#Ksp protractor how to#
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No problem - with one of the meshes selected, simply hold down the Shift key and right-click to select the other section of wing mesh as well (1). Turns out, this model has two separate meshes for the main wing. Use the middle mouse button to pan the camera around for a better view and use the right-click button to select the large main mesh area.

#Ksp protractor how to#

Success! For this tutorial, I have chosen to derive values for the Coffee Industries swept wing, as it offers up several good examples of how to properly handle a FAR aerofoil you won't see in other, more basic parts.ДЄlso, because I want to use it in FAR! :pДЄlright, first thing we need to do is isolate the main aerofoil mesh. We're once again back to the file viewer scene so navigate to your model's location (1) select the model (2) and click the button (3) or double-click the file to load it up. You don't need to restart Blender, everything is ready now for us to import our KSP model.Д¬lick the File menu (1), select Import (2) and choose the KSP Mu format (3). Now that that's done, let's return this section of the screen back to the Properties pane by selecting the current editor type button (1) and selecting Properties (2).

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zip file.Д«lender will take us back to the main view with the Addons panel, and we can find the new addon in the Import-Export category (1) and enable it by selecting its checkbox (2).

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zip file (2) and click the Install from File.

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Zip archive you downloaded earlier off the KSP forums (1). Use the file system navigator or enter the path to the directory where you stashed the. mu importer by clicking the Install from File. mu importer while we're here let's also enable the Measure Panel plugin, which you can find in the 3D View category (2) and enable it by clicking the check box (3). Now navigate to the Addons pane (1) and before we install the. Then click the current editor type button (1) and select User Preferences (2). Once you have done this, load up Blender and pull out the right-side frame using the grab handle. There is no need to unzip the package, Blender expects to import the addon by loading a. zip file anywhere on your system, whether in the KSP folder or the Blender AddOns folder or a location elsewhere. mu model format requires a custom importer to be added to Blender in order for us to load them in the program.ДЄ custom importer has already been created by the community and can be downloaded here. Also, this is me having used Blender for all of 3 days :P NOTE: This tutorial was done on a Windows-based system. If you do not have this tool, the first step for you is to install it onto your computer. In a pinch one can use the value the stock module uses, but these tend to be very rough approximations due the inherent imprecision of the stock model.ДЇor this tutorial, we will be using the latest version of the Blender 3D modeling environment at the time of this writing, which is v2.7 and is free to download.

When producing values for controllable surfaces, one should also measure out the ratio of the surface areas of the entire wing and the moving part, and enter that as CtrlSurfFrac.

Therefore, any parts of the mesh over the y axis should be ignored.

FAR assumes the wing starts at the model origin.

Knowing this, we can then use the following measurements and equations to calculate the various values that are required for a FAR aerofoil part:

Orange: FAR's trapezoidal approximation of the wing shape.

We can see this using the Squad SweptWing for an example: It assumes the shape being described has exactly 4 sides:ДЇurthermore, it assumes both the wing tip and the wing root are parallel to each other and the Z-axis. FAR uses a trapezoidal approximation for aerofoil shapes.