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Winfoil is a an aeronautical computer aided design tool for designing,
analysing and modifying model aircraft. It also provides the ability
to print the design (wing ribs, fuselage sides, wing and tail plans)
to any Windows supported printer and export design components to
DXF files for import into other CAD programs such as AutoCAD. It
is typically used forthe design of radio control model aircraft,
yacht keels, rudders, car spoilers and windmills.
Latest News
8th May 2012
A new release of Winfoil 3 (Version 3.3.7) is now available. This
update will not be automatically downloaded. Registered users
can download the patch from the Winfoil
User Portal. or from this link
patch37.zip
An updated 3.3.7 Setup will be released shortly once installation testing is complete
This release contains the following fixes.
- Added new help topic covering Performance Analysis.
- User Manual updated with details about new features and design performance analysis.
- Fixed error with HTML export for design reports.
- CL Max and propeller efficiency can now be set at the design specification level.
Previously these settings could only be set globally and applied to all designs.
Initial values are set from the Performance settings in the Preferences screen.
Specification reports have been modified to display these settings.
Import and export of designs have been updated for these settings.
- Fixed update error in Design screen.
- Spar position can now be fixed in relation to the chord instead of following a chord position along the span.
- Design picture zoom has been changed to maintain picture aspect ratio when zooming in and out.
- Fixed issue where print preview required two button clicks to view.
- Fixed print of performance data so that speed and power required match selected units.
Previously would display speed in ft/sec and power required in HP.
- Fixed issue with the saving of Design and Airfoil screen positions when closing Winfoil using the Close Window button.
- Fixed performance chart speed ranges.
Previously these charts were plotted for speeds many magnitudes greater than the estimated maximum speed of the design.
- JavaFoil airfoil analysis now writes to the CommonAppData folder.
This is required for Vista and Windows 7 when running Winfoil as a non Administrator user.
- Export Ribs to DXF has been enhanced to allow the skin to be omitted for CNC rib cutting.
2nd January 2011
A new release of Winfoil 3 (Version 3.3.6) is now available. This
update will not be automatically downloaded. Registered users
can download the patch from the Winfoil
User Portal. or from this link
patch36.zip
If you are having problems with the V3.3.5 update and Winfoil is displaying an error "File not found: wuw.dll"
Please run patch35.exe in the Winfoil3 folder.
This release contains the following fixes.
- The DXF export for ribs where a trailing edge thickness was specified has been fixed. Previously this was incorrectly scaling the rib y
coordinates due to an error in the calculation of the maximum thickness.
- Fixed display of airfoil profiles in Wing Wizard.
- Fixed import of Winfoil Design XML files with european number format.
- Fixed display of ribs in Rib View of Design Properties screen. Rib view was not catering for variable rib spacing.
- Fixed issue with airfoil interpolation for DXF rib export.
- Fixed issue with interpolation when variable rib spacing was used.
- Fixed issue with change to skin thickness in the Print Design screen it would reset the rib spacing in the design cad screen.
- You may need to reset the rib thickness for an existing design. You can check it by opening the design properties screen
and clicking on the Rib Spacing and Thickness Distribution tab. The rib thickness is displayed in mm or inches. You need to make sure that none of these have been incorrectly set. You can quickly reset them by clicking on the Reset Rib Thickness button. Press the Apply button to complete the update. There was a problem in V3.0.34 where changes to the thickness were not happening automatically as a wing design changed.
- Fixed issue for change to dimension units in the Design Cad screen. Changing dimensions was not updating the spar sizes and rib spacing.
- The installation program has been updated using the latest version of Installshield (2011). Previously installations in non-English versions of Windows 7 or Windows Vista would fail due to a permission error 1609 when setting the permissions on the program data folder (Common Application Data). This folder is used to store the database and configuration files in accordance with Microsoft installation guidelines.
Winfoil for the Web
A prototype version of Winfoil for the web has been built as a proof of concept using Adobe Flex and Microsoft .Net. View
Winfoil Web Prototype
CNC Router
The author has been building a CNC router. This will be used to
test the generation of G-Code from Winfoil. 5/10/2010 Latest pictures of CNC Machine Mark 2 have been uploaded. All parts except for the bed
were cut by CNC Machine Mk1. Around 70 parts were cut out. New machine has better rigity and the Router has an extension shaft.
View
pictures.
Winfoil 3
Winfoil 3 is now available for registered users. A number of registered
user have been contacted about the release. If you have not received
an email please contact Winfoil
Support. A trial unregistered version is now also available
for download. Please see the Download
page for details. For more details on Winfoil 3 see the Overview.
User Portal
A Winfoil User Portal has been created
for registered users to access copies of their registered software
and update contact details. Registered users can generate an unlock
code to activate their copy of Winfoil. The user portal has been
developed using Adobe Flex, Flextense and Microsoft .Net technologies.
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