Notilus Composite — composite structural design for Rhinoceros
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Composite structure,
engineered inside Rhinoceros.

Assign laminates to Rhino surfaces, run stiffeners with capping and crown laminates, and read weight, COG and lamination schedules from the model.

— What's inside

Every step of the composite workflow, in Rhino.

From laminate build-up to live weight and centre of gravity — pictured here as it runs natively inside Rhinoceros.

Panels and stiffeners on the model
01 · Modelling

Panels & stiffeners on the model

Laminates assigned to any surface or polysurface. Stiffeners run curve- or surface-based with capping faces and crown laminates — everything stored on the Rhino object itself.

Laminate material and stiffener libraries
02 · Libraries

Laminate, material & stiffener libraries

Build laminates layer by layer — glass, carbon, core and UD plies with thickness, weight and stiffness computed per ISO 12215 ply rules.

Live part properties and weight
03 · Reporting

Live part properties & weight

A dockable panel follows your selection — laminate stack, thickness, core, area and weight at a glance, updating in real time as geometry changes.

Weight and centre of gravity
04 · Analysis

Weight & centre of gravity

Rolls up every panel and stiffener into a single weight and CoG figure — updated the moment a laminate or geometry changes.

Colour schedule and taping
05 · Documentation

Colour schedule & taping

A composite colour-map with callout labels and full laminate schedule. Taping details generated at panel–stiffener junctions — no manual drafting needed.

ISO 12215 ply rules
06 · Compliance

ISO 12215 ply rules

Every laminate built with class-aware ply rules — thickness, weight and stiffness figures aligned with class submission from the first draft.

— Works & case studies

Where Notilus Composite has been used.

— See it in action

Watch Notilus Composite in a real project.

— How it fits

Composite in the marine engineering pipeline.

  1. Hull Receive hull surfaces

    Composite reads the Rhino NURBS hull, decks and bulkheads directly — no conversion needed.

  2. Laminates Build laminates

    Materials and laminate stacks with ISO 12215 ply thickness rules — stored in a shared library.

  3. Parts Define panels & stiffeners

    Laminates and stiffener runs stored directly on the model objects — no external database.

  4. Output Weight, schedule & taping

    Live weight and CoG, colour-mapped schedule and 2D taping details — ready for class submission.

— Get started

Try Notilus Composite on your next project.

A 15-day evaluation license is issued by the engineering team. Tell us about the vessel and the plugins you'd like to try — we reply within one working day.

— Pairs well with

Notilus Composite in the suite.

Notilus Composite is part of an end-to-end marine engineering toolset. These plug-ins continue the workflow once the composite structure is modelled.

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