Aluminum Boat Designs
3D CAD designs for CNC Cutting
Custom and Production Designs to 60 feet
WHAT YOU GET WHEN YOU BUY A COPE PLAN
You have 3 options:
Stock Plan
A stock plan is a Cope design that is in our inventory and is ready to be sent to a client immediately. It is generally a proven design that has been built numerous times.
A stock plan usually costs about one fifth the price of a similar size custom design.
A stock plan usually costs about one fifth the price of a similar size custom design.
Custom Design
This is a brand new plan designed to meet our client’s specific desires.
Modifying a Stock Plan
A lot of our clients are able to use one of our stock plans with some simple modifications such as lengthening the cabin adding lockers…etc.
What a Boat Plan From Cope Consists Of
- Construction drawings
- Use of the cut file
- Jig Plan (when applicable) and jig parts cut file
- Renderings
- Hydrostatic and weight calculations
- A quote from a local supplier for material and CNC cutting, and press brake forming
Construction drawings:
This consists of from two to fifteen pages of drawings that describe how to assemble the boat. These are very detailed drawings with lots of dimensions and isometric drawings describing how all the parts fit together. There are drawings that show the names of each part of the boat. These drawings are sent to you as digital drawings.
Cut file:
This is a CAD file with every sheet aluminum part of the boat laid out and ready to be CNC cut. The parts are all nested on standard plates of the correct thickness, and the correct alloy. We spend time nesting the parts to make the most efficient use of the aluminum sheets so there is minimal waste.
Each part is identified with its’ name marked on it.
The parts have line-up marks on them to help locate exactly where each part fits.
The cut file is sent directly to the company that is going to CNC cut your boat.
Jig plan and jig parts cut file:
The jig is a fixture that holds the boat parts in place during construction. The boat is built upright. The jig consists of a steel base and aluminum forms that hold the bottom plates in place. This makes for a much more accurately constructed boat. The jig plan shows how to assemble the jig, and the jig parts cut file has the aluminum jig forms nested ready to be CNC cut.
Renderings:
We create 3D renderings of our boat designs. These help our clients to visualize the finished boat. These renderings can show the boat from different view points, and different color schemes. Depending on how much detail we include in the 3D drawings we can make the renderings look almost photo realistic.
Hydrostatic and weight calculations:
We do a weight study and LCG & VCG (Longitudinal & Vertical center of gravity) study utilizing spread sheets, as part of our hydrostatic calculations to ensure that the boat performs properly.
What is a quote?:
A quote is a price from a local supplier for supplying the aluminum sheet materials, CNC cutting it, and press brake forming the parts that need it, for a particular design. Cost of the shipping will generally not be included.
Phone: 1-250-752-1724
Cope Aluminum Boats and Design
594 Maple Street
Qualicum Beach,
British Columbia, V9K 1J3
info@copeboatdesigns.com