Scalable Airfoils based off chord dimension

Scalable Airfoils based off chord dimension

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Scalable Airfoils based off chord dimension

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Hello,

 

Is there anyway to scale an airfoil based of a chord dimension? I want to adjust chord lengths of an airfoil parametrically and have the airfoil scale accordingly. I drew the airfoil based off a csv file using the importSplineCSV add-in. This drew a decent spline of the airfoil. I drew a chord line in and added a dimension to it yet everytime I change this dimension it only moves a spline point instead of scaling them as desired. Is there any way to fix spline handles or some other method to scale the airfoil based off the chord dimension? The chord dimension is an imported parameter and will be changing often so I can't use the scale tool in the sketch bar since when I change the parameter it will not redo that scale automatically. 

 

Airfoil Chord Scaling Problem.PNG

 

Thanks for your help,

Sage

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I am pretty sure I don't quite understand fully but I tried a few things and I was able to copy and paste an airfoil. I took the second airfoil and selected it and hit scale. It showed I had selected 7 points and wanted me to pick another point. I picked the origin for lack of a better choice and it gave me a dialog. My airfoil was 3.5" and I wanted the new one to be 3 so I typed 3/3.5 into the dialog and it set the scale factor correctly.

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davebYYPCU
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I have not found an easy way to do that in Fusion either.

 

currently I import them full size.

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I should add that if you are using NACA airfoils there is an app to generate them in Fusion:

 

https://apps.autodesk.com/FUSION/en/Detail/Index?id=1569210467479959341&appLang=en&os=Win64

 

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