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Teardrop Shape

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sg20

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Can someone show me how to create a tear drop shape in Slwds?
 
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How about the shape like in the attached photos?
 
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sg20,

That looks more like a symmetric airfoil. Is that what you are trying to make?

Use a series of tangent arcs and control the radius and/or centers of each with dimensions.

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Updraft,

Can you elaborate, Im not clear wheather it's a sweep or not and what are the profile(s).
 
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Why wouldn't a simple revolve work?
 
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