Marcus Bole PolyCAD brings together the best selection of hull surface design techniques together within a user interface which allows the extensive manipulation of geometry in 3D dimensions. The software supports the direct manipulation of NURBS surfaces, parametric hull generation and advanced techniques such as IntelliHull and X-Topology.

The user interface is a unique environment where geometry can be manipulated accurately while viewing in three dimensions including perspective. Definition geometry can be selectively snapped to other geometry in the workspace. Hull surfaces can be rendered, analysed using gaussian and mean curvature and reflection lines, and hydrostatic properties reviewed. Once a design is complete, a fully annotated lines plan drawing of the hull surface can be generated or hard copy templates printed, to scale, to aid physical modelling.

Manipulation of hull section data is rarely supported in modern hull design tools. PolyCAD incorporates a range of powerful polyline processing functions which allow the distribution of points and section curves to be adjusted, reducing complexity so that the data can be used for hydrodyamic analysis. For the expert designer, the native text file format can be used to overlay flow lines and pressure data from CFD analysis onto the hull surface.