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+from pathlib import Path
+
+import numpy as np
+import pyvista as pv
+
+VTKFILE_NOMINAL = Path("~/data/stage-laurent-f/datasets/Rotor37/processed/nominal_blade_rotated.vtk")
+
+# load nominal blade
+nominal = pv.read(VTKFILE_NOMINAL)
+
+# for each generated/sampled blade
+gen_files = Path.cwd().glob("gen*.txt")
+for gen_file in gen_files:
+    # load numpy txt
+    blade = np.loadtxt(gen_file)
+
+    # get top and bottom index (filter outliers a bit)
+    top = int(blade.shape[0] * 0.001)
+    bot = int(blade.shape[0] * 0.999)
+
+    # sort blade coordinates
+    sorted_blade = np.sort(blade, axis=0)
+
+    # get center of blade
+    center = (sorted_blade[bot, :] + sorted_blade[top, :]) / 2
+
+    # translate blade to world origin
+    blade -= center
+
+    # save to txt
+    np.savetxt(f"test_{gen_file.stem}.txt", blade)
+
+    # swap nominal points to blade points
+    nominal.points = blade
+
+    # save altered blade to vtk
+    nominal.save(f"test_{gen_file.stem}.vtk")