Shark FX-AP

Screenshot from Aeropack of a Cessna Citation.

Shark FX-AP combines Shark FX with AeroPack which is a collection of unique drawing tools created specifically for airplane design and drafting that can also read geometric information from the Advanced Aircraft Analysis (AAA) analysis modules. AeroPack is an add-on enhancement for Shark FX, creating one seamlessly integrated package.

Shark FX v8

Bring your idea to market faster with Shark FX, the new standard with precision 3D digital prototyping. Explore new product concepts with unprecedented ease and precisely share data with manufacturing processes.

New Features

The new features in Shark FX v8 focus on ease of use. Customizable grids make drafting and prototyping faster. The addition of Push/Pull Modeling means instant conceptualizing with your 3D models.

Customizable Rectangular grids with offsets
Customizable Polar grids with offsets and defined grid included angle
Customizable Isometric Grids with Top, Left, and Right options
Push/Pull Modeling allows instant face editing on solids
LogiCursor™ snap additions allow you to snap to coplanar faces and cylindrical surfaces
Enhancements to the Gripper™ provide even more precision editing with your mouse and cursor

Ease of Use

While many packages claim ease of use, few actually deliver. Shark not only delivers unprecedented usability, but provides an uncompromised, extensive set of 2D/3D design tools. Shark has been designed, from the ground up, to be intuitive for the casual user as well as the professional engineer. Keys to the innovative user interface include smart prompting and tips, intelligent snapping through LogiCursor, and over 80 minutes of training videos. Install Shark and design your first precision part within minutes!

Complete Design Solution

Shark is the industry's first modeling application totally focused on conceptual and preliminary design for those requiring precision content for 2D/3D digital models. Shark is a full featured package uniquely positioned to provide solutions that address versatile modeling practices, photorealistic rendering, animation, and precision drafting capabilities all within one seamlessly integrated package.

State of Art Technology

Shark supports an integrated collection of 2D, 3D, surface, and solid modeling tools. You choose the tools or combination of tools you need for the task at hand. Notable tools include numerous spline creation and modification commands, seventeen surface construction methods, blending, chamfering, shelling, stretching, twisting, bending, and foreign part editing tools. All surface and solid modeling operations transparently support associativity and a history tree for rapid design modifications.

Share Data with AutoCAD, CATIA and PRO/E

Shark provides a complete design solution with access to over 680 commands for curve, surface, solid modeling, drafting, and photorealistic rendering at a fraction of the price of competitors. Now you can have all the power without all of the cost.

Cost Effective Solution

3D Modeling

Edge Treatments New features for creating ribs and lips
Blending Option to create G2 surface and solid blends
Surfacing Surface extend and offset edge along face

2D Drafting

PrecisionPoint Versatile interface to specify points in a variety of systems
Splines Dynamic creation for Bezier, control point and interpolate splines
Extend Extend curve by length, to point, or to another curve
Dimension New centerline dimension tools
Draw Views New 2D views for break-away and offset sections

Interoperability

New Formats CATIA V5, Inventor 2010, VDA-FS
Updated AutoCAD 2010, SketchUp v8, Pro/E
Batch File Translate multiple files in one session
Photorealistic Rendering
HDRI Support for High Dynamic Range Images
Lights New interfaces for line, area, and dome lights
Special Effects Lens flare lighting effects
Sketch 17 new sketch rendering options

AeroPack Tools:

Space Spline

Space Spline creates a combined projection between two existing curves. Useful when creating control curves for polyconic surfaces.

Obscuration Plot

Using the Obscuration tool, the field of view of a pilot, sensor or antenna can be calculated and plotted. This plot will show any obstructions in the field of view from a selected point.

Curve Integration

Curve Integration will numerically integrate a curve to find the area underneath it. Used in conjunction with the Perimeter Curve and Area/CG Curve tools to find wetted areas and volumes, respectively.

