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| Spar
Slot Setup
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- Support added to spar setup to remove
side lines on full depth spars. New functionality!
- Added feature to center the spar
on the camber line . New functionality!
- Added option to loft spars
through multiple panels, (instead of
on a per panel basis), for both taper
, custom placement, and depth criteria.
New functionality!
- Added ability to selectively
turn on/off top/bottom spar caps for
full depth spars New functionality!
- Added support to protruding
spars beyond the surface. New functionality!
- Added option to Snap Spar
to Surface or airfoil. New functionality!
- Added option to remove spar's
internal 'X' stamp. New functionality!
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| Rib
Lofting
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- Support added to loft a full set
of ribs based upon a user defined planform
shape. The aspect ratio is automatically
adjusted to meet the users root chord
and panel length criteria. The lofted
ribs can then be generated with the
resulting thicknesses as calculated,
or forced into an elliptical thickness
transition from root to tip. New functionality!
- Added ability to extract .cor files
and .plf, (planform shape file), files
from .lft files if they do not exist
in the users coordinate directory. (
i.e. if a .lft file is given to someone,
they no longer need to also supply the
airfoils used in the lofting). New functionality!
- Added support to force the leading
edge angle to that of the local washout
angle. New functionality!
- Added ability to define (override
default) rib thickness when defining
Extra Rib positions within the lofting
window. New functionality!New functionality!
- Support for inboard chord lengths
to be longer than outboard chord lengths
when lofting wings. New functionality!
- Lofted ribs can now have a
different airfoil at each panel juncture
position. New functionality!New functionality!
- You can now define the number of
ribs within a wing panel instead of
the spacing. New functionality!
- Added support to generate multiple
lofted foam templates with auto template
height to create flat top surface. New
functionality!
- You can now define the wing sweep
by leading edge angle. New functionality!
- Double right click on V-Notches
in a full set of ribs allows you to
set V-notches on remaining ribs to the
same angle and position. New functionality!
- Support added to insert a panel
within existing panels while lofting
ribs. New functionality!
- If you already have spars defined,
and then add extra ribs, CompuFoil will
now auto-compute and adjust the spars’
starting and ending rib positions. New
functionality!
- Support added to use negative chord
lengths for modified elliptical lofting
to create scimitar shape wings. New
functionality!
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| Foam
Template Lofting
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- Added functionality allows you to
generate foam templates for up to five
panels at once with full lofting and
washout capability.
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| Full
Screen Editor
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- Added grid background to Full Screen
Editor with dual contrast controls on
floating tool box. New functionality!
- Left mouse button now moves/drags
the airfoil image in the Full Screen
Editor - no more need for scroll bars.
New functionality!
- Right mouse click pop-up menu
on tool box allows you to configure
tool box size. New functionality!
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| Modification
Items
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- Added trailing edge Flare Wizard
to thicken trailing edges of existing
airfoils. New functionality!
- Added Close Split Trailing Edge
function to merge open trailing edge
coordinates. New functionality!
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Airfoil Template
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- Added support for Horizontal Reference
line. Used by some as reference line
for clamping foam template into template
holder before cutting core. New functionality!
- You can now define the starting
and ending rib number for D-Tubes. New
functionality!
- Support added for percent of chord
trailing edge stock size. New functionality!
- Support added for independent trailing
edge stock size for each panel within
a wing. New functionality!
- Support added to allow for independent
leading edge and trailing edge ramp
lengths. New functionality!
- Support added for leading edge building
tabs. New functionality!
- Added Autocenter button to automatically
modify the foam template height to
center the airfoil within the foam thickness.
New functionality!
- Added Step-Four foam cutting machine
file output support. New functionality!
- Added Trailing Edge Strip placement
for use as trailing edge strips, (as
an alternative to solid trailing edge
stock), or wide spar material like carbon
sheet. New functionality!
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Misc. Items
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- User selectable template fonts.
New
functionality!
- Configuration utility to choose
which text items are printed on the
template. New functionality!
- Added support to automatically transfer
the result of calculations within the
CompuFoil Calculator to the entry field
the cursor was in before clicking on
the Calculator button within a window.
New functionality!
- The airfoil coordinate editor can
now change three column coordinate listings
to two column . New functionality!
- Added NACA 4 digit modified, 16
Digit, and 5 Digit Modified to NACA
generator. New functionality!
- Added Camber and camber position
sliders on NACA generator. New functionality!
- Added measurement feature. Pressing
Space Bar will temporarily set a zero
point at current cursor location. Moving
mouse will then show x-y distance from
that point as well as absolute distance.
Space again to reset. New functionality!
- Planform Creation Wizard allows
you to take an airfoil and morph it
into a planform shape for use with generating
full sets of ribs. New functionality!
- There' are many more minor enhancements
as well...
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