your situation requires special attention

Cost: 2,250€ (excl.VAT) per participant. Training software licenses included.

Next Dates: To be further announced

Registration: please contact us at ndar@ndar.com
Registration deadline: 8 days prior to course commencement