---------------------------------------------------------- Pietenpol-List Digest Archive --- Total Messages Posted Sat 10/16/04: 1 ---------------------------------------------------------- Today's Message Index: ---------------------- 1. 07:57 PM - Plotting Coordinates for Pietenpol Wing Rib ( NO FILES ATTACHED) (John E. Joyce) ________________________________ Message 1 _____________________________________ Time: 07:57:27 PM PST US From: "John E. Joyce" Subject: Pietenpol-List: Plotting Coordinates for Pietenpol Wing Rib ( NO FILES ATTACHED) Pieters: A few hours ago I sent out the message below with 3 small files attached. If anyone is interested in seeing the files, let me know and I will post them to the photo section. I can also email them to you. John Pieters: If you're interested in looking at my early efforts to get a Piet rib into a CAD file read on, otherwise trash this message. Earlier this year someone published the coordinates for the Piet rib. As luck would have it, I kept the coordinates but not the name of the person posting them. Tonight I finally got around to converting the coordinates into a format acceptable to rib design software I have been using for model aircraft design. (It handles ribs up to 11 feet in size.) That software also creates DXF files, the CAD interchange format. I plugged the Piet DXF file into AutoCAD 2000 and now have a real CAD file. I have attached these files for you. Don't know if there is much interest. File 1: PIETCFWN.TPL Created using SoarSoft Software's CompuFoil. This "TPL" file is a type created by this application. I provide it in case someone out there has this software. File 2: PIETRIB.DXF Created using software above. It is described as the standard CAD interchange or exchange format. File 3: PIETRIB.DWG Created using AutoCAD 2000. Please note that the leading edge looks a little sloppy. I can't tell if it's the Compufoil software or perhaps the coordinates. Maybe someone can re-identify the original contributor. Also note I have made no attempt to add the internal rib parts and won't get into it until I am more comfortable with the coordinates. Regards, John John Joyce 9 Sylvia Road North Reading, MA 01864 978.664.3578 John Joyce 9 Sylvia Road North Reading, MA 01864 978.664.3578