Aero Plot - free airfoil plotting software

[crashdaily]

Hi,
if you have AutoCAD you can use Aero Plot program to read .dat files and make a dxf file that you open with AutoCAD. At this moment only .dat files can be read. The program (450 kB zipped) can be downloaded from www.cncplusplus.com (http://www.cncplusplus.com) - go to Free software | Aero Plot.
Enjoy,
Zdenek

[nmasters]

Interesting. There are two autolisp routines for airfoil plotting in ACAD. An older one that appears to be written specifically for ACAD 2000:http://sa-jarts.blogspot.com/2007/11/airfoil-plotter-for-autocad.html

and one for newer versions: http://mobiusdesigns.wordpress.com/2008/03/18/hello-world/

Since I don't have access to ACAD newer than R14 I use a word processor to turn .DAT and .COR files into Autocad scripts. It just takes a few minutes

There's also a fuselage lofting routine here: http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=201777

Here's a program to make flat patterns for cones that will save in DXF: http://www.pulserate.com/index.php?content=product

--Norm

[crashdaily]

Thanks Norm for your reply and tips. I would thought that somebody has written a lisp script already, but I did not know the sources you referenced. I was thinking to write an ACAD dll using ARX to get the points into ACAD, but first, to make it simple and fast, I made this interface. It should work with ACAD R14 as well, since the dxf holds nothing else that entities section - points and lines in this case.
Regards,
Zdenek

[nmasters]

Oh, you didn't mention that it's an app you wrote. I just snarfed a copy. I don't really need another airfoil application but I'd like to see how this one works. It never hurts to have alternatives when somebody asks for acad help. My home pc is running WinXP. I'll let you know how it turns out.

--Norm

[crashdaily]

Sorry Norm, it's my problem that I am difficult to understand - my wife is telling me all the time ...
Yes, it's a standalone application, you can see the airfolil in the graphic window, but to plot it, you need AutoCAD (at least with this version). Hope it works OK on your machine.
Regards,
Zdenek

[nmasters]

I finally got around to running aeroplot. As you said, it works fine under WinXP and older versions of ACAD don't have any problem with the DXF because you aren't using any of the newer geometric entities.

[crashdaily]

Ver 2.0 - you can plot directly from the application.
Regards,
Zdenek