fuselageSegmentType

A segment connects the profile of its start element (<fromElementUID>) with the profile of its end element (<toElementUID>). The segments of a fuselage follow each other from the nose to the tail; usually, each segment starts at the element at which the previous one ends. The surface is lofted through the profiles of all segments at once, so that it is smooth across the sections, and its shape within a segment also depends on the neighbouring segments (see Surface in fuselageType). Guide curves (guideCurveType) can shape the surface between the profiles.

Example

The first two of the fifteen segments of the fuselage shown in fuselageType, from the pointed nose over the first nose section to the second:

<segments>
    <segment uID="Fuselage_segment1">
        <name>Segment 1</name>
        <fromElementUID>Fuselage_nose_element</fromElementUID>
        <toElementUID>Fuselage_nose1_element</toElementUID>
    </segment>
    <segment uID="Fuselage_segment2">
        <name>Segment 2</name>
        <fromElementUID>Fuselage_nose1_element</fromElementUID>
        <toElementUID>Fuselage_nose2_element</toElementUID>
    </segment>
    ...
</segments>

Fuselage segments from the nose

Attributes

Name	Type	Use	Description
`@externalDataDirectory`	`xsd:string`	optional	Directory of the external file the element was read from, as URI
`@externalDataNodePath`	`xsd:string`	optional	Path of the parent element in the merged dataset, at which the element was inserted from an external file
`@externalFileName`	`xsd:string`	optional	Name of the external file the element was read from
`@uID`	`xsd:ID`	required	UID

Child elements

Name	Type	OccurrenceHow often the element may appear at this place. The schema writes it as minOccurs and maxOccurs on the declaration.	Description
allThe children below may appear in any order. Each may appear at most once.
`name`	`stringBaseType`	[1..1] required	Name
`description`	`stringBaseType`	[0..1] optional	Description
`fromElementUID`	`stringUIDBaseType`	[1..1] required	Element at which the segment starts
`toElementUID`	`stringUIDBaseType`	[1..1] required	Element at which the segment ends
`guideCurves`	`guideCurvesType`	[0..1] optional	Guide curves shaping the surface between the profiles

Used by

In a dataset · 164 paths

In the schema · 1 declaration

Type	Name
`fuselageSegmentsType`	`segment`