Smooth uniform blend between two surfaces with a step between them
Smooth uniform blend between two surfaces with a step between them
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Hi Guys,
Firstly i would like to thank everyone who uses this forum as i have gained so much valuable knowledge from posts and i visit the forum myself every day.
Im having trouble blending two aerofoil faces smoothly and uniformly between two tolerance bands which has a step between them. The first face has been offset from an area of a blade aerofoil. The second face which represents another area of the aerofoil has been offset but this time by a smaller amount due to tolerancing. Where these two faces used to meet nominally there is now an obvious step between them due to the offset.
Is there a way i can get NX to uniformly and smoothly blend the two faces of the offset aerofoil?
Thanks
Firstly i would like to thank everyone who uses this forum as i have gained so much valuable knowledge from posts and i visit the forum myself every day.
Im having trouble blending two aerofoil faces smoothly and uniformly between two tolerance bands which has a step between them. The first face has been offset from an area of a blade aerofoil. The second face which represents another area of the aerofoil has been offset but this time by a smaller amount due to tolerancing. Where these two faces used to meet nominally there is now an obvious step between them due to the offset.
Is there a way i can get NX to uniformly and smoothly blend the two faces of the offset aerofoil?
Thanks





RE: Smooth uniform blend between two surfaces with a step between them
John R. Baker, P.E.
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RE: Smooth uniform blend between two surfaces with a step between them
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RE: Smooth uniform blend between two surfaces with a step between them
John R. Baker, P.E.
Product 'Evangelist'
Product Engineering Software
Siemens PLM Software Inc.
Digital Factory
Cypress, CA
Siemens PLM:
UG/NX Museum:
To an Engineer, the glass is twice as big as it needs to be.
RE: Smooth uniform blend between two surfaces with a step between them
I think it really depends on what you mean by this. If this is a single solid body, you could just use 2 edge blends to get an "S" shaped transition. All surfaces would be tangent; but, I'm not sure you would consider that "uniform and smooth".
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RE: Smooth uniform blend between two surfaces with a step between them
RE: Smooth uniform blend between two surfaces with a step between them
Tim Flater
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