Two Numbers, 25 Sizes: Designing a Parametric Catamaran in the Bitbybit Designer v1.6
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Give the Bitbybit Designer two numbers, a length and a beam, and it rebuilds a luxury power catamaran from the hull lines up: decks, cabins, engines, rails, stairs and furniture. The smallest boat, at 15 metres, seats 24 guests and the largest, at 25, seats 60. There are 25 named sizes, and none of them is a scaled copy of another, because the things people touch stay at the size people need.
The boat is 61 design documents and 3,011 features, the most parametric model we have shown in the Designer. It is also a good way to show what arrived in Bitbybit v1.6: a standard parts library, parameters you can play, better ways to see into a large assembly, and a view that stays comfortable at 20 metres.
