Airfoil Tools
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Anything, or part of anything that is exposed to a moving gas or liquid can benefit from a streamlined shape. 

In particular, wings, fins, ducts, propellers and turbines can all be vastly optimized by using the optimal correct shape. 

"Optimal" is complicated; it depends on size, speed, turbulence, altitude (or depth), the properties of your medium (temperature and density) and the surface finish you use (rough or smooth). 

To further complicated things, many of those things are a range (e.g. speed, temperature, pressure, etc) and when they are, there's often one point in that range where you need to concentrate on optimizing (e.g. cruising speed at cruising altitude). 

Airfoil Tools does this optimization for you.

Sobre esta versão

Versão 1.2.0, 13/09/2021
Initial release


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  • Best thing you can find
    Yavuz Kağan Yadigar | setembro 04, 2024 Download confirmado (O que é isto?)

    Thanks a lot for sharing that awesome tool for free! We are looking forward for Cowling <3


  • Works a treat.
    Pete Rathbun | agosto 23, 2024 Download confirmado (O que é isto?)

    As advertised. Thank you!


  • You Saved My Class
    Donald Jacob | junho 25, 2024 Download confirmado (O que é isto?)

    Thank you so much, Chris. We have a Fluid Dynamics presentation in 11 days, and I and my friend are designing for the whole class. This really came in handy. Please continue your updates, I am really loking forward to them

    Chris Drake (Fornecedor) | junho 27, 2024

    Good luck with your presentation! You might also love this (not related to Fusion) project: FluidX3d by Dr. Moritz Lehmann, and my branch of his work here https://github.com/gitcnd/FluidX3D/tree/inline_things which is a staggeringly fast modelling implementation. I'm working on porting this to python, so I can integrate it inside my AirFoil tools(not done yet, but my work on making it run from a windows commandline is functional so far).


  • Great tool!
    Jhonatan Lima | abril 25, 2024 Download confirmado (O que é isto?)

    Very useful, helps a lot with fast design iterations


  • Brilliant!
    Adrian Opheim | março 25, 2024 Download confirmado (O que é isto?)

    Excellent tool when working with anything airfoil-related. I've used it a bunch with imported .dat files from airfoiltools.com. Can varmly reccomend!


  • Very good
    theo montfort | março 21, 2024 Download confirmado (O que é isto?)

    Very good add-in


  • Such a useful tool!
    Nikolaos Karaiskos | março 17, 2024 Download confirmado (O que é isto?)

    Great tool! Thank you Chris for your contributions to the Fusion 360 Community!


  • Awesome Excelent Tool
    Thomas Kaussen | fevereiro 29, 2024 Download confirmado (O que é isto?)

    the perfect tool for the job, and with the propeller update absolutely amazing


  • thanks
    Yusuf Eren | janeiro 16, 2024 Download confirmado (O que é isto?)

    thanks for that perfect tool


  • Great Tool
    Sebastian Franken | outubro 27, 2023 Download confirmado (O que é isto?)

    Really nice tool. An awesome improvement would be a wing creator feature which can handle exported data from XFLR to create a wing skeleton and add the specific airfoil to the different sections.


  • Coldshower
    Yu-Chuan Chang | junho 17, 2023 Download confirmado (O que é isto?)

    Useful tool!


  • Really cool tool
    Gregor Cosmo Macleod | março 22, 2023 Download confirmado (O que é isto?)

    Very well done and very impressive for a free tool


  • Very good
    函宇 梅 | fevereiro 20, 2023 Download confirmado (O que é isto?)

    It's useful for my plane desing to 3d print


  • Working well
    Soyhan Erinan | fevereiro 19, 2023 Download confirmado (O que é isto?)

    Useful tool


  • the best add-on
    Kapa Bit | fevereiro 16, 2023 Download confirmado (O que é isto?)

    For RC models 


  • ANSYS Fluent be aware!
    Jon Mayo | fevereiro 05, 2023 Download confirmado (O que é isto?)

