Orca3D Testimonials

"All cold-molded plywood, full custom, twin-diesel-powered sportfishing yachts. I use ORCA extensively for weight estimating and hydrostatics, and I plan to start using the Simerics plugin for CFD before too long, specifically to analyze things like running trim angle and the appearance of the stagnation line and wake pattern. I’m very pleased with the performance, simplicity, and reliability of ORCA. On top of that, I appreciate how responsive you guys are in support of installation and performance."

“I have been using Orca almost from the beginning when the wip versions came out. I think it is an outstanding plug-in for any yacht designer. I do very much appreciate the cost and weight module (which saves creating several separate spreadsheets on the side). I also like the functionality and user friendliness. We design mainly catamarans and trimarans and the performance predictions do not exactly apply to our hulls, but combined with our experience factor, it is still very useful and accurate. I would also like to compliment tech support; anytime I needed their help they were quick and accurate. I would like to thank Bruce Hays and his team for creating this program and continuing to improve it."