Orca3D – Marine Design Tools

Orca3D brings naval architecture tools into Rhino 3D, supporting hull design, hydrostatics and marine analysis workflows. Its tools help naval architects develop vessel geometry and assess design alternatives within a familiar modelling environment.

Choose the Orca3D capabilities appropriate to your project, from hull fairing and preliminary analysis to specialist stability or CFD workflows. Availability depends on the release, modules and licences selected; not every capability is included in every configuration.

Tools for Naval Design & Analysis

Orca3D provides hull design and analysis tools, with options for speed and power prediction, advanced stability and Marine CFD. Confirm the current module names, included functions and licence requirements before ordering.

Prediction methods such as Holtrop, Savitsky and Van Oortmerssen have different assumptions and ranges of applicability. Select and review the method appropriate to the vessel rather than treating a software result as a performance guarantee.

Hull Fairing & Hydrostatics

Hull assistants and fairing tools help you develop NURBS vessel geometry. Hydrostatic calculations support assessment of displacement and buoyancy as the design evolves. Stability workflows and outputs, including righting-arm curves where supported, depend on the tools and configuration in use.

Check model quality, loading conditions, tolerances and calculation assumptions before using the results for engineering decisions.

Marine CFD Workflows

Orca3D Marine CFD uses Simerics technology to support computational fluid dynamics workflows for marine design. Confirm the required software, licences and supported analysis types for your intended application.

CFD setup, mesh quality, boundary conditions and interpretation require appropriate technical judgement. Simulation can support design development, but does not by itself verify a vessel's performance, manufacturing readiness or regulatory compliance.