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A Pro/DESKTOP Tutorial (Module 11)
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Drawing the opposite wing

It is not possible to simply rotate this drawing to make the second wing. Follow the instructions below to make a file with a wing which will fit on the other side of the fuselage by rotating the workplane
  1. Once WINGA is saved leave the file open.
  2. From the Workplane menu choose Transform Axes. (Notice that the green solid arrows which indicate above workplane have now changed to hollow arrows indicating below workplane.)
  3. In the Properties box select the Rotate option and enter 90
  4. Select OK. (Notice that the green arrow has moved. This has now transformed the wing so that it will become the opposite wing.)
  5. From the File menu choose Save and name the design as WINGB

Drawing the TAIL FIN

[Figure 10]
Fig 10.

[Figure 11]
Fig 11.


  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 to the right 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 9 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 which slopes to the right
  9. Select the Constrain Size [Constrain Size button] tool
  10. Select the vertical line and drag to the side. This will gives a dimension which constrains the length of the line
  11. Double click on the line
  12. In the Properties box set the line length to 6 metres
  13. Select OK.
  14. Right click the mouse button in the drawing area and choose View menu and select Autoscale.
  15. With the Create Straight [Create Straight button] tool draw a horizontal line from the top of the 6 metres line.
  16. Make the line 3.5 metres long using a Constraint
  17. Draw a line from the right-hand end of the above line to the right-hand end of the 9 metre line. This will give the basic shape of the tail fin.
  18. Select the front sloped line using the Select Line [Select Line button] tool and with the arc cursor, drag the line inwards to give a curve.
  19. To complete the shape of the fin, fillet the top front corner.
  20. Select the Fillet Lines [Fillet Line button] tool
  21. In the Properties box enter 0.5 metres
  22. Move the cursor to the point where the curved line meets the top horizontal line. Both lines will turn blue and the cursor icon changes. Hold the left mouse button down and drag inwards to produce the fillet.
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