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A Pro/DESKTOP Tutorial (Module 11)
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Drawing the WING

[Figure 6]
Fig 6.

[Figure 7]
Fig 7. The wing


In this drawing you will draw one wing without chamfers, so that the drawing can be used for both wings. Once both wings are complete radiuses can be added for aerodynamic shape to your design for each wing.
  1. Start a new Design
  2. From the View menu choose Plan
  3. With the Create Straight [Create Straight button] tool draw a horizontal line starting from the centre of the green arrow. (Holding down the SHIFT key restrains lines to the vertical or horizontal.)
  4. Move the cursor over the line and double click the right mouse button.
  5. In the Properties box set the length of line to 31 metres.
  6. Select OK (Due to the size the line is not visible.)
  7. From the View menu choose Autoscale to see the line from the centre of the green arrow
  8. Construct a vertical line from the green arrow/horizontal line.
  9. Select the Constrain Separation [Constrain Separation button] tool
  10. Select the bottom of the vertical line and then the top of the vertical line, hold the left mouse button down and drag to the side. This will gives a dimension which constrains the drawing the length of the line
  11. In the Properties box set the line length to 11 metres
  12. Select OK. (Due to its size the line is not visible.)
  13. Right click the mouse button in the drawing area and choose View menu choose Autoscale.

Completing the wing

[Figure 8]
Fig 8.

[Figure 9]
Fig 9. The completed wing


  1. With the Line tool draw a diagonal line to form the edge of the wing.
  2. Choose the Select Line [Select Line button] tool select the diagonal line with the left mouse button. Move the cursor to the middle of the line and cursor shows a curve icon. Drag the line inwards to create a curve, hold the left mouse button down whilst moving the mouse. Release the mouse button when the line is the required shape.
  3. Select the vertical line and bend this outwards using the same method as for shaping the diagonal line.
  4. From the Edit menu choose Select All. (All lines will turn red.)
  5. Using the Extrude Profile [Extrude Profile button] tool to extrude the shape, Symmetric about workplane and add material, set the distance to 1 metre This means that the added material for the wing will be 0.5 metres above the workplane and 0.5 metres below the workplane. This becomes important when joining the wing symmetrical about the fuselage of the aeroplane.
  6. From the View menu choose Isometric
  7. With the Select Parts [Select Parts button] tool drag the mouse over the drawing area. (The construction lines turn blue and then red when selected with the left mouse button.)
  8. From the Assembly menu select Set Component Colour.
  9. Select the colour required from the dialogue box
  10. Select OK.
  11. From the File menu choose Save and name the design as WINGA
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