How do you make an impeller for a turbo pump

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I’m designing a turbopump, I’m running into trouble with the impeller. I need it to look like this. I just can’t figure out how to make the “flaps”

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I would make it with lofting, but it can be really laborious. You may want to consider just importing this model: :slight_smile: turbo-rotor-nb1.STEP (1.7 MB)

I got it from GrabCAD btw.

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All of my work disappeared:/ it showed in the workspace menu that I had a project started. I was separating groups so it wouldn’t lag then it all disappeared

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Send me your workspaces to istvan@shapr3d.com, and I will fix it. We handle your files confidentially. You can save your workspaces using itunes:

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This impellor model is a good example of being able to Project lines onto a surface and then use a Polar array to propagate them. not sure if this is available in Shapr3d - but would be useful.

Dana Church

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You can sketch on curved surfaces, that would result in something similar, but indeed that lacks the precision, and projection would be much better indeed.

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But array tools and projection are both on the roadmap btw.

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here they are

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That’s just a thumbnail, I will need the file named “workspace”.

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I am new to the app, and loving it, but I haven’t found any array capabilities and this response is like one and a half years old. So is there any actual planned support for maybe even simple polar arrays? I mean like an actual planned release date for these features.

This is a real showstopper for me because I use arrays a lot in my work.

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It’s on the roadmap, but we are not sure yet when we can ship it.

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Wow I can’t believe there are not a lot of people asking for this…

Are there any workarounds or methodology to copy a feature and distribute them in an arc?
Are there any instructional videos that may show how to do this or something similar?

Thanks!

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You can use the transform tool for copying objects in a circular or linear pattern: https://support.shapr3d.com/hc/en-us/articles/115001415134-Move-Rotate-Scale

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I was not familiar with polar arrays, but now that I’ve looked them up, that would be extremely useful (along with other alignment tools). The transform/translate tools available can be powerful, but they still feel limited

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I tried the transform tool and I could only copy in linear form, not circular. Besides, it cannot position with precision, so it’s mostly for quick drafting.
I did find a way to distribute sketch objects in a radial form with specific angles (using support lines and later erasing them). So I was able to emulate a polar array but only in sketch mode because once objects get 3D they are very hard to position with precision (at least for my case).
If I would like to contribute a video on this is that possible?

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Here is an intro video that shows you how to copy in a circular pattern: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bGc1v5vZIkE

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That’s pretty cool and exactly what I was looking for. And actually good workaround for polar array.
Thanks!!!

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You can watch a lot of basic introductory videos like this in the app, in the “Learn” section. Highly recommended, we put a lot of work into the videos :slight_smile:

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