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RE: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Modeling a twisted blade on autocad?? PLease help!

on 2002-07-16 00:36:23 UTC
>I was wondering if somebody teach me how to design a twisted blade
>such as a fan blade. I know how to make a straight blade with
>polylines but I cant twist it and make the contours i want.

In Autocad that is very hard. A nurbs based cad program like rhino
should be much better.

I you have to use autocad and you have a newer version (MD4+, creator),
take a look at lofts and 3d surfaces. You can cut a solid with a loft,
but editing the result is usually unsatisfactory.

N.

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