>  From post # .... 13   :O
>
> http://forum.woodenboat.com/showthread.php?181405-Lofting-A-Dragon
>
> "I don't know much about CAD programs, but it is said that there is no CAD
> program on the market that can generate or replicate a set of ship's curves."
>
> Like any unsupported claim where "it is said" [by WHO???], I view this with
> great skepticism, especially since given what computers and CAD are capable of
> doing, _reproducing_ an existing set of curves seems... trivial.
> I mean, someone had the design and means to make them in the first place, right?

For example CATIA has a whole module aimed at digitising existing 
surface data (from photos, 2D drawings or even laser scanned data). Or 
you could just use the spline function in any CAD software, that would 
surely be flexible enough. I would have assumed that all ships were 
designed and simulated in CAD anyway today and optimised for minimum 
drag etc.

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