Notilus Drafting — workshop drawings from your Rhino model
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Workshop drawings, generated
from your Rhino model.

Auto dimensioning, 2D drawing generation, layouts and revisions — purpose-built for marine and shipbuilding construction documentation.

— What's inside

Every step of the drafting workflow, in Rhino.

From auto-dimensioning to layout generation — pictured here as it runs natively inside Rhinoceros.

Auto dimensioning and labeling
01 · Annotation

Auto dimensioning & labeling

Both structure and piping workshops are automatically dimensioned and labelled against reference lines and parts.

Automatic 2D drawing generation
02 · 2D Output

Automatic 2D drawing generation

Sections and scene views are converted into 2D drawings with frame rulers and location info — and stay revisable without re-cutting the model.

Layout generation
03 · Layouts

Layout generation

Layouts are produced with title block info and 2D drawing views, with multiple template options and one-click revision handling.

Scene management
04 · Scenes

Scene management

The scene monitor keeps every saved scene and section organised, so the same workshop drawing can be regenerated at any time.

Various section options
05 · Sections

Various section options

Section by part, curve, scene or position — pick the right cut for each workshop drawing without rebuilding geometry.

Rapid workshop editing
06 · Editing

Rapid workshop editing

Label rescaling, revision management and manual labelling are first-class commands — editing finished drawings stays fast.

— Works & case studies

Where Notilus Drafting has been used.

Structure

Block workshop drawings

Full set of structural workshop sheets — frame sections, ISO views, block info — generated from the engineering model.
Piping

Chilled water system layout

Top view and section views of a yacht chilled-water network, with auto-generated BOM and revision marks.
Production

Yard handover package

Layouts, section sheets and 2D drawings packaged into a production-ready handover set.
— See it in action

Watch Notilus Drafting in a real project.

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— How it fits

Drafting in the marine engineering pipeline.

  1. Scenes Set up views & sections

    Save scenes and sections of the Rhino model — every workshop drawing starts from a saved view.

  2. Dimension Auto-dimension & label

    Dimensions, frame rulers and part labels are placed automatically from the model geometry.

  3. Layouts Compose layouts

    Drop 2D views into title-block layouts — multiple templates, automatic revision handling.

  4. Revise Revise & reissue

    Edits to scenes propagate to the drawings — re-issue revisions without redrawing.

— Get started

Try Notilus Drafting on your next project.

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

Request 15-day trial
— Pairs well with

Notilus Drafting in the suite.

Notilus Drafting connects structure, piping and production into one documentation workflow — straight from the engineering model to the workshop floor.

Notilus Steeler

Steel structure model — frame sections, ISO views and block info flow straight into Drafting layouts.

Notilus Piping

Piping and HVAC routing — system top views and section sheets are auto-dimensioned by Drafting.

Notilus Clipper

Plate nesting downstream of Drafting — production drawings feed straight into the cutting workflow.
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