Maxsurf Features
- Unlimited number of NURBS surfaces
- NURBS curves (splines via control points or via through-points)
- Automated NURBS curve fitting through data points
- Dynamic surface trimming (using trim curves or surfaces)
- Swept surfaces (surface extruded along an axis, curve or edge)
- Lathed surfaces (surface swept around a user defined axis)
- Surface skinning (automated fit of surface over a series of curves)
- Surface patch (automated fit of surface to four boundary curves)
- Surface mesh (automated fit of surface mesh over point cloud)
- Automated NURBS surface fitting (with Prefit plug-in)
- Interactive control point movement
- Edit surfaces and curves graphically or numerically
- Bonding, grouping and masking of control points
- Developable-Surface guide markers
- Conic surfaces; B-spline surfaces and curves
- Hull shape numeric and parametric transformation
- Proportional or non-proportional model resizing
- Surface/Surface intersection line display
- Dynamic surface contouring (grid elements on surfaces)
- Shaded surface curvature display
- Contour curvature display
- Open GL Rendering with variable lighting and transparency
- Dynamic 3D rotation in Perspective View
- Multiple dynamically updated views
- Standard and fully customizable toolbars for common menu functions
- Assembly Tree to globally manage surface groups
- Rhino plug-in to manage the Maxsurf Assembly Tree in Rhino
- Merge multiple Maxsurf models
- Surface area and moment of inertia calculations
- Built-in upright hydrostatics calculations
- User customizable Advanced Calculations sheets
- Interactive curve of areas display
- Easily switch between Metric and Imperial measurement systems
- Native Maxsurf file format throughout all programs
- DXF Wireframe import and export
- GIF, JPEG, TIF, BMP, etc. background image import
- IGES and 3DM (Rhino) NURBS surface import and export
- Copy and paste tabular data to and from MS Office
- COM interface for automation via Excel
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