If you follow this same procedure but using a Surface Loft instead, you can apply a thickness to the surface. Back to the existing procedure, you can also try and shell it out to achieve a surface thickness. Hope this helps.
Sir, I am following your Video for creating a Naca profile. It;s very good. First I have created reference Lines and Right Planes Then I have scaled the original NACA profile to following ratios : 1.2 , 0.8 , 0.6 and subsequently pasting them on various right planes. The problem I am having is that while any two of the profiles are perfectly lofting but as soon as i add the next profile the Lofted Feature is not lofting. Neither it is giving error. Can you tell me what is going wrong? Please reply asap. I can send you the sld file or screenshot at your email - id
+Sarvesh Thakur Yes, send me your files, i'll take a look at them. Having a different form for a loft profile may be a source of potential errors. Check to make certain that you have all of the model lines and arcs in the same orientation and with similar sketch relations (like tangents) for each profile. You can send them to design@edi3di.com.
+DesignInnovations +Sarvesh Thakur Hi Sarvesh, Your model is interesting, I don’t think I have seen an enclosed spline defined by only two spline points with vertical line and three dimensions. One thing that is apparent with your model is that when you look at all of your profiles normal to their planes that a lot of the splines curves don’t quite align with those of their neighbors. This may make it difficult for the loft to generate between more than two profiles. One potential solution is to add more spline points at predictable locations so that these curves will align. You also might consider using at least two guide curves starting on the front and back of the wings so that the transition between each profile can be smoothed out and made more predictable. Another approach is to build your model using all of the profile planes but only a portion of your airfoil using a simple but well defined spline for each profile and then a surface loft. Once you get one surface loft generated you can continue to add spline segments on each profile until you get a complete airfoil. This way if an error occurs you know exactly what step that error occurred. I like the last approach better but the two former ones are easy enough to try first. Let me know how it goes and send me some updated models. I can also make a video demonstrating the surface loft option. CSS
+Sarvesh Thakur I found this video, at the link below, that looks a lot like what you are trying to accomplish. Notice that it has the spline profile shape that you are using plus it has a lot of reference geometry and guide curves. It can be used for both a solid or surface loft. I think that it will help you: ruclips.net/video/CEi-Qip70DI/видео.html
by using the loft feature can you give the wing wrapping thickness as well?
If you follow this same procedure but using a Surface Loft instead, you can apply a thickness to the surface. Back to the existing procedure, you can also try and shell it out to achieve a surface thickness. Hope this helps.
Sir, I am following your Video for creating a Naca profile. It;s very good.
First I have created reference Lines and Right Planes
Then I have scaled the original NACA profile to following ratios : 1.2 , 0.8 , 0.6
and subsequently pasting them on various right planes.
The problem I am having is that while any two of the profiles are perfectly lofting but as soon as i add the next profile the Lofted Feature is not lofting. Neither it is giving error.
Can you tell me what is going wrong? Please reply asap.
I can send you the sld file or screenshot at your email - id
+Sarvesh Thakur Yes, send me your files, i'll take a look at them. Having a different form for a loft profile may be a source of potential errors. Check to make certain that you have all of the model lines and arcs in the same orientation and with similar sketch relations (like tangents) for each profile. You can send them to design@edi3di.com.
+DesignInnovations +Sarvesh Thakur
Hi Sarvesh,
Your model is interesting, I don’t think I have seen an enclosed spline
defined by only two spline points with vertical line and three dimensions.
One thing that is apparent with your model is that when you look at all
of your profiles normal to their planes that a lot of the splines curves don’t quite align with those of their neighbors. This may make it difficult for the loft to generate between more than two profiles. One potential solution is to add more spline points at predictable locations so that these curves will align. You also might consider using at least two guide curves starting on the front and back of the wings so that the transition between each profile can be smoothed out and made more predictable.
Another approach is to build your model using all of the profile planes
but only a portion of your airfoil using a simple but well defined spline for each profile and then a surface loft. Once you get one surface loft generated you can continue to add spline segments on each profile until you get a complete airfoil. This way if an error occurs you know exactly what step that error occurred.
I like the last approach better but the two former ones are easy enough to try first.
Let me know how it goes and send me some updated models.
I can also make a video demonstrating the surface loft option.
CSS
Sir, If you could make the video depicting the surface loft, it would be great!
+Sarvesh Thakur I found this video, at the link below, that looks a lot like what you are trying to accomplish. Notice that it has the spline profile shape that you are using plus it has a lot of reference geometry and guide curves. It can be used for both a solid or surface loft. I think that it will help you: ruclips.net/video/CEi-Qip70DI/видео.html
Thanks a lot... I will try this way now... hope it will do.
Thank you :)