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Spline as reference

tecnicoKJFRK
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Spline as reference

tecnicoKJFRK
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Good morning everyone, 

I was wondering if there's a way of using a 3D spline (obtained by the intersection of 3 points in the space) as a reference while scaling a NACA profile.
Honestly I have doubts that this is correct since the scaling as reference I imagine would basically destroy the NACA profile.
Now I am currently connecting the 1st and 3rd points using a straight line and then scaling the NACA using its chord (I'm using a symmetrical profile) like others previously recommended me in a post I submitted last month.

 

Thanks in advance, I truly hope we could figure out a way of doing this in order to obtain a post that'd help people in the future while drawing a turbine blade of similar objects.

M.

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cheryl.buck
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Hi @tecnicoKJFRK,

 

Great question. I am not sure I have seen anyone scale an object by reference to a 3D spline. Given the rather organic form of a NACA profile and some elements that it may be comprised of (for example arcs), I would tend to agree with you.  

 

Maybe create a test copy of your file, try scaling, then compare the results?

 

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All the best,

 

Cheryl Buck
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leeminardi
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What is your goal in using a 3D spline as reference for scaling the NACA profile?  Scaling by reference just uses lengths, either specified explicitly or indirectly by the distance between two points, to linearly scale geometry.    

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