Import Airplane

Import Airplane allows the user to create files in AeroPack based on data from .geo files created by Advanced Aircraft Analysis.

Replace Curve

The Replace Curve tool quickly updates geometry by replacing one curve with another in the feature tree of all objects in the model. This means that all geometry created from the original curve will update to the new curve. Useful when changing airfoils of lifting surfaces.

Export Curve

Export Curve exports the coordinates of a curve to a .spl file. This file can be imported back into Concepts for use in future models.

Plot Curve

Plot Curve produces graphs of inflection points, curvature, and first derivatives.

Perimeter Curve

Perimeter curve creates a plot of perimeter length as a function of body stations. When used in conjunction with the Curve Integration tool, the Perimeter Curve tool can be used to find the wetted area of components.

Polyconic Surfaces

A Polyconic Surface is a surface constructed along a path of smoothly changing conic sections. Adjacent surfaces can be easily made exactly tangent to each other so there will be no bumps or dips in your finished airplane. This result is very important in composite airplanes with smooth surfaces that reveal the slightest errors in curve geometry, but nearly impossible to achieve with conventional or freeform curve drawing methods.

Airfoil Generation

Airfoils can be constructed from files (spline through digitized points) or from NACA/NASA equations.

Lifting Surfaces Planform Generation

Lifting Surface Planforms can be generated automatically given different combinations of span, root chord, tip chord, sweep, aspect ratio, taper ratio and surface area parameters.

Area/CG Curve

Area/CG Curve calculates and displays as a graph the cross sectional area of a component or complete configuration as a function of the distance along a specified axis. This tool is useful for area-ruling transonic or supersonic cruise airplanes.

Sum Curves

Sum Curves allows the user to add two or more curves together. It can be used to sum Area/CG curves from different components.

Mean Geometric Chord

Mean Geometric Chord calculates the length and location of the Mean Geometric Chord for straight-tapered and cranked planforms.

Shark FX-AP Pricing

Software purchase includes AeroPack & Shark FX node locked licenses, user manuals and service releases. Educational and multiple license discounts. Request Shark FX-AP Pricing

Shark FX-AP Evaluation

Software trial will be valid for 30 days. You cannot save, print, copy, paste or export files. Software installation is in two parts, you will immediately receive a link to download Shark FX. You will receive the AeroPack download instructions in a separate email (after Shark FX is installed). Due to America Online's network procedures, AOL users may not be able to download the evaluation software. We comply with United States export regulations and may limit availability of our software. Evaluate Shark FX & AeroPack.

The AeroPack Tutorials will help the CAD user understand and utilize the diverse and powerful airplane specific drawing tools made available in Shark/Shark FX-AP.

Shark FX-AP Student License

Applicant must be enrolled as an aeronautical engineering student and have a valid student ID. Software can only be used for class work and university sponsored design projects. Software cannot be installed in a University lab, shared with or transferred to another student. Software purchase includes Shark FX & AeroPack: $300 Purchase Student License

System Requirements:

Windows®: Recommended Requirements: Microsoft® Windows® XP (Home/Pro) SP3, Windows Vista® SP2, Windows® 7, Intel® Pentium® III or AMD® Athlon™ class processor, 4GB free hard drive space, 1GB RAM, OpenGL accelerated video card with at least 256MB VRAM, Mouse Pointing Device (wheel button recommended), DVD-ROM Drive. Macintosh®: Recommended Requirements: Macintosh® OS 10.5 or higher, Intel® Mac®, 4GB free hard drive space, 1GB RAM or greater, 256MB VRAM, Mouse Pointing Device (wheel button recommended), DVD-ROM Drive.

Windows and Mac OS X

Shark FX v8 is available on both Windows and Mac OS X platforms. The Mac OS X version is a universal binary natively supporting PPC and Intel based Macs and runs on OS 10.4 and higher. The Windows version is certified compatible with Windows 7 and works with both Windows XP and Windows Vista.