Orca3D version 3 work in progress

Rhinoceros in Naval Architecture

August 2023

Orca3D Version 3 Work-in-Progress is now available. Version 3 introduces a completely new module focused on advanced stability analysis.

The new version includes:

  • New Advanced Stability Module
    • Define compartments and tanks.
    • Set permeability, fluid types and loads.
    • Create and run multiple load cases.
    • Perform intact and damage stability analyses.
  • Orca3D Marine CFD Wake Survey simulations, including harmonic analysis of the results.
  • New resistance prediction method (van Oortmerssen) for small commercial vessels.
  • Many additional improvements to Hull Design and Fairing, Hydrostatics and Stability, Speed/Power Prediction, Weight/Cost Tracking, and Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD).

Come see Orca3D at a conference near you:

  • SNAME 2023, Orca3D, San Diego, CA, September 27-29
  • Baltexpo 2023, NDAR, Gdansk, Poland, September 10-12
  • IBEX 2023, Orca3D, Tampa, Florida, October 3-5
  • Rhino World, NDAR, Barcelona, Spain, October 18-20
  • Europort 2023, NDAR, Rotterdam, Netherlands, November 6-9
  • Euromaritima 2024, NDAR, Marseille, France, Jan 30 - Feb 1
  • Navalia2024, NDAR, Vigo, Spain May 21-23

Version 3 WIP is compatible with Rhino 7 and will be compatible with Rhino 8. We invite you to visit Orca3D Version 3 Work-in-Progress to download Version 3 and to activate a trial license.

Take care, stay safe, stay well.


Scott Davidson
Robert McNeel & Associates
Phone: +1 (206) 545-7000