Measuring methods & equipment
Compare photogrammetry, Proliner, Leica iCON iCS50 and scanning workflows against the work you produce, your budget and working conditions.
MARINE CAD & FABRICATION CONSULTANCY
A clearer route
through the job.
Practical Rhino CAD guidance for your marine workshop.
A difficult canvas pattern, a frame that needs a better workflow, or a production process you want to improve? Tell me what you are working on. I bring 45 years of practical experience to the discussion, and we can agree where I can help.
START WITH THE INTENDED RESULT
Review the method.
Understand the details.
An initial paid consultancy session can help you evaluate your options before investing in equipment or changing your workflow. We can review sample data, your current process and the work you want to produce.
Point clouds, meshes & Rhino
Assess sample data and processing methods, then explore how measurements, point clouds or meshes can support curves, surfaces and patterns in Rhino.
Framework & production information
Review how frame geometry, canvas panels and fabrication details connect, including how the information reaches the workshop.
Repeatable workshop methods
Identify repetitive steps, unclear handovers and where training or a specialist fabrication tool could support your process.
WATCH THE WORKFLOW
See how the design decisions connect.
A 7½-minute Rhino and Grasshopper demonstration of sprayhood and enclosure design.
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Rhino and Grasshopper workflow · Tecsew, 2022.
Discuss your design or workflow →BAVARIA CRUISER 37 · PORTFOLIO EXAMPLE
From CAD to finished work.
A design is more than its appearance on screen. The frame, canvas and existing boat fittings need to work together. These views show the CAD visualisation and a finished Bavaria Cruiser 37 installation.
Design by John Bland at Tecsew.
Discuss your design or workflow →ALLURES 45.9 · PORTFOLIO EXAMPLE
Design around the whole cockpit.
A teal sprayhood and enclosure designed around the Allures 45.9 cockpit.
Design work by John Bland at Tecsew.
Talk through your canvas or CAD project →A PRACTICAL STARTING POINT
Tell me where you are stuck.
- Describe the job. Explain your current process, CAD experience and intended result.
- Agree the scope. We discuss whether consultancy, tuition or a tool demonstration is the best next step, and agree arrangements and fees before work begins.
- Work through the details. Review the method and practical checks needed before you take the design into production.
Remote discussions can take place on Microsoft Teams. In-person arrangements can also be discussed. See the published tuition rates; project-specific consultancy scope and fees are agreed separately.
TALK DIRECTLY TO JOHN
What needs
a closer look?
Tell me what you make, how you currently measure and design, and which options you are considering. We can agree an initial paid session to review your process and sample data.
Discuss consultancyWe’ll agree the scope and fees before work begins. Booking terms.