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Old 02-09-2009, 12:01 PM   #38
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Default Re: SolidWorks & wings

Quote: Originally Posted by Spooky
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Nice work Mithrandir,

Here's a quick and dirty way to make some ribs in SW... by that I mean I did this in less than an hour with pics; no dimensions, and very basic shaped sketch's, just as an example. You can detail out the sketch's for better overall design and fit (notch's, cutout's, etc.)
Quick question on using this method.

Once you've made your rib part files by cutting up this lofted solid. Do you disassociate them somehow from this loft?

I'm thinking about when you take the rib part over to the "real wing" assembly and then want to make cuts, or adjustments based on what you find in the real wing assembly (i.e. servo mounting holes, pushrod/wire routing holes, etc).

Once the wing ribs are in the final assembly, do they still inherit properties from their original loft? From the wing assembly? From both?

Thanks to both of you for the great write-ups .

Tom
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