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    • N Offline
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      To taper a cylinder, you simply need to scale the face at one end either larger or smaller. But I think there's more to the shape of an airplane fuselage than a tapered cylinder.

      See what you think of this:

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      -Gully

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        alan wood
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        Hi guys,
        I think there were a few people on the old forum who did a teach package on this. I think, one was Jean Lemire who is a member of this forum.

        Alan.

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        • GaieusG Offline
          Gaieus
          last edited by

          Hi 3eighty,

          Gully's tuts are very intuitive, I'd suggest it to you .
          I also made a tut about tapering into a non-parallel shape (see it here) but for a fuselage a simple follow me would also do it. However an airplane body is not axisymmetrical (correct my English, Gully, if the term is not correct, please...)

          Gai...

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            dylan
            last edited by

            Again, nice simple effective tut Gulley, good stuff!

            Another way to taper a cylinder similar to Kris's method is to highlite the top edge and in the Entity Info box and change the circle radius.

            http://dmdarchitecture.co.uk/

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            • KrisidiousK Offline
              Krisidious
              last edited by

              speaking of that dylan, have you ever wished you could change the square footage manually, by typing in that info box?

              By: Kristoff Rand
              Home DesignerUnique House Plans

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                3eighty
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                As always a BIG thank you to you all...Off to play now..

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                  dylan
                  last edited by

                  @unknownuser said:

                  speaking of that dylan, have you ever wished you could change the square footage manually, by typing in that info box?

                  I have never actually thought of that, but now you mention it..

                  http://dmdarchitecture.co.uk/

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                  • KrisidiousK Offline
                    Krisidious
                    last edited by

                    I can never get an acre to be an arce by drawing it. in a square... it's always off just a little in square feet...

                    if I could type it in that would be great... but then it would have to push it'self out along some edge and chose that edge.

                    ahhh to wish

                    By: Kristoff Rand
                    Home DesignerUnique House Plans

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                    • GaieusG Offline
                      Gaieus
                      last edited by

                      I don't have any problem with hectars though (100 metres by 100 metres = 10,000 square metres).
                      Why don't you convert to some more logical measurement units?!
                      πŸ˜„

                      Gai...

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                      • Jean LemireJ Offline
                        Jean Lemire
                        last edited by

                        Hi folks.

                        See attached SU file. This an acre with an error of about 0.0000004 %.

                        Just ideas.

                        Acre.skp

                        Jean (Johnny) Lemire from Repentigny, Quebec, Canada.

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                        • KrisidiousK Offline
                          Krisidious
                          last edited by

                          @gaieus said:

                          I don't have any problem with hectars though (100 metres by 100 metres = 10,000 square metres).
                          Why don't you convert to some more logical measurement units?!
                          πŸ˜„

                          from your lips to our goverment's ears... we pray...

                          By: Kristoff Rand
                          Home DesignerUnique House Plans

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                          • KrisidiousK Offline
                            Krisidious
                            last edited by

                            yes Jean, that's very good... but you've got your units set to decimal. so it's for some reason much more accurate.

                            I'm set on imperial... so taking Jean's que...

                            I took his? drawing... and converted it to imperial. and then it's exactly an acre. or 43,560 sq. ft.

                            so I guess if an imperial person wants a precise drawing, we need to draw in decimal then convert to imperial....

                            well thanks for the work around Jean... boy or girl, not sure?

                            don't take offense, my name is Kris with a K so I know...

                            By: Kristoff Rand
                            Home DesignerUnique House Plans

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                            • jujuJ Offline
                              juju
                              last edited by

                              Looking at the signature it reads "(Johnny)" so I guess Jean is male and not female then. πŸ˜‰

                              Save the Earth, it's the only planet with chocolate.

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                              • Jean LemireJ Offline
                                Jean Lemire
                                last edited by

                                Hi folks.

                                Yes, I use Johnny with my English speaking friends.

                                Jean is the french for John.

                                Jean (Johnny) Lemire from Repentigny, Quebec, Canada.

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