Making (real) aluminum boats in Maya : The Results
Back in Feb I blogged about how I collaborated with my father (in Alaska) to help him design a new aluminum boat. Using Autodesk Maya, and a napkin sketch he made, we worked together (remotely) to susout the dimensions. By giving him files he provided to the local plasma cutter, by Feb (nice and cold up there) he’d got the bulk of it welded together.
A week ago I was able to spent a week up there, an amazing experience as always (pics here). And one of the highlights was being able to finally (drive &) ride in the boat. Was a great experience, and super interesting for myself to recognize the physical representation of the Maya model floating in the water. It’s a thing of beauty:
I only wonder how long until he builds another…? 