first open airfoil tools , select the profile , example E 479 , set the wing chord and the halo , skin thickness, than save as SVG.
Open SVG file with FreeCAD
Converth the path in face
Extrude the faces
make the difference
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- Fri Mar 16, 2018 7:12 pm
- Forum: Help on using FreeCAD
- Topic: extrude offset
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- Thu Mar 15, 2018 12:14 pm
- Forum: Help on using FreeCAD
- Topic: extrude offset
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Re: extrude offset
I set in my example for E479 a positive value for the offset , this should prevent the intersecting , but the problem still remain.
- Thu Mar 15, 2018 7:55 am
- Forum: Help on using FreeCAD
- Topic: extrude offset
- Replies: 22
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Re: extrude offset
Reply to Wanderfan who askd me about the purpose Since I like to design , build and fly rc aicraft model it's two years I am using FreeCad for the design of new model and I am very happy . Last year I bought a 3D printer and now I have one more reason for using a 3D CAD. Talking of wings , I downloa...
- Tue Mar 13, 2018 7:39 pm
- Forum: Help on using FreeCAD
- Topic: extrude offset
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Re: extrude offset
another example no scale
- Tue Mar 13, 2018 7:08 pm
- Forum: Help on using FreeCAD
- Topic: extrude offset
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Re: extrude offset
I double cheked but I cannot see the object. The problem of the scaling is due to the fact that the data of the airfoil profiles are available in coordinates that range from 0 to 1. since i am a rc aircraft modeler I mast scale in the range or rc wing , 150 times is the minimun most usual is 250 tim...
- Tue Mar 13, 2018 6:46 pm
- Forum: Help on using FreeCAD
- Topic: extrude offset
- Replies: 22
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Re: extrude offset
another example
- Tue Mar 13, 2018 4:49 pm
- Forum: Help on using FreeCAD
- Topic: extrude offset
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Re: extrude offset
Thanks Gene for your assistence Here are the informations about my pc. OS: Windows 10 Word size of OS: 64-bit Word size of FreeCAD: 64-bit Version: 0.16.6712 (Git) Build type: Release Branch: releases/FreeCAD-0-16 Hash: da2d364457257a7a8c6fb2137cea12c45becd71a Python version: 2.7.8 Qt version: 4.8.7...
- Tue Mar 13, 2018 5:35 am
- Forum: Help on using FreeCAD
- Topic: extrude offset
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Re: extrude offset
example
- Mon Mar 12, 2018 6:50 pm
- Forum: Help on using FreeCAD
- Topic: extrude offset
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extrude offset
I have used the offset command to create a thickness around a wing in two circunstances I followed in both circunstances the same procedure Airfoil import, common airfoil data , DWire, Draft, Clone of Dwire, change the scale, Part , Extrude , offset Example It works with Naca 0006 It doesn't work wi...
- Fri Mar 02, 2018 6:01 am
- Forum: Developers corner
- Topic: Info Workbench - Help with icons please.
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Re: Info Workbench - Help with icons please.
thanks for the quick answer