The pictures I posted are from the offsets in Canoecraft, those are not from your file and there is no automation in this case so there is no right or wrong order.
What I was trying to show was how bad the results are when automating -curve through points- as opposed to drawing a curve manually and omitting some points to make the curve fair by using curve analysis and some "feeling". As the points are not perfect, I'm suspecting that the best result will not come from letting CAD draw the curve by automation. What I'm searching for in all of this is what method will yield the best end result.
What I am doing now is that I'm trying to get a firm grip on how to loft and work with hull shapes. How to take a hull shape from plans, to finished boat and maybe the other way to. I'm pretty good at drafting and drawing but having control over the subtleties in hull shapes is a big challenge and it's difficult. That's why I'm so into all of these points and curves and fairness and whatnot.
I'm not building a canoe now, although if I were building a tandem the Freedom 17 is a strong candidate. If I will build another strip canoe I will print or hand loft full scale plans, spray glue them to particle board, ruff cut on band saw and lastly fine tune on bench mounted belt sander to the middle of the line. This is how I did it for the Kite and it worked great. Very exact method!
Well actually maybe not, I don't know? Strip building is a little forgiving. I wouldn't buy those plans though lol.
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