>UPDATE: Soundboard shape with ribs and bridge have now been imported into >ANSYS. Now the modeling fun really begins... > >Question1: For simplicity the first cut at a soundboard will have no crown >and be one thickness. What would any of you estimate for an average >soundboard thickness and rib thickness? Numbers only please, no sermons! >This is a very simplified model. *Try 8 or 9 mm for panel thickness, and maybe 20mm wide x 25mm tall as a ragged starting place for the ribs. The ribs will ultimately be sized according to load distribution. (mini sermon) >Question2: What would you estimate the soundboard grain direction is >relative to the ribs? > >doug * Traditionally, 90 degrees, about 45 degrees from the belly bar. Again, that will probably do for now. I assume Del sent you a pretty average representative of current production design to compare your results to what we hear on the showroom floor. Ron
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