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Varis
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Re: glider workbench

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Hey!

Got it up and running, seems to look to be very useful, great work!

I tried changing the rib count and got the following error:

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I can code, but more in Java, C. I do not know much Python, but should be easy to pick up.
Anyway I tried printing out the variables with

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to see what their values are, but nothing showed up :D

Do you have any ideas what could be up with this issue? Or can we chat in real-time on skype, slack or similar about development for this project? I have some use-cases for the workbench and am looking forward to make additions if needed and contribute back!
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Re: glider workbench

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nice, it is known to be not an easy task to install this workbench. But it seems to run good on your system.
I can reproduce your problem. You simple decreased the number of cells. There is no automatic way to reconfigure the lines to match a lower number of cells... So you have to remove some (all) lines before decreasing the number of cells.

I also think print should work. Maybe you have to redirect the internal python output to get the messages shown in the output-panel. (see my attached image. preferences->General->Output window)
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Thanks! I got debug prints to work. Apparently "Record log messages" needs to be checked.

Removing the lines did help too! I also decreased the minimum rib-count to allow making gliders with 7 or 9 cells. I previously attempted modelling the parts with Seamly2D and Fusion360, but this seems a lot more dedicated.
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Re: glider workbench

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7 cells :shock:

btw. better use print(<text>) instead of print <text>. The latter is deprecated in python3.

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Yes, 7 cells for a pretty standart ram-air parachute. I heard someone even made a 5-cell one :D

I am looking around the workbench. What should be used to change the size of the air-intake holes in the front? I.e. is it possible to change the lengths of the material at the top and bottom? I thought it would be near airfoil settings, but haven't found it yet.
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Interesting project!

use the scissors-symbol. Then press on the button show lower side. select the cuts you want to move and move them by pressing g. Use ctrl to select multiple lines/points. use cut-type folded to create openings. orthogonalis for creating panels of different colors.
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Re: glider workbench

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Hello,

You know the limitation of OpenGliderbetter than me, so I won't make a list here.
But is there any plan to make "advanced" rib holes and cross cells diagonales?
I guess it's not an easy task, but these are the most restraining missing features so far to me.

And evetually, curved cut for upper and lower surface design.
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Mx74 wrote:advanced" rib holes
advanced ribholes should be possible with some python coding. Maybe using a sketch as the base and a FeaturePython object for the rib-mapping. Currently I don't have time for implementing this feature. But I guess it shouldn't be too much work.
Mx74 wrote:cross cells diagonales?
OpenGlider doesn't support this yet. Our implementation is based on a cell, but I guess the better implementation should not depend on a cell but 2 ribs. If you have some time, please write a bug-report for openglider (issues)
Mx74 wrote:And evetually, curved cut for upper and lower surface design.
I don't think we are going to implement this feature. We talked already about it, but there are 100 other things which are more important. Maybe once we support the LSCM-relax method for unwrapping the panels (meshes). But currently we use a more simple method to find the flattened parts.
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advanced ribholes should be possible with some python coding. Maybe using a sketch as the base and a FeaturePython object for the rib-mapping. Currently I don't have time for implementing this feature. But I guess it shouldn't be too much work.
Well, if you say so, I can only trust you :-)
OpenGlider doesn't support this yet. Our implementation is based on a cell, but I guess the better implementation should not depend on a cell but 2 ribs. If you have some time, please write a bug-report for openglider
Sorry, not sure I understand you well, excuse my English.
I'm talking of diagonals running over 2 different cells, like this:

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Is it also what you're thinking about?
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Mx74 wrote:Sorry, not sure I understand you well, excuse my English.
I'm talking of diagonals running over 2 different cells, like this:...
Is it also what you're thinking about?
yes exactly. alternatively you can use another style of diagonals. This should work with the current implementation:
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there is now also a new tool available to inspect lines and the internal forces:
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