Winfoil Activation Enhancement

Thu, 20 Feb 2020 06:40:47 GMT

This feature has been renamed to Activation Enhancement as Auto Activation is not possible due to technical reasons.
This feature will allow a registered Winfoil user to obtain an unlock code without having to logon to the Winfoil Portal.
All they will need is their email address that was supplied with their purchase.
The Winfoil portal will email the user with a pin code to enter.
The user will enter the pin code and if this matches the email address then the Winfoil Portal will provide an unlock code.
This will require an internet connection to work and the User must exist in the Winfoil Portal.

1/5/2020

C# REST web services have been created and tested for PIN generation, email of PIN, and activation using a supplied email address and PIN. These have been tested and deployed.
Registration number, user id and unlock code fields have been added to the Winfoil database and will be displayed on the About screen.
A button has been added to copy these details to the Clipboard.
The next task is to add a new activation screen in Winfoil and add functions to call the new REST web services.

A screenshot of the new About screen is shown below.

15/10/2020
Included with V3.0.50 patch and setup package.

22/2/2021

The RegInfo program has been removed in V3.0.51.
The Winfoil Registration screen has been modified to fully support activation by email.

1. Install Winfoil 3 and start it.

2. Enter the email address that you used to purchase Winfoil.
3. Click the Get PIN Code button.
4. You will receive an email with a PIN code after a few minutes.
5. Enter the PIN code.

6. Click the Register With PIN Code button. This action will retrieve the unlock code, your user name and activate Winfoil.

These details will be saved and can be viewed in the About screen in Winfoil.

Jig Hole Washout

Wed, 19 Feb 2020 20:06:17 GMT

Add setting to Jig Holes for washout

There will be two parameters.

Washout Degress (negative)
Washout Span % - Used to vary the washout linearly along the span. Default will be 100%.

Example for 100% span

-2 degress washout at the tip rib
-1 degrees washout at mid span.
0 degrees at root rib.

First phase released in V3.0.49.
This includes changes to the Print Design screen and the addition of the new fields to the database.
The second phase will be released in V3.0.51

3/4/2020

Calculations for washout have been checked and these will now be put into the jig hole module.
A modification to the above screen will be made to allow for different sizes of jig hole. This will allow the use of smaller diameter rods for the trailing edge jig hole.

1/5/2020
Added jig hole 2 diameter field to the Winfoil database and added the new field to the Print Design screen. This field is currently disabled and will default to the same value as jig hole 1.
This will allow a smaller diameter wing rod to be used to allow for rib clearance when washout is applied otherwise the second jig hole would have to be a much smaller distance from the first jig hole.

29/6/2020
Made modifications to support different jig hole sizes. Can now print and export DXF files with different jig hole sizes.

22/2/2021
Completed and tested washout functionality

Roadmap

Winfoil Activation Enhancement

Jig Hole Washout