[ About · Groningen, NL ]
Cabinetmaker turned 3D specialist.
I trained as a cabinetmaker and learned the trade building classic yacht interiors by hand. In 2001 a yacht builder showed me that parts of an interior could be made quicker and more accurately with a computer and CNC — so I bought my first computer.
Since 2005 I work 100 % digitally, as a 3D specialist for shipyards, yacht builders and interior makers. The combination of computer skills and practical experience means I model things the way they will actually be built.
- Based in
- Groningen, NL
- Born
- 1968, Varel (DE)
- Languages
- EN · NL · DE
- Software
- Rhinoceros 3D
[ Timeline ]
From workbench to 3D model
- 1968
Born in Varel, Germany
- 1987
Cabinetmaker training completed
- 1988
A small yacht-interior workshop
“We were just two people building classic interiors, wooden decks included. That’s where I learned the tricks of the trade.”
- 1994
Moves to Groningen, the Netherlands
- 1997
Own workshop: ‘Tobias Nagel – meubelmaker’
- 2001
The first computer
Bert Kalsbeek of Marvis Yachting points out that certain parts of yacht interiors can be made quicker and much more accurately with a computer and CNC production. It turns out to be very true. From then on Tobias works more and more digitally, supported by No Limit Ships in Groningen.
“Although I had no evidence that things would work out, the people at No Limit always trusted me. In the end it made them one of the most high-tech shipyards in the Netherlands.”
- 2005
100 % digital
Tobias closes his workshop to work full-time as a 3D specialist.
- 2008
Tobias Nagel – CAD service
The company is renamed to reflect the work: 3D modelling, engineering and Rhino expertise for the marine industry.
[ The approach ]
Computer skills and practical experience, in one person
That combination is what makes the work efficient and production-oriented: models that make sense on the workshop floor, drawings people can build from, and CNC data that fits the way a yacht is really put together.
Worked with
- Royal Huisman Shipyard
- No Limit Ships
- Marvis Yachting
- Ecolutions · Wubbo Ockels
- W. Das Consultancy
- Design Panel
[ Company details ]
Tobias Nagel – CAD service
- Address
- Houtzagersstraat 23, 9724 CV Groningen, the Netherlands
- Phone +31 (0)6 15027136
- Chamber of Commerce
- KvK 02069243
- Languages
- English · Nederlands · Deutsch
[ 06 — Contact ]
Want to work together?
Send me what you have — drawings, models or just an idea — and I’ll tell you how I would approach it. I work in English, Dutch and German.
- Phone +31 (0)6 15027136
- Address
- Houtzagersstraat 239724 CV Groningen, NL
- Languages
- English · Nederlands · Deutsch