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First I'd like to say thanks to the guys who are making OR such a wonderful product! My builds wouldn't be quite so fun as they are w/o it's assistance in fin design and testing hypothesis on my upscale builds.
Next, I'd like to ask for the following features:
A way of putting in the number of sides on a fin (say a Hexigon, so 6, etc...). Then you indicate what the lengths are of the respective edges... say starting from the root edge, then working clockwise around the fin (label them with letters that can be changed to names). With that you should get a finite number of possible fin shapes, and you simply choose the one that is your match. This eliminates having to figure out what the coordinates are (which is a major source of frustration for me). In the case where really bizarre shapes appear, perhaps you could also have a distance to point number (say A/B corner to C/D corner) for additional clarification.
A tutorial on creating freeform fins would be helpful. [EDIT] I did one myself... You can find it here.
Alternate colors for the 3D background... A lot of my rockets are mostly white, they blend in with the background, so it's hard to get an idea of odd shapes (e.g. when different diameter tubes are butted up against one another).
Thanks Guys!
Jim
Next, I'd like to ask for the following features:
A way of putting in the number of sides on a fin (say a Hexigon, so 6, etc...). Then you indicate what the lengths are of the respective edges... say starting from the root edge, then working clockwise around the fin (label them with letters that can be changed to names). With that you should get a finite number of possible fin shapes, and you simply choose the one that is your match. This eliminates having to figure out what the coordinates are (which is a major source of frustration for me). In the case where really bizarre shapes appear, perhaps you could also have a distance to point number (say A/B corner to C/D corner) for additional clarification.
A tutorial on creating freeform fins would be helpful. [EDIT] I did one myself... You can find it here.
Alternate colors for the 3D background... A lot of my rockets are mostly white, they blend in with the background, so it's hard to get an idea of odd shapes (e.g. when different diameter tubes are butted up against one another).
Thanks Guys!
Jim
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