Translations:Common Airfoil Data Import/5/en

When opening airfoil data files, FreeCAD reads the file and imports then in FreeCAD units. Airfoil data files provide XY coordinates in numbers between 0 and 1. As a result, the imported airfoil will have a chord length of 1 mm by default. Here is a tunicated sample of a typical airfoil .dat file. Notice that all data points fall between 0 and 1.