    XD


  • Thanks
    Emin Emre Özdilek | janeiro 27, 2023 Download confirmado (O que é isto?)

    It is so useful for my projects


  • helpful!
    Patric Jäger | janeiro 16, 2023 Download confirmado (O que é isto?)

    The wing itself i created before the update. now, after the update i need an alignment-wing, one, that turns the whole damn thing into the wind. et voila! :) Nice you did the update!


  • Nice
    Егор Головачев | novembro 21, 2022 Download confirmado (O que é isto?)

    .


  • SUPER
    Stéphane Clerc | novembro 09, 2022 Download confirmado (O que é isto?)

    SUPER


  • 好用的工具
    志豪 郭 | setembro 12, 2022 Download confirmado (O que é isto?)

    好用的工具


  • Amazing!
    Maurice Kettenis | agosto 26, 2022 Download confirmado (O que é isto?)

    Thank you very much for creating this incredible addin.


  • Perfect
    Mehmet GÜRAN | junho 26, 2022 Download confirmado (O que é isto?)

    perfect tools

     


  • super
    Burak Algül | junho 15, 2022 Download confirmado (O que é isto?)

    useful


  • its a great tool
    辉 王 | maio 11, 2022 Download confirmado (O que é isto?)

    thank you very useful


  • thank you
    Alexander Sabellnikov | maio 08, 2022 Download confirmado (O que é isto?)

    thank you


  • Great add-on, a must have
    simone leone | maio 03, 2022 Download confirmado (O que é isto?)

    For one like me that designs things related with water and air is a must have add-on, really grat, good job


  • Excellent script!
    Tehnolog Mechanical | abril 27, 2022 Download confirmado (O que é isto?)

    Excellent script!


  • No longer working?
    Filip Lingier | abril 25, 2022 Download confirmado (O que é isto?)

    Loved it, but with the latest Fusion360 version, it no longer appears. Already uninstalled and reinstalled it, nothing…

    hopefully, it gets updated.

     

    Chris Drake (Fornecedor) | abril 26, 2022

    Filip - thanks for your "bug report" - I was able to fix this problem at the server-side, so you will find it works immediately now, if you try again. In future, note that there is a "Get Technical Help" button next to the "Write a review" one: I fix bug reports immediately - it was just a fluke that I noticed you left me a bad review here, instead of a bug report :-) Feel free to fix or delete this "review" if you can.


  • Works Well
    Ethan Johnston | março 20, 2022 Download confirmado (O que é isto?)

    Only nit pick would be it asked me to update twice after first install

    Chris Drake (Fornecedor) | dezembro 09, 2022

    True - the updater needs an update itself (I forgot to cater for folders), then the product. When I sort out the last new feature I'm working on (letting people select an outline for a foil, instead of (or as well as) using formulas to make it) I'll re-submit it to the store (a long and complicated process)


  • Very useful
    Brian Buxton | fevereiro 08, 2022 Download confirmado (O que é isto?)

    Some features request a vote to finish up the UI. Looking forward to future versions with UI for Cowlings and Ducts.

    Chris Drake (Fornecedor) | dezembro 09, 2022

    Yes - highly complex math on those, especially when used along with props or turbines (Bernoulli etc). In the meantime, you can sketch a foil of for the flow conditions you expect, then manually "revolve" it to get either a duct or cowling that is at least "close" to what you need.


  • niceeee
    Mehmet Selcuk | janeiro 30, 2022 Download confirmado (O que é isto?)

    useful


  • Top
    lorenzo assiro | janeiro 06, 2022 Download confirmado (O que é isto?)

    awesome


  • great tool
    Alireza Ghanbarzadeh | janeiro 01, 2022 Download confirmado (O que é isto?)

    great tool , totally necassry for beginers like me!


  • Excellent
    Joosep Heering | novembro 24, 2021 Download confirmado (O que é isto?)

