Orca3D Support

General 6

• What are the System Requirements?
• Why is Rhino required?
• Scripting Orca3D Commands
• 4k Graphics and Orca3D
• What learning resources are available for Orca3D?

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Installation Issues 2

• VB PowerPacks 1.2 Installation Failure (Orca3D Version 1 only)
• Enabling Tool Bars in Orca3D Version 3

Licensing Questions 11

• 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

Basic Hydrostatics & Stability 10

• 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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Advanced Hydrostatics & Stability 2

• Creating a Closed Polysurface
• Clipping doesn't seem to be working

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 1

• Finding the Weight and Center of Gravity

Orca3D Marine CFD - General 32

• Varying RPM in a Self-Propelled Analysis
• How to Adjust the Heave and Pitch Damping During a Run to Look for Porpoising
• Waterjet Propulsion
• Fixing Heave and/or Pitch
• Including the Effects of a Nominal Wake Fraction

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Orca3D Marine CFD - Licensing 6

• My SimericsMP license (part of Orca3D Marine CFD) has stopped working
• Simerics license is no longer working
• How to find your SimericsMP license expiration
• How to know how many Intermittent licenses you have remaining
• Activating a Pre/Post Processing License

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Orca3D Marine CFD - Advanced Features 7

• Turning Analysis with 6 DOF
• Analysis in Waves
• Performing a Double-Body Analysis with the Submerged Body Template
• Using a Controller to Adjust RPM to Reach a Target Speed
• Captive Model Simulation (Pure Yaw and Sway Tests)

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Orca3D Marine CFD - Visualization and Post-Processing 11

• How can I extract the dynamic flow values (like velocity and pressure) at a specific location?
• How to create custom display variables
• Can I extract the dynamic pressure distribution over the body from the simulation?
• Extracting Wave Cuts from a CFD Simulation
• Flow Velocity Visualization

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