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NavCad 2021: Press Release

NavCad 2021: Press Release

New features for improved Vessel-Propulsor-Drive system simulation Development in 2021 for HydroComp NavCad offers new features across the range of applications. Towed barge prediction One of the more component-intensive applications for NavCad is a towed barge being... Read more
PropCad 2021: Press Release

PropCad 2021: Press Release

New utilities for blade trimming and washback. HydroComp PropCad 2021 is the most powerful version of PropCad to date. PropCad has always been the go-to tool for designing marine propellers, 2D drawings, and 3D CAD models – but new features expand PropCad’s role into... Read more
Webinar Series

Webinar Series

Our webinar platform has moved to myhydrocourses.com! Visit to access our most recent webinars.   After-market Modification of Propellers to Achieve Performance Objectives Propeller hydrodynamics can be complicated and messy, and sometimes the combination of... Read more
Article: Fifty Years of Computers for Propeller Design

Article: Fifty Years of Computers for Propeller Design

By Don MacPherson, HydroComp When asked to reflect on the use of computers for propeller design over the last fifty years, my first reaction was to think about my own history with computers. I painted houses one summer in the mid-1970’s to buy a TRS-80 that I took... Read more