    Love it


  • Awesome Tool !
    Mike King | setembro 17, 2021 Download confirmado (O que é isto?)

    I know nothing about aerofoils, but i love printing and flying planes and this is helping me do that.


  • Really cool!
    Alphan Alking | setembro 07, 2021 Download confirmado (O que é isto?)

    I love it!


  • Very good
    Gabriel Giotto | agosto 12, 2021 Download confirmado (O que é isto?)

    Love it,  thank you!


  • fantastic tool
    Anton Levin | junho 14, 2021 Download confirmado (O que é isto?)

    I really cant believe I stumbled on this right at the time I was planning to make a plane.


  • really usefull !
    alexandre hersent | maio 17, 2021 Download confirmado (O que é isto?)

    Usefull tool, thank you !


  • Excellent tool!
    Paul Flett | maio 13, 2021 Download confirmado (O que é isto?)

    Absolutely great tool. Looking forward to seeing it develop!!!


  • Great software!!
    Alexander Hermanns | maio 03, 2021 Download confirmado (O que é isto?)

    I design model aircraft, and also sailboats. Great software, provides the right set of parameters, is easy to use and produces great results. Well done!


  • Fantastic
    Nathaniel Petre | março 17, 2021 Download confirmado (O que é isto?)

    This is such a massive help. THANKS!


  • Really excellent tool
    Tony Clare | fevereiro 28, 2021 Download confirmado (O que é isto?)

    Only just starting with this tool and already unlocking great insights. Brilliant work.


  • Very nice tool!
    Peter Matejovsky | fevereiro 05, 2021 Download confirmado (O que é isto?)

    Very nice tool! Hope planned features will get implemented as well. 

    Options for wing joiners and aerodynamic fillet would be very usefull. These are most time parts that ake lontime to get right...

     


  • Very nice!
    Douglas Thomson | janeiro 14, 2021 Download confirmado (O que é isto?)

    Congratulations Chris, and thankyou for providing this great add-in. Airfoils are not my business, but more an interesting pastime/hobby and having this app gives anyone a great way to explore this fascinating engineering area, and married with Fusion360 really gives the user scope to play. Major applause to you! Software is an area I could get into. What is the app written in? Python?

    Chris Drake (Fornecedor) | janeiro 15, 2021

    Thanks for the kind review! There are 3 parts to this app: the Fusion 360 add-in (written in Python), the particle-swarm and genetic optimizer (written in Perl), and the CFD solver (Written in Fortran - I kid you not). The "back end" stuff runs on a cluster with 204 high-speed CPUs. Software is a great area to get into - especially if you've got "the knack" (i.e. a logical mind). I'm able to give this away for free because another software product I wrote pays my wages indefinitely - that's the cool thing about software: write it well, and it works indefinitely for you, and you get to spend the money it earns for you :-)


  • Insane that it's free
    Marek Ištok | dezembro 29, 2020 Download confirmado (O que é isto?)

    I've never seen this kind of a tool publicly available anywhere, let alone integrated right into a CAD environment. Just amazing.


  • It's great!
    Orazio Vescovi | dezembro 19, 2020 Download confirmado (O que é isto?)

    I've been looking for such a tool for a while now, and it is exacly what I needed. Thank you for the amazing resource.

    Hope the propeller generator is added soon.

     

    Orazio, Italy

    Chris Drake (Fornecedor) | dezembro 29, 2020

    Hi Orazio - thanks for the kind comment. The Prop generator is now included (you might need to open Fusion360 and wait 5 or 10 minutes for the "Update?" option to show in the Add-in first though). Here's a screencast showing how to make props: https://autode.sk/37mAkrs - if you get stuck (or have any comments/feedback), feel free to ask/get in touch!


