Laser Cutting a Boat Hull Model with SketchUp

As I further explore laser cutting, I wanted to take on a fun project that would use 3D modeling in SketchUp. I found an old sailboat design from a famous boat builder in my local town and imported it into SketchUp to convert it to 3D.
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00:00 Intro
00:13 Herreshoff
00:25 Finding a Boat Plan
01:11 Shadow
01:35 How to Read Boat Plans
03:43 Importing into SketchUp
04:17 Drawing Profiles
05:34 Adding Thickness
06:22 Connections
06:51 Kerf Thickness
07:10 Cutting Kerf Test
07:35 Kerf Test
09:24 Exporting faces to SVG
09:40 Cutting Boat Hull
10:44 Assembly
13:00 Conclusion
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[@marco61137]

Congrats. This is the First part of a discipline called naval architecture.

[@enderw88]

Herreshoff designed some really beautiful hulls

[@finnmeyer3114]

Boat builder here, great work! I’m impressed by how easy you made it look to understand the lines and then exporting those to sketchup and then! Making the machine cut it out. Huge props, now onto the planking!

[@brucehooke7535]

Interesting project. LWL means Load Water Line or the water line with a normal load on board the boat.

[@Thesketchupessentials]

Good stuff Matt! I've been interested in Laser Cutting for a bit, so it's nice to get a step by step of what the process looks like - great job!

[@GeeksWoodShop]

Love the exploration Matt, will definitely be fun to see if you keep this going.

[@marcokienzle4461]

Thanks for sharing: this is amazing! would you mind sharing your file (.svg or else) to cut your design?

[@yootoob7048]

Nicely done, Matt. I like the wall sconce idea. Do you intend to model, cut and build the rest of the sailboat?

[@ireidemarfernandescosta8158]

Excelente 👍👏👏

[@KChandcrafts]

Hi is there a possibility for you to email me the laser folder for that hull you designed.I’ve never built a boat and would like to try and it looks like this one would be fairly easy to build.I’m also pretty now to the laser cutting and still struggling a lot to design cut files for my laser