SailPack Sail Design Software from BSG Developments http://www.bsgdev.com/ SailPack is the most powerful and complete sail design on the market today. It gives the sail designer a complete set of tools for mould design, aerodynamic analysis and panel development. Aeronaut is proud to offer a bundle of an entry-level version of SailPack with Aeronaut Elektron LC plotter cutters. SailPack is leaps ahead of other sail design software on the market with its formidable array of features making it the best investment software for the large and small sail loft. 
For a small sail loft, sail design software is often used as a marketing tool as well as a design tool. Having modern and accurate software can give a small loft the same advantages as the big franchise lofts. The rendering and visualisation tools in SailPack let sailmakers create terrific pictures of sails, panel layouts, rigs and boats which may mean the difference between getting the job or not. The more advanced tools in SailPack such as the aerodynamic analysis module, not only allow the sail designer to compare the flying shape of a sail to the mould shape, but also to see the pressure distribution on the flying sail and visualise whether the sail is trimmed correctly on the boat. For the larger sail loft, SailPack has tools such as evolution rules to allow the main designer to concentrate on mould design and development with confidence that any reshaping of moulds and panel development are done to "house rules". The speed and power of script-based panel development means dozens of designs can be completed a day by one person, and Tangent's auto-nesting allows these to be nested and cut in the minimum of time. The tools in SailPack for fairing a sail mould are similar to the tools found in other programs... there may be a few more of them, but anyone used to other sail design programs would not get lost. What is exceptional is the real-time updating from window to window. The designer can tweak a profile, for example to adjust the depth of camber or position at some point in the sail, and see it update immediately in the 3D sail view. Remarkably, this can be done even after the panel layout has been set. 
Although this is a very powerful feature, it does make the program very easy to learn. You can see the effect of any changes you make, instantly. It also means that designing using two monitors makes terrific sense. You can have your sail 3D view in one monitor and have all your pallets for panel development and fairing etc. open in the other monitor. With the relatively low cost of modern LCD monitors, this is a very cost effective option. Panel development is also incredibly powerful in SailPack. Of course SailPack comes with an almost unlimited range of panel and patch layouts with a full set of construction markings such as battens, reefs, cunninghams etc. The method of developing sail panels is slightly different. Instead of developing a standard layout for a sail, panels are developed using "scripts". These are simple rules which, for example, dictate that a set of panels may be set to a half fabric width or a third fabric width. This means that if the panel layout script is applied to a different size of sail, more panels may be developed in a region ensuring that the fabric width rule is applied. The result is that the script approach to panel development is more powerful and faster than other methods.
The panel layouts have a couple more knockout features. One is that the designer can move a hojo or VeeJo between regions at any time, and the panels will automatically re-develop following the script. Another is that the development direction of panels can be changed interatively to remove bumps and hard spots where seams do not meet at hojos. To anyone used to conventional panel development, these are extraordinarily useful features. Designers spend a lot of time tweaking existing moulds to improve performance or to make them suitable for different conditions. SailPack allows the designer to superimpose one mould on another so the difference between the old and the new can be continually monitored. SailPack has full features to allow the designer to develop string or threadline sails. Paths can be developed in three ways... To allow stringing in individual panels, to develop a "onc piece" sail where yarns are laid in continuous paths from corner to corner and the laminated membrane sliced up and broadsteam added afterwards, or to allow the development of a "one piece" sail to be developed where all the yarn paths or threadlines are correctly aligned across hojos or regional seams. Aeronaut's Tangent software can import and auto-nest all SailPack panels and patches. Tangent can also import panels intended for string sails and develop loops and links to allow this type of sail to be manufactured. See the Tanget software pages of this site for more details. SailPack now comes in two versions. The full program, and an entry level version aimed at lofts and designers who appreciate the power of SailPack, but who want a less expensive entry path to the program. The entry level version of the program costs no more than other sail design software on the market, even though it offers far more power, a modern program in active development, and some terrific visualisation tools. It certainly makes the most sensible investment! Aeronaut are proud to offer a bundled version of an Elektron LC plotter-cutter. SailPack Entry Level, and Tangent nesting and plotter driving software for a very agressive price of less than €30,000. Now you have the chance to get the power on your side! The best software and the best plotter-cutter for the best price. Contact Aeronaut or BSG Developments for full information about SailPack and Aeronaut plotter cutters.
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