What is the exact definition of a "ruled surface"?
I am writing procedures for my company and I need to inlcude this.
I know what it is as far as equally spaced points along two splines and direct lines between them and so on, but it would help if I could get the exact verbage.
I couldn't find...
I've modeled an impeller blade using x,y,z points read from an Excel spreadsheet. My goal is to have a model that can be used for many impellers simply by changing the Excel file.
A typical parameter is defined as follows:
p20 = ug_cell_read("C:\My Documents\spreadsheet.xls", "AE31")
Other...
Recently, our CAD administrator modified our "new file" template. One of the things he changed was our dimension defaults. A new problem has appeared:
I can dimension an "inside" radius (i.e. fillet) as I always have, but if I move the location of the dimension, the arrow snaps to the outside...
I am modeling a compressor blade in NX4. The blade calls for a "compound" or "eliptical" blend between the airfoil and platform. This means a small radius blend grows into a large radius blend between the two surfaces.
This is different from a variable blend where the user can select points...