  • Great tool! can't wait for additional menu options to come live
    Karen Lombard | dezembro 13, 2020 Download confirmado (O que é isto?)

    thanks very much for making this resource available! +1 on hoping the duct option works soon

    Chris Drake (Fornecedor) | dezembro 29, 2020

    Hi Karen (and @ron toller): would you be able to spare 5 or 10 mins to help me narrow down the questions my add-in needs to ask to produce useful ducts for people? Maybe post in the forum below (or reply by email to fusion360-support@OceanHydro.com.au ): It would be useful to learn what kind of duct you want (I assume for a prop? if not - tell me!), and what information you already know (or can reasonably find out) about it (speed ranges, size, thrust needed, medium, etc) and how you intend to construct it (e.g. must it be fixed, or can you manage a variable nozzle arrangement). The correct shape means the difference between adding (correct) 20% thrust, or robbing (wrong shape) 50% thrust - and the shape is determined from how it will be used, which I somehow need to ask my users to tell me so I can compute it... https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/fusion-360-api-and-scripts/airfoiltools-add-in-current-feature-list-reply-to-this-topic-to/m-p/9888073 Here's a good video showing how badly the wrong duct makes everything worse: https://youtu.be/mY8ZPB0Gs2I?t=39


  • Super Tool
    Walter Reist | novembro 30, 2020 Download confirmado (O que é isto?)

    Bis jetzt habe ich nur das Import Tool für Profile benutzt.Auch für weniger geübte  Anwender ist das Tool ein super Werkzeug mit der Option zum reduzieren der Punkte am Profil ,und es ist auch möglich die Austrittskante  auf die gewünschte Dicke anzupassen. (Last Beta 30.11)

     


  • Great tool
    Kursat Uvez | novembro 30, 2020 Download confirmado (O que é isto?)

    I have been using this tool since its first version. I've tried to do complicated imports from dat files, drawings. This tool allows me to create them easily. It also allows me to see the CL/CD of the sectionsit generated. The features keeps coming, so I expect this to be even better.


  • Ducts
    ron toller | novembro 24, 2020 Download confirmado (O que é isto?)

    Absolutely great tool. I realy hope the ducts will come also so I can use that on my self building cinewhoops 

    Ron, netherlands 

    Chris Drake (Fornecedor) | novembro 25, 2020

    Hi Ron - thanks for the review! While the ducts *menu* option isn't yet working, you *can* still make ducts with this tool. Simply generate an airfoil as normal, then sweep it around in a circle to make the duct. That's the simple part. The not-so-simple bit... putting a propeller in the middle means that you've created a "vacuum" at the inlet, and a faster-moving stream of air at the outlet - so the inlet needs to be wider than the outlet (it's best if you can put the prop as close to the inlet opening as possible, so the inlet is not in the way of the air it's trying to suck in!). It's probably worth experimenting with an un-ducted prop and some string or paper, so you can get the outlet size right: https://youtu.be/fbOXXLtaOVg . If it's *wrong*, you reduce the thrust.


  • Airfoil import?
    José Alfredo Rosas | novembro 16, 2020 Download confirmado (O que é isto?)

    It is a really nice and complete tool, but it'd be nice to have the option to import .DAT files.

    Chris Drake (Fornecedor) | novembro 17, 2020

    Yes, it does import and export - but you need the updated version for that (go into the Add-in "settings" and click the "check now" box). I posted screenshots of this: https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/fusion-360-design-validate/beta-testers-wanted-for-my-add-in-airfoil-tools-testing-import/td-p/9871893 Besides reading (and, optionally, automatically repairing) any kind of airfoil data file in any known format (or even just excel), it also includes options to re-spline the input, set minimum thicknesses, scale and join to your chosen location, rotate arbitrary amounts, flip it, add constraints, wrap it all around some axis (e.g. for rotating foils, like propellers), and insert elipses (useful for wingtips to have nice ends). I will be submitting this update to the production version after it undergoes more testing.


  • Excellent tool!
    Romain Bazile | outubro 08, 2020 Download confirmado (O que é isto?)

    Very useful, full of options and a good documentation, perfect!

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