airfoil coordinates entry

November 3, 2002, 07:29

Hi,

how does one enter airfoil corodinate data into cfx-build without having to enter each point in manually and generating a spline to fit the points?

this is getting cumbersone as the coordinate point list for the airfoils are over 100 points!

regards nandu

November 4, 2002, 21:32

Hi Nandu,

Load your points into a spreadsheet and add a [ and ] to either end of each point coordinate, then write it out to a file. Open this file in a text editor, select all the points and paste them into the point list box in the create point XYZ form.

Regards, Robin

November 5, 2002, 20:03

Well, except that you also need to "CFX-Buildize" the points first. i.e., make sure they have square brackets around each separate point.

Neale.

November 6, 2002, 16:56

That is exactly what I said.

November 7, 2002, 03:39

Now now boys ....

November 7, 2002, 09:51

I guess I should have read the post more carefully. Duh.

December 9, 2002, 13:09

Neale / Robin could you also do this using the PCL language to load the points automatically ? Bob

December 10, 2002, 09:23

Yes. There are PCL routines for file I/O.

Robin

November 3, 2002, 07:29	airfoil coordinates entry	#1
Nandu Guest Posts: n/a	Hi, how does one enter airfoil corodinate data into cfx-build without having to enter each point in manually and generating a spline to fit the points? this is getting cumbersone as the coordinate point list for the airfoils are over 100 points! regards nandu

November 4, 2002, 21:32	Re: airfoil coordinates entry	#2
Robin Guest Posts: n/a	Hi Nandu, Load your points into a spreadsheet and add a [ and ] to either end of each point coordinate, then write it out to a file. Open this file in a text editor, select all the points and paste them into the point list box in the create point XYZ form. Regards, Robin

November 5, 2002, 20:03	Re: airfoil coordinates entry	#3
Neale Guest Posts: n/a	Well, except that you also need to "CFX-Buildize" the points first. i.e., make sure they have square brackets around each separate point. Neale.

November 6, 2002, 16:56	Re: airfoil coordinates entry	#4
Robin Guest Posts: n/a	That is exactly what I said.

November 7, 2002, 03:39	Re: airfoil coordinates entry	#5
Suspicious Guest Posts: n/a	Now now boys ....

November 7, 2002, 09:51	Re: airfoil coordinates entry	#6
Neale Guest Posts: n/a	I guess I should have read the post more carefully. Duh.

December 9, 2002, 13:09	Re: airfoil coordinates entry	#7
Bob Guest Posts: n/a	Neale / Robin could you also do this using the PCL language to load the points automatically ? Bob

December 10, 2002, 09:23	Re: airfoil coordinates entry	#8
Robin Guest Posts: n/a	Yes. There are PCL routines for file I/O. Robin

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