Orca3D Support

General 4

• What are the System Requirements?
• Why is Rhino required?
• Scripting Orca3D Commands
• Recovering Lost Orca3D Toolbars

Installation Issues 1

• VB PowerPacks 1.2 Installation Failure

Licensing Questions 9

• My trial period has ended. How do I get a license?
• My computer has crashed, was lost/stolen, or I no longer have access to it. How do I transfer the license to a new computer?
• I have a network license and a user gets the message "Maximum number of concurrent Orca3D users has been reached. No licenses available." How can I allow that user to get the Orca3D license?
• Can Orca3D use the Rhino workgroup license manager called The Zoo for floating network licensing?
• I want to move my copy of Orca3D to another computer. How do I transfer the license?

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Hull Design & Fairing 5

• When I edit control points, why don't the sections update?
• How to Add a Bow Cone
• Creating Smoothly Disappearing Chines
• Foreshortened views to aid fairing
• Developable Hulls

Hydrostatics & Stability 7

• I get an error when I run hydrostatics using Weight (rather than Model Sinkage), although it runs fine when the Model Sinkage is specified.
• Why aren't the Cp (prismatic coefficient) and Cx (maximum section coefficient) reported?
• I get an error when I try to run hydrostatics. Why can't I get results?
• Why is the Displacement value too low?
• Why is the Displacement value negative?

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Speed/Power Prediction 3

• Orca3D Calculation of Half Entrance Angle, Immersed Transom Area, and Stern Coefficient for Holtrop Displacement Analysis
• Speed/Power Prediction not working in Rhino 4.0
• Analyzing Stepped Planing Hulls

Weight & Cost Tracking 0

Orca3D Marine CFD 13

• Using a Python script to automate the analysis of multiple speeds or RPMs
• Varying RPM in a Self-Propelled Analysis
• My SimericsMP license (part of Orca3D Marine CFD) has stopped working
• Simerics license is no longer working
• How to Adjust the Heave and Pitch Damping During a Run to Look for Porpoising

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