[Bf-python] Aerodynamics plugin

[Wouter Remmerie]

Hi Christopher,

thanks very much for your reply!!
Indeed, such a cover story would be nice. Do you have any idea on who I
should contact (have you been in contact with RC car magazines)?
I'm looking for as much feedback as possible, so if you have an stl file
laying around, please feel free to upload it and share your experience with
me!

Regarding the plugin:
how do you think it would work in terms of payment?
Should a user already have credits on his account, before he can upload
something from within Blender through the plugin?
Or should the plugin simply take the user to the website, with his model
uploaded there?
An option is to plot the results as x3d files, which can be read in
Blender. Do you think it would be feasible to have the plugin also show
results within Blender? Or would that be a bridge too far?

Again very much looking forward to your feedback!

Enjoy the weekend,

Wouter Remmerie.

2016-05-12 17:45 GMT+02:00 Christopher Barry <christopher.r.barry at gmail.com>
:

> On Thu, 12 May 2016 09:55:57 +0200
> Wouter Remmerie <info at airshaper.com> wrote:
>
> >Dear people of Blender,
> >
> >AirShaper.com is my startup, which is currently in a prototype phase:
> >you can upload an stl file, and the aerodynamics will be calculated and
> >reported automatically some time later. Feel free to subscribe and
> >have a go at it!
> >
> >I'm still in the phase where I need to define my target market, and
> >currently I am leaning towards the B2C market:
> >making it easy for every designer to improve the aerodynamics of their
> >design.
> >Think of 10-25-100€ pricing for a calculation, depending on the
> >accuracy.
> >
> >Therefore, I would greatly appreciate your feedback on the following:
> >- would a B2C aerodynamics tool make sense? Are there enough hobbyists
> >& passionate designers that will use it?
> >- would it be a useful option to implement a plugin for blender, so
> >people can analyse their design directly from within blender?
> >A first API approach is documented at api.airshaper.com
> >- to differentiate AirShaper from more engineering-like packages (which
> >typically use ParaviewWeb), I'm thinking to implement better rendering
> >techniques.
> >An idea would be to use x3d files as the basis, and x3dom as the web
> >renderer. Would that make sense?
> >Are there possible links to blender to enhance web based rendering?
> >
> >
> >I am very strongly looking forward to your feedback!
> >And I'm based in Belgium, so if needed, I could travel to Amsterdam to
> >discuss this with you in person.
> >
> >Many thanks,
> >
> >Wouter Remmerie
> >AirShaper.com - Founder
> >info at airshaper.com
>
> Sounds very cool. I was thinking that rc modeling magazines might be
> willing to do a story on your calculator, and that aeronautical
> engineering schools / universities might be interested in licensing
> deals.
>
> A blender plugin would be cool. It could simply export the
> objects in a format your cloud app could digest, log into and send that
> data to the cloud tool, and then just immediately return a URL to get
> the results when they were done. How well does it need to be rendered?
> I would imagine that the important things are the numerics of how
> efficient the design is. Unless of course your app allows dynamic AoA
> and yaw changes to visually analyze drag changes depending on object
> orientation vs. fluid flow.
>
>
> Good Luck!
>
> --
> Regards,
> Christopher
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