Automation of VSPaero

[Guy Mullins]

Hi Everyone

I am trying to automate the process if producing a paramatised wing geometry which is then run thorugh the VSPaero solver.

So far i have managed to set up the paramitised wing that changes using the .des file and figured out how to run the VSPaero from the comand line however it fails every time, but when i run from the gui it works. 

I believe i am missing a step which is the creation of the same mesh that is made when running the VSPAero.

Has anyone got any idea on how this can be done from the command prompt avoiding gui if possile

Thanks 

Guy

[Rob McDonald]

It depends on how complex an automation framework you are working in.

If you want to use OpenVSP / VSPAERO in an isolated way, then you should look at automating OpenVSP / VSPAERO using the built-in scripting *.vspscript files.

If you are already working in a more sophisticated Python scripting environment, then you should use the Python scripting.

In either case, you need to prepare the geometry using the analysis tools capability of OpenVSP's API.  

Check out the 'TestAnalysisVSPAERO.vspscript' example that is in the 'scripts' directory with the OpenVSP distribution.

Rob