Two ideas:
1 - Try use the "hollow" function of your CAD system if this is possible
to you (i.e. Unigraphics has such a function)
2 - Write out the STL and hollow it by a stereolithography software
package like Magics, Deskartes or Surfacer RPM
Regards
Juergen Bauer
Siemens AG, EC CS A PD, Siemensstr. 13, 67346 Speyer, Germany
E-Mail Juergen.Bauer@spy.siemens.de
Tel. +49 6232 30 2501 Fax +49 6232 30 2110
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Monica & Glenn Whiteside [SMTP:SiderWhite@worldnet.att.net]
> Sent: Wednesday, May 13, 1998 6:41 AM
> To: Rapid Prototype Mailing List
> Subject: Rotational Balance Aircraft models
> Importance: High
>
> Dear rp-ml:
>
> Anybody out there (any friends at Boeing, Lockheed?) try using
> stereolithography for rotational balance aircraft test models? Our
> main
> concern with these models is weight - normally they're made out of a
> fiberglas and carved balsa wood laminate structure and their weight is
> kept
> under or around 12 lbs so the test data is not affected by the mass of
> the
> test model itself. We want to try QuickCast but we're concerned about
> it
> holding up during model assembly and test situations (it must have
> multiple
> detachable sections) and humidity problems. Any suggestions? If the
> QuickCast models don't work out at least we'll be able to easily make
> our
> mold patterns from the SL models....
>
> Thanks,
>
> Glenn Whiteside
> Cessna Aircraft
> e-mail: siderwhite@worldnet.att.net
>
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