Here on the Isle of Man controls to contain the spread of the coronavirus have been pretty draconian and I, in common with so many others, am forced to work from home. Turning the situation to my advantage I am taking the opportunity to complete the CAD (computer aided design) drawing of Peggy. The drawing is in three dimensions and will show each individual timber from which Peggy is made. Working from 3D scans of the boat each piece has to be drawn with lines which can then be used to create a virtual image of it.
All this is very laborious, and until the pandemic hit us I was struggling to find the time to complete it. But why, you may ask, am I bothering?
The CAD model of Peggy will be accurate (if somewhat rationalised) and it will be useful for two really important pieces of work. One is the reconstruction of Peggy's rig and her original form (and original rig too). We still don't really know much about this. The second piece of work is to explore how she may have handled. For this we can put the CAD model in a simulation.
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| This is a view of Peggy's interior. It's from a 3D image on the computer. |
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| This is the same view showing my 3D CAD drawing of some of the timbers |
The CAD model of Peggy will be accurate (if somewhat rationalised) and it will be useful for two really important pieces of work. One is the reconstruction of Peggy's rig and her original form (and original rig too). We still don't really know much about this. The second piece of work is to explore how she may have handled. For this we can put the CAD model in a simulation.
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