OpenVSP News

• 7/24/12 -- VSP Hangar Launched
  • The VSP Hangar is a database of community contributed example models. Check it out for a starting point or for inspiration. Once you've had a look around, feel free to contribute it to the hangar.
• 7/2/12 -- OpenVSP 2.1.0 Released
  • Version 2.1.0 includes lots of improvements and bug fixes across the board. Everyone is encouraged to upgrade.
    Major features of this version include:
    
    • CBAero Wake modeling
    • Curvature based meshing
    • Re-worked CFD mesh GUI
    • X3D file output
    • Online version check
    Bug fixes and minor features include:
    
    • Scale wing area by linear dimension instead of area
    • Don't write commas in Cart3D files
    • Batch mode mass properties calculation
• 6/11/12 -- Inaugural OpenVSP Workshop Announced
  • In the Google Group, Rob McDonald announced the Inaugural OpenVSP Workshop to be held August 22-24 in San Luis Obispo. Contact Rob if you are interested in participating.
• 5/31/12 -- Call for Presentations at ASM 2013
  • In the Google Group, Andy Hahn announced an Invited Session on OpenVSP at the 51st AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting in January 2013 in Ft. Worth Texax. Contact him if you are interested in participating.
• 2/22/12 -- OpenVSP 2.0.3 Released
  • Version 2.0.3 -- Two in one Day!
    Bug fixes and minor features include:
    
    • Improve robustness of CompGeom and related algorithms. Scale and shift triangles before passing them to Triangle library. The consistent numerical scale generally improves Triangle's robustness.
• 2/22/12 -- OpenVSP 2.0.2 Released
  • Version 2.0.2 includes a handful of bug fixes. Everyone is encouraged to upgrade.
    Bug fixes and minor features include:
    
    • Fix bug where auto-save was clobbering normal-save file name
    • Added key-click combinations to make 3D navigation of the model easier on one-button computers (MacOS)
• 2/2/12 -- OpenVSP 2.0.1 Released
  • Version 2.0.1 includes some small bug fixes
    Bug fixes and minor features include:
    
    • Improve robustness of CFD Meshing algorithm
    • Fix a floating point exception when using 6-Series airfoils on 64-bit Unix/Mac platforms
• 1/10/12 -- OpenVSP Released as Open Source Software
  • At the AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting in Nashville Tennessee, OpenVSP version 2.0.0 was released as open source software under the NASA Open Source Agreement (NOSA) v. 1.3.