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Can't export an object made with loft to Flow Design

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Hagel123
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Can't export an object made with loft to Flow Design

Hello,

 

Currently I am making a Blended Wing Body, a NASA like airplane. I made this object by lofting multiple wing surfaces together. But, unfortunately, this object is removed when I try to export it to a .lst-file to put it int he Flow Design Simulator. All other objects can be exported to .lst whether they are made with loft or just presspulled wings. Does someone know the answer to my problem?

 

Another problem I encountered is that I cannot patch a surface to the holes in this wing body; it works fine with other objects - just not with my Blended Wing body.

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Hagel123
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It turned out that the wingsurfaces I imported were not completely closed and thus AutoCAD could not create a solid and so this object could not be exported to Flow Design

P.s.
I solved my problem by using the commando 'Pedit' and choosing the option 'close' in order to close the wingsurfaces.
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hartogj
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Thanks for the update.

 

Flow Design does not require a closed solid model - you can use surfaces. Just wanted to mention that in case others are wondering about this. In this case it just sounds like your CAD application required a closed solid to export the STL. 

 

Thanks

Jon



Jon den Hartog

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