Overview

Modeling a Sailboat

Modeled & Rendered in Rhinoceros by Michael Philbrick

This tutorial details every step of building the boat model pictured above. Because this boat is a serious, professional project, it probably should not be the first tutorial you follow in learning Rhinoceros, and it does assume at least a basic familiarity with the Rhinoceros interface. Please allow at least two days to complete this tutorial. In addition to following all the steps, be sure to check out the optional pages - they describe other solutions to many of the issues raised in this tutorial, and even cover how the scene above was textured, lit, and rendered in Rhinoceros.

On the CD-ROM, you'll find several .3dm files in the boat directory that the tutorial will tell you to load at appropriate times, including templates, reference images, and annotation. There is also a final copy of the scene pictured above, along with several partially-assembled stages of the project against which you can check your work. All texture maps used in the rendering above are also included, in the materials subdirectory. Click here to get started...