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- From: jkn@ohm.york.ac.uk (John Nicoll)
- Newsgroups: rec.kites
- Subject: Re: plotfoil
- Message-ID: <1993Jan27.162253.26888@ohm.york.ac.uk>
- Date: 27 Jan 93 16:22:53 GMT
- References: <18149@umd5.umd.edu> <C1GpzC.4KC@acsu.buffalo.edu>
- Organization: Electronics Department, University of York, UK
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- In <C1GpzC.4KC@acsu.buffalo.edu> trljim@ubvmsb.cc.buffalo.edu (JIM SONNENMEIER) writes:
-
- >In article <18149@umd5.umd.edu>, jeffy@syrinx.umd.edu (Jeffrey C. Burka) writes...
- >>
- >>Quite a while ago somebody posted a postscript program to plot
- >>airfoils. A friend of mine needs this program, and I didn't save it,
- >>silly me.
- >>
- >>If anyone could either mail it to me or point me to an appropriate
- >>FTP site, I would greatly appreciate it.
- >>
- >>Thanks,
- >>
- >>Jeff
- >>--
- >ftp site for plotfoil ....
-
- >bigwig.geology.indiana.edu (129.79.146.87) in directory
- >/models/airfoil/plotfoil
-
- >Jim
-
- This is probably the program that Jeff wants, although it doesn't
- _quite_ fit his description. Plotfoil takes a coordinate list
- and _generates_ a PostScript program to plot it on your laser
- printer. I may be the original source of his information, since I
- used PlotFoil to generate a template for making a `Speedfoil'
- Flexifoil clone a while ago (Almost finished a 10foot version now,
- which I'm looking forward to flying).
-
- I mantion all of this because (i) if there is another program out
- there, I'd like to hear about it, and (ii) to mention that I have
- just downloaded a program from the net which allows you to edit,
- view, and print airfoils (on `a PC with Graphics capability').
- I haven't even tried it yet, but will pass it on if people are
- interested.
-
- I think it only plots to a dot matrix printer tho'.
-
- cheers
- john N
-
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