### 10.2.5. Angle and Thickness Views

When using Camberline/Thickness design mode (enabled via the Blade Design Mode setting of the blade object) the Angle and Thickness views are available to enable you to see and modify the Camberline/Thickness definitions. Both views present the data for the active CamThkDef sub-feature. See Active Selection Toolbar for more details on how the active CamThkDef sub-feature is selected.

If the Blade feature or any of its parent features have been modified, the curves shown in the Angle/Thickness views, when displayed under the Blade feature, are updated when the model is regenerated.

The following topics are discussed:

- Angle View
- Thickness View

#### 10.2.5.1. Angle View

The Angle view displays a graph of the Theta and/or Beta angle definition for the selected CamThkDef sub-feature.

To show the Angle view:

1. Select the blade for which you want the Angle view.

2. If you do not see the Angle view, click Show/Hide Angle Pane .

The Angle view will show a Beta curve (colored cyan) or a Theta curve (colored dark blue) — whichever is specified in the properties of the selected CamThkDef sub-feature. You can add the other curve to the Angle view using the context menu in the Angle view.

Within the Angle view, you can:

- Access a shortcut menu by right-clicking the mouse.

- Drag (using the mouse) the control points defining the Theta/Beta curve.

- Change the curve type: Bezier, cubic spline, piecewise-linear (context menu)

- Insert or delete points (context menu).

- Convert the selected curve segment to a Bezier or spline curve of the specified order (context menu).

- Set control point coordinates (double-click a control point and edit the coordinate values in a dialog box).

- View the coordinates of any location on a curve (hold the Ctrl key and left click any control point or line segment of a curve).

- Pan the view (right-click and drag).

- Zoom to fit the view (context menu).

- Zoom in and out (middle-click and drag).

- Zoom in via a zoom box (hold the Alt key and click and drag from the top-left corner to the bottom-right corner of a rectangular region; drag in the opposite direction to re-fit the view).

- Change the X-Axis Scale to M-Prime, %M-Prime, M, or %M (context menu).

- Read angle data points from a file or save points to a file (context menu). In a crude way, this enables copying and pasting data from one CamThkDef sub-feature to another, or to and from an external application, for example a spreadsheet.

- Use as Input Parameter (context menu)

  After right-clicking in the view and selecting Use as Input Parameter from the context menu, click a point on the curve. The settings for that point will appear in the properties of the relevant CamThkDef feature; each property has a check box that can be selected to cause the property to become and input parameter.

- Show all defining Theta/Beta curves in the current view (context menu).

- Show/hide the second angle curve (the Beta or Theta curve — whichever is not specified for the view in the properties of the selected CamThkDef sub-feature) (context menu).

Note: When the meridional contours are changed, the angle data points are scaled relative to the percent m’-coordinate (% m-prime).

Note: X axis value behavior: preference used as default. Change of X axis value will affect all layers viewed for a given Blade feature.

Note: Some context menu commands are not available whenever at least one control point is eligible to be selected as an input parameter due to having been processed by the Use as Input Parameter command.

#### 10.2.5.2. Thickness View

The Thickness view displays a graph of the thickness definition for the selected CamThkDef sub-feature.

To show the Thickness view:

1. Select the blade for which you want the Thickness view.

2. If you do not see the Thickness view, click Show/Hide Thickness Pane .

Within the Thickness view, you can:

- Access a shortcut menu by right-clicking the mouse.

- Drag the points defining the thickness curve (mouse).

- Change the curve type: Bezier, cubic spline, piecewise-linear (context menu).

- Insert or delete points (context menu).

- Convert the selected curve segment to a Bezier or spline curve of the specified order (context menu).

- Set control point coordinates (double-click a control point and edit the coordinate values in a dialog box).

- View the coordinates of any location on a curve (hold the Ctrl key and left click any control point or line segment of a curve).

- Pan the view (right-click and drag).

- Zoom to fit the view (context menu).

- Zoom in and out (middle-click and drag).

- Zoom in via a zoom box (hold the Alt key and click and drag from the top-left corner to the bottom-right corner of a rectangular region; drag in the opposite direction to re-fit the view).

- Change the X-Axis Scale to M-Prime, %M-Prime, M, or %M (context menu).

- Read thickness data points from a file or save points to a file (context menu). In a crude way, this enables copying and pasting data from one CamThkDef sub-feature to another, or to and from an external application, for example a spreadsheet.

- Use as Input Parameter (context menu)

  After right-clicking in the view and selecting Use as Input Parameter from the context menu, click a point on the curve. The settings for that point will appear in the properties of the relevant CamThkDef feature; each property has a check box that can be selected to cause the property to become and input parameter.

- Show all defining thickness curves in the current view (context menu).

Note: When the meridional contours are changed, the thickness data points are scaled relative to the percent m-coordinate (% m).

Note: X axis value behavior: preference used as default. Change of X axis value will affect all layers viewed for a given Blade feature.

Note: Some context menu commands are not available whenever at least one control point is eligible to be selected as an input parameter due to having been processed by the Use as Input Parameter command.

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