This content release has been a long time coming. Just in time for the Holidays, I’ve finally managed to produce material for all five expected Chapters which means that the OpenVSP Ground School site is fully baselined in a structure that can be built upon over time. The new content outlined below has been released along with new VSPU tutorial models for you to follow along and learn the material in short, focused sessions.
Hopefully, the background work that goes into producing content and creating the site pages is relatively unseen to you as the user. My intent is to provide a simple, intuitive, and accessible library of content for everyone from those brand new to OpenVSP to long-time expert developers and seasoned engineers. However, if you find that something is broken, confusing, or even incorrect, please help out by sending me an email from the Contact page. Sometimes things can fall through and the sooner I know about an issue, the sooner I can address it.
I hope that you all enjoy the tutorials and find them helpful. I’ve had a great experience producing this content and will continue to build the library over time (though in smaller bites). Wishing everyone a very Happy Holidays and the best of luck in the New Year!
– Brandon Litherland (NASA LaRC, Aeronautics Systems Analysis Branch)
New Content:
- Updated VSPU Tutorial Model Files (download the new Zip)
- Chapter 1
- Cross-Section Details
- Cross-Section Area and H/W Controls
- Chapter 3
- Comp Geom
- Comp Geom Introduction and Use
- Planar Slice
- Planar Slice Introduction
- Planar Slice Use and Behavior
- Mass Properties Analysis
- Mass Properties Analysis Introduction
- Mass Properties Analysis Execution
- Mass Properties Result File Overview
- Projected Area
- Projected Area Introduction
- Projected Area Targets
- Projected Area Boundaries
- Projected Area Direction
- VSPAERO Basics
- VSPAERO Introduction
- VSPAERO GUI Overview
- VSPAERO Reference Values
- VSPAERO Viewer Basics
- VSPAERO Results Manager Overview
- Parasite Drag
- Parasite Drag Introduction and Use
- Parasite Drag Flow Conditions
- Parasite Drag Equation Options
- Parasite Drag Component Grouping
- Parasite Drag Excrescence
- Chapter 4
- Importing Files
- Introduction to Importing Files
- Inserting VSP3 Models
- Importing Meshes
- Importing Wireframes
- Importing OpenVSP v2 Models
- Importing Point Clouds
- Importing Blade Element Models
- Exporting Models
- Model Export Introduction
- Triangulation Exports
- Untrimmed CAD Export
- Airfoil Export
- DegenGeom
- Introduction to DegenGeom
- DegenGeom Breakdown and Visualization
- Chapter 5
- Curve Editor
- Edit Curve Introduction
- Edit Curve Display Options
- Curve Editor Background Images
- Initializing Edit Curve Types
- Converting Body Cross-Sections to Edit Curves
- Avoiding Edit Curve with Airfoils
- Scale XSec with Edit Curve
- Adding and Removing Points in Curve Editor
- Adding Radius to Edit Curves
- Edit Curve U and G1
- Reparametrize Edit Curves by Arc Length
- Three-Dimensional Curves