A QUICK LOOK AT HULLFORM 3

               Place the diskette in any drive, select this as default
               (e.g., using command "A:"), then enter command HULLFORM.
               Press the Enter key when the introductory screen appears.

               You must firstly select the correct video adapter.
               Select the configuration item by pressing 5, then the
               Enter key.  Enter the number corresponding to your video
               display, then press the Enter key until the main menu re-
               appears.

               To load a file, press 1 (and the Enter key) for the file
               menu, then 1 again for the "load file" option.  Select
               hull design YACHT, by entering its name. Press the Enter
               key again to return to the main menu.

               To view the hull, select 3 from the main menu, then
               select option 2, entering "Y" to show all transverse
               sections, and pressing the Enter key only to accept other
               default values.  You will see a triple orthogonal view of
               the hull.  Press the Enter key to regain the "view" menu.

               For a perspective view, select option 1, then select
               option 1 from the resulting menu, entering a value of 30
               for the azimuth of the hull.  Next select option 2, and
               enter -10 at the first prompt, and 40 at the next.  Then
               select option 11 for a perspective view.  Press the Enter
               key to regain the "view" menu, and again for the main
               menu.

               The program's hydrostatics display is obtained by select
               main menu option 4, then the statics menu's option 7.
               The hull will be balanced, and a screenful of data will
               be shown to you.  To understand all the information, you
               will need some background in hull design, but there is a
               glossary in the back of the manual on the diskette
               (HULLFORM.TXT).

               To see some simple editing tasks, return to the main menu
               by pressing the Enter key twice, select option 2, then
               option 6 (the line-smoothing item) from the editing menu.
               Select option 1 to select the hull line, and enter line
               number 2.  Now select menu option 3.  You will see the
               program's line-smoothing screen.

               As a simple exercise, press key "P", enter 4 at the
               prompt, then press the up-arrow key a few times.  The
               line will distort in response.  Press key "Q" to end this
               option.  To re-fair the line, press key "S", and enter 4
               at the prompt, then enter 1 at the next prompt.  (In this
               example, the result will not be perfectly as before.
               Reasons are covered in the manual, under the "end Curve"
               item)

               You may also edit sections.  Press Q to regain the
               editing menu, then select option 3.  Select item 1 of the
               resulting menu, select section 6, then select menu option
               3.  You will be presented a view of the section.

               Press 1, then the right-arrow key.  The point labelled 1
               will move outward.  Press R to redraw the section.

               Now press 2, then key C, and the right-arrow key again.
               The section shape will bulge outward, as you increase the
               section's curvature.

               When you have finished, press the Enter key until you are
               prompted for confirmation that you want to exit the
               program.  Press Y, and the enter key, and you will be
               returned the DOS prompt.