Encyclopaedia Index
ShapeMaker Shapes which may be constructed
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"BFC grid image", reads and converts a BFC grid file
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"Cone", A pointed cone
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"Cube", strictly a truncated pyramid (the ends may be of differing size)
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"Cylinder", "Cylinder with spherical orifice", A cylinder wth
optional hemisphere
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"Cylindrical bar turn", "Cylindrical pipe turn", a sharp corner in a bar
or pipe (pipe has a hole down its centre)
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"Frustrum", "Frustrum with rectangular orifice", a frustum, cut off with
an adjustable hole on its axis
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"Pyramid with cylindrical orifice", "Pyramid with rectangular orifice",
"Pyramid with spherical orifice", same shape as the cube but with different
holes cut into the pyramid
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"Ring","Ring pipe", a torus, and a toroidal pipe.
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"Sphere", "Sphere with cylindrical orifice", "Sphere with rectangular orifice",
See pyramid; a sphere with holes.
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"Spherical shell", A hollowed out half sphere with adjustable hollowing factor
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"Spiral", "Spiral pipe", a long spiral (with a hole down the centre intube
version)
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"T-junction bar", "T-junction pipe", a T junction in 2 pipes
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"Rectangular bar turn", "Rectangular pipe turn", a rectangle meets another
rectangle
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"Flat spiral bar", "Flat spiral pipe", as the spiral but with a rectangular
cross section
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"X-junction bar", "X-junction pipe", two bars intersect
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"Joukowsky Airfoil", "NACA 4 Digit Airfoil", two air foil shapes,
one theoretical the other well tested
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"Design Workshop File" output from Design Workshop to convert to Facets
format.
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"Perforated rectangular plate", a rectangular plate with holes.
Interested users are asked to suggest further simple shapes.