I teach CAD as part of a robotics class, and am having
trouble finishing out a project I would like the class to do. We
are creating a rudder for a sailboat, with an NACA0012 airfoil
section. We've put the outline of the rudder on the right plane and
put the airfoil sketches on a sequence of planes offset from the
front plane. We can loft among the sections, but cannot figure out
a way to complete the loft on the left side of the part so that it
smoothly merges with the outline spline on the right plane.
Attached is the part. Other than putting another tiny airfoil
section on a plane very near the tip, is there a better way?
Thanks,
John Clayton
Thanks,
John Clayton
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