Genarate Solid Airfoil thru sections???

[amangione]

Hello,



Should I be using a varable section sweep to generate a solid airfoil through sections ???? or is there a better way?



Thanks for your help in advance.

 

[dougr]

Depends on a bunch of things:



Are your sections planar ?



Is the resulting surface to be a ruled surface ? (i.e. straight trajectory).



Are your sections created from point data or are they sketched ?

 

[amangione]

The airfoil I am trying to model does not have to be exact.



The sections are planar.



There is a twist in the airfoil as the sections progress upward.



Sections are sketched.



Thanks agian.

 

[dougr]

Assuming the surface is ruled then a General Blend is an excellent selection.



Sections can be sketched or selected (i.e. select an existing datum curve).



Note that each section must have the same number of geometric entities..

 

[dhm05]

if there is a twist you have a problem with one of the start points, each section should have the same vertex, same arrow direction, same number of verices. also use smooth blend, straight will give you a boxy look.

 

[dougr]

dhm05



FYI



It's possible to have an identical number of vertices but a dissimilar number of entitities between sections - Pro/E requires the same number of entities.



Arrow direction doesn't have any meaning in General Blends.