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   Hey this is my first forum entry so if i did something wrong pls tell me. I want to make a solar trough. And i would like to cut out the basic shape of the parabola in wood and i want to have a near perfect shape ( so that all the light if as focused as possible) so i thought why not make a sketch and print it out. But i want the parabola to have an underlying mathematical function ( e.g. y=0.0016*x^2) but i dont know how to do it in any program i have accesses to, autocad for mac ,inventor fusion for mac and a solid edge st3 but im not very familiar with the last.All halp is greatly appreciated.

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schpongo Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 05.Aug.2012 Location: Germany Using: Inventor fusion mac Status: Offline Points: 3	Topic: Create a Parabola Posted: 05.Aug.2012 at 16:49
	Hey this is my first forum entry so if i did something wrong pls tell me. I want to make a solar trough. And i would like to cut out the basic shape of the parabola in wood and i want to have a near perfect shape ( so that all the light if as focused as possible) so i thought why not make a sketch and print it out. But i want the parabola to have an underlying mathematical function ( e.g. y=0.0016*x^2) but i dont know how to do it in any program i have accesses to, autocad for mac ,inventor fusion for mac and a solid edge st3 but im not very familiar with the last. All halp is greatly appreciated.

Vladimir Michl Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Visit Members Homepage Add to Buddy List Moderator Group Arkance Systems CZ Joined: 26.Jul.2007 Location: Czech Republic Using: Autodesk software Status: Offline Points: 2117	Posted: 05.Aug.2012 at 20:23
	You can import sketch curves from Excel (there you can generate any expression) - see: http://www.cadstudio.cz/en/apps/importcoord/
	Vladimir Michl (moderator) ARKANCE - https://arkance.world - Autodesk Platinum Partner

rappelzdzd Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Groupie Joined: 04.May.2012 Location: United States Using: AutoCAD2010 Status: Offline Points: 33	Posted: 06.Aug.2012 at 10:07
	You can import sketch curves from Exce.

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