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Why doesn't my prompt work?

asked by Sofia Costa · 2026-05-24
Most common reasons:

1. **The shape family isn't supported yet.** See the list above. If you typed "crown moulding" or "saddle" we don't have a recipe.
2. **You used imperial.** Everything is millimetres. "8 inches" → won't parse. Convert to mm first.
3. **Typo in a NACA code.** NACA codes are exactly 4 digits — `NACA2412`, not `NACA 2412` (a space is OK) or `NACA241` (3 digits).
4. **Missing keywords.** The parser looks for words like `chord`, `span`, `diameter`, `length`, `height` to figure out which number is which. If you type `NACA2412 200 600` we don't know which is chord and which is span. Add the keyword.

When it misses, the error message lists examples that DO work — copy one and adapt.

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