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  1. Make sure to have only 1 graphical instance of the blade
  2. Create a plane
    1. Select 'Location' > 'Plane'
    2. Set method to YZ plane
    3. Set X to desired value (Note that blade is in -x direction) 
  3. Adjust view
    1. Click +X on the bottom right triad
  4. Create a pressure contour
    1. Select 'Create chart'
    2. Set location to the plane just created
    3. Make sure the variable is pressure
    4. Specify min and max values to show high/low pressure regions
    5. Go under the 'view' tab and check 'apply rotation'
      1. Set axis to X
      2. Set angle to 90 degrees

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  1. Create a line to represent the z-axis (axis of rotation) 
    1. Select 'Location' > 'Line'
    2. Name it 'AxisRotation'
    3. Set Point 1 to (0,0,90)
    4. Set Point 2 to (0,0,-180)
    5. Change # of samples to 200
  2. Create a chart
    1. Select 'Create chart'
    2. Under 'data series', create a new data series
    3. Set location to the line 'AxisRotation'
    4. Under 'x axis', set variable to Z 
    5. Check 'invert axis' because wind is traveling in -Z direction
    6. Under 'y axis', set variable to Pressure

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