Marine Fabrication Tutorials and Videos

Tutorials and videos for those doing marine fabrication such as boat deck replacement or canvas 3D templating.

• Decks: Introduction
• Decks: Working in PhotoModeler
• Decks: Outlining
• Canvas: Introduction and in PhotoModeler
• Tip Videos
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Decks: Introduction

Introducing and getting started using PhotoModeler for boat deck measurement. [for a UI change see 'Surface Selection Menu' video]

Getting Started with Boat Deck Measurement 1. For those first learning to use PhotoModeler to measure boat deck panels. It takes you through a project that you can do at your office or home - so you can first learn the basics. Play Video

Boat Deck Measurement - On-boat Work 2. For those taking photographs and laying targets on a boat in preparation for PhotoModeler project work. Play Video

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Decks: Working in PhotoModeler

The steps used to do deck modeling from on boat work to working with PhotoModeler. [for a UI change see 'Surface Selection Menu' video]

Boat Deck Measurement - PhotoModeler Work 3. For those that will use the PhotoModeler software to convert the photographs into tracings that get exported to CAD. See also Outlines. Play Video Download Project Zip

Boat Deck Measurement - Continuing Work 4. Continue to learn how to use PhotoModeler for adding new panels, verifying measurements, using tools such as image enhance, and how to flatten from a 3D model for a 2D CAD export. Play Video Download Project Zip

Surface Draw - fixing a wrong surface This video shows what happens when Surface Draw is place on the wrong surface (here outlining areas of boat decking), and how to fix it by assigning the correct surface. Surface Draw points, lines, or curves, assigned to a surface in PhotoModeler that does not match the true real-world surface will not calculate in the correct 3D position. This means, when they are viewed from on photos from other angles, their positions will not line-up and match. To fix this, the correct surface is assigned to the points and the correct 3D position are automatically calculated. Play Video

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Default Plane Offset When doing Surface Draw on a plane that does not match the true surface, due to targets with thickness, this video helps with setting up a default thickness/offset for the target planes. Play Video

Working with Small Deck Panels Explains a few methods for dealing with small deck panels that are smaller than can hold three normal targets. Also how to manually fix a panel without enough targets. Play Video

Sloped Deck Panels How to handle panels on a boat deck that are sloped relative to the main plane, and you are using the Surface Draw tracing method. Play Video

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Merging Marine Deck Projects in CAD For larger boat deck projects you may need to split into two or more projects. This video describes how to merge this in CAD. Play Video

Coded Target Presets Using coded target preset configurations to automatically set up a project's coordinate system, planes, offsets etc. Play Video

Surface Selection Menu Starting in version 2021.1 there is a new method to help pick the surface you are doing surface draw on - using a pop up menu of close by surfaces. Play Video

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Some of my Decking Photos did not Orient If you encounter a decking project where some of your photos did not orient (have a Red X on the image chip), this video will assist. Play Video

Improving Visibility of Marks and Projections on Photos When the Mark or 3D Projection of the model is the same color as the photo background it can be hard to see. This video describes a few settings that can be used to improve this. Play Video

Modeling Boat Decks without Letter Sheets An overview of how to extract 2D tracings of flat decking panels using non-Letter Sheet targets. Play Video

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Decks: Outlining

The Outline tools used in decking, templates, etc.

Outlines An overview of the Outline surface drawing methods and tools. CAD-like drawing capabilities for high quality tracings. See also Boat Deck Tracing. Play Video

Outlines Manipulation Four tools to manipulate whole Outlines: Duplicate, Mirror, Move and Rotate. Play Video

Find Surface Trace Photos Help answer, "What photo do I continue my tracing on?" when working with Outlines and Surface Draw in a multi-photo project. Play Video

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Outlines - additional features Three additional features for Outlines (multiple fillet, set radius, corner to fillet). Play Video

Outline Split Split an Outline Line or Spline into two so other elements can be added, or assigned to different surfaces. Play Video

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Canvas: Introduction and in PhotoModeler

Videos for marine canvas measurement and 3D templating.

Digital Templating for Marine Canvas with Your Camera An introduction to how PhotoModeler and a camera can be used to measure and do 3D templating for marine canvas work. Play Video

Getting Started with Marine Canvas The first steps in any marine canvas project are described Play Video

Measuring Points, Lines, and Curves for Marine Canvas This video builds on the Getting Started canvas video and describes how to add points and other objects needed to complete a canvas measurement ready for CAD export. Play Video

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Introducing Bent Tubes Bent Tubes are used to model cylinderical tubes that have bends in them - such as those that hold up marine canvas. This video introduces them and shows how to create. Play Video

Marine Canvas in Rhino CAD Demonstrates techniques for handling canvas measurement data (points, lines and bent tubes) in Rhino CAD to produce canvas panels. Play Video

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Tip Videos

Various interesting short videos that may help with marine projects.

Manual Points Project For manual marked projects (or when you need to add manual marks and references to an automated project). Covers completing a simple manual points-based project start to finish. Play Video Download Project Zip

Troubleshooting high residuals High mark residuals are often caused by incorrect references. This video describes a way to find incorrect references in a manually marked PhotoModeler project. Play Video

Creating Plane Surfaces PhotoModeler can create a planar surface along any axis pair or fit to a set of selected points. The size and offset of the plane can be modified using it's properties. Play Video

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Surface Draw Overview A deep dive into all things Surface Draw. Where and how Surface Draw is used. Play Video

Default Plane Offset When doing Surface Draw on a plane that does not match the true surface, due to targets with thickness, this video helps with setting up a default thickness/offset for the target planes. Play Video

Referencing Demonstrates Referencing (manually matching points and objects that are marked on different photos) with more detail than the Manual Points Project. Play Video

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Expand selection to all windows Use the expand selection to all windows command ('w' short-cut key) to select all marks and objects associated with the current selection in all open views (photos, tables and/or 3D view). Play Video

Ways to Open Photos Showing a point PhotoModeler has several tools to identify photos related to a point. This video describes their use and different ways to help identify which photos are useful when creating 3D points. Play Video

Automated Coded Targets How to run an automatic project with RAD coded targets and offset points. Automatic marking and automatic referencing described as well. Play Video Download Project Zip

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Fitted Plane Rotation and Size A Plane Surface fitted to 3D points is a powerful capability in PhotoModeler. This video demonstrates this plane type, and how one can control the plane's 3D rotation and its trim size. Play Video

Dimensions How to create annotation text and dimension lines on photographs. Play Video

Merging Two or More Coded Target Projects Describes how to reuse Coded Targets in multiple projects and merge the projects based on some subset of shared targets. Music by Bensound.com. Play Video

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