How can arc-length be x-coordinate of a chart?

shenying0710 · December 28, 2012, 00:42

Hi, my friends,
I want to make a chart to show the pressure distribution along a curve on a blade, but I don't know how to make the arclength-coordinate. It seems that there's no such variable in the list of variable selector.
Thank you.
Shenying

ghorrocks · December 28, 2012, 04:22

If you make a line object along a blade surface you should have length along the line as a variable.

shenying0710 · December 28, 2012, 23:53

Thanks, Glenn. I see a variable named 'length' in the list of the variable selector, but from the final chart, I feel it's not the length along the object line.
Snap2.jpg

shenying0710 · December 29, 2012, 00:31

The chart:
Snap3.jpg

ghorrocks · December 29, 2012, 04:40

I am not sure what is going on there. I would export the data along the line and see if an external package (excel, matlab, whatever) makes sense of it.

December 28, 2012, 00:42	How can arc-length be x-coordinate of a chart?	#1
shenying0710 New Member Shen Ying Join Date: Jan 2012 Posts: 22 Rep Power: 3	Hi, my friends, I want to make a chart to show the pressure distribution along a curve on a blade, but I don't know how to make the arclength-coordinate. It seems that there's no such variable in the list of variable selector. Thank you. Shenying

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December 28, 2012, 04:22		#2
ghorrocks Super Moderator Glenn Horrocks Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 7,026 Rep Power: 60	If you make a line object along a blade surface you should have length along the line as a variable.

December 28, 2012, 23:53		#3
shenying0710 New Member Shen Ying Join Date: Jan 2012 Posts: 22 Rep Power: 3	Thanks, Glenn. I see a variable named 'length' in the list of the variable selector, but from the final chart, I feel it's not the length along the object line. Snap2.jpg

December 29, 2012, 00:31		#4
shenying0710 New Member Shen Ying Join Date: Jan 2012 Posts: 22 Rep Power: 3	The chart: Snap3.jpg

December 29, 2012, 04:40		#5
ghorrocks Super Moderator Glenn Horrocks Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 7,026 Rep Power: 60	I am not sure what is going on there. I would export the data along the line and see if an external package (excel, matlab, whatever) makes sense of it.