What does it mean by saying from 'lofts to plots'

Archer-Saber · September 15, 2019, 23:13

Hey guys. I am a Chinese student who is learning CFD. In a lot of CFD papers I am reading now, there is a saying from 'lofts to plots'. I can understand each words of them separately. However, I have no idea what it means when they are put together. Any one can help me with that ? Thank you.

el_mojito · September 16, 2019, 00:42

Can you maybe give one or two examples (either the Paper DOI or the complete paragraph with the expression)? I have never seen this expression.

Archer-Saber · September 16, 2019, 01:19

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Originally Posted by el_mojito

Can you maybe give one or two examples (either the Paper DOI or the complete paragraph with the expression)? I have never seen this expression.

Sure. It's from the paper 'Thirty years of development and application of CFD at Boeing Commercial Airplanes '. I will give several examples below.

GregCFD · September 16, 2019, 01:36

It seems to mean from first conception (loft) to getting results (plots). It's od, I've never heard it before and Googling it gives nothing, could originally be a saying from language which isn't English?

Archer-Saber · September 16, 2019, 01:40

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Originally Posted by GregCFD

It seems to mean from first conception (loft) to getting results (plots). It's od, I've never heard it before and Googling it gives nothing, could originally be a saying from language which isn't English?

Yea, it's weird. That's why I get so confused when I found this saying occurs several times in this paper. I Googled it, and I think this saying only occurs in some aero papers. So I guess it's kind of words only used by aero engineers ?

sbaffini · September 16, 2019, 15:09

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lofting

It's a joke meaning from CAD to results, using a rhyme

Archer-Saber · September 17, 2019, 20:36

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Originally Posted by sbaffini

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lofting

It's a joke meaning from CAD to results using a rhyme

Thank you. I think that makes sense.

agd · September 18, 2019, 08:47

From here:

https://www.definitions.net/definition/Lofting

Lofting was a technique for drafting wing shapes years ago.

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Archer-Saber New Member Rongyu Chu Join Date: May 2018 Posts: 5 Rep Power: 8	Hey guys. I am a Chinese student who is learning CFD. In a lot of CFD papers I am reading now, there is a saying from 'lofts to plots'. I can understand each words of them separately. However, I have no idea what it means when they are put together. Any one can help me with that ? Thank you.

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sbaffini Senior Member Paolo Lampitella Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Italy Posts: 2,156 Blog Entries: 29 Rep Power: 39	https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lofting It's a joke meaning from CAD to results, using a rhyme GregCFD and Archer-Saber like this. Last edited by sbaffini; September 18, 2019 at 05:08.

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September 16, 2019, 00:42		#2
el_mojito New Member Join Date: Jan 2015 Posts: 19 Rep Power: 11	Can you maybe give one or two examples (either the Paper DOI or the complete paragraph with the expression)? I have never seen this expression.

September 16, 2019, 01:36		#4
GregCFD Member Join Date: May 2016 Posts: 38 Rep Power: 10	It seems to mean from first conception (loft) to getting results (plots). It's od, I've never heard it before and Googling it gives nothing, could originally be a saying from language which isn't English?

September 18, 2019, 08:47		#8
agd Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 357 Rep Power: 18	From here: https://www.definitions.net/definition/Lofting Lofting was a technique for drafting wing shapes years ago.