OpenGlider 0.0.6

tool for glider design

# OpenGlider

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A future open source paraglider design software (still a WIP)

## Try It

Clone the git-repo first: `bash git clone https://github.com/hiaselhans/OpenGlider.git `

### Install with pip `bash cd OpenGlider pip install -e . `

Or manually install all dependencies (using distro-repos, easy_install or pip) * ezodf2 * dxfwrite * scipy * (svgwrite) * (vtk)

### Install with conda

We are providing packages of OpenGlider and dependencies via conda. To install conda download [miniconda](https://docs.conda.io/en/latest/miniconda.html) and follow the install instructions. Once you have a working base-environment you can create a new environment for openglider: `bash conda create -n openglider openglider freecad meshpy -c conda-forge `

## Documentation

Every module inside openglider should have a README where the functionality is documented. Please have a look at the [base module](./openglider/README.md).

Also have a look at the [gui-tutorial](https://booya-at.github.io/openglider-tutorial)

### Unittests and Visual Tests

To run all unittests, run this from the main directory: `bash ./testall.py `

Or use -a flag to also run visual tests `bash ./testall.py -a `

## Development Screenshots

While still being in an early status, here are a few screenshots showing progress made so far:

 glider workbench gui

 testcell with miniribs

 demo kite with central minirib

 demo kite plots

 plots

## Roadmap The plan is to build on the following technologies:

• Python ([link](http://docs.python.org/2/tutorial/))

• self-coded panelmethod (VSAERO) and/or apame implementation ([link](http://www.3dpanelmethod.com/)) for quick 3D-calculation (see [parabem](https://github.com/booya-at/parabem))

• [OpenFoam](http://www.openfoam.com/) obj-file CFD export

• [paraFEM](https://www.github.com/booya-at/paraFEM) - Explicit non linear FEM (membrane, truss) for line forces and deformation analysis

• [FreeCAD](https://www.freecadweb.org/) (Open-Source Cad, written in c++ with python API

• [VTK](https://www.vtk.org/) - visual toolkit for 3d-output

• ~~Code_Aster FEM export (http://www.code-aster.org) - maybe calculix as we’ve done already, but it does currently not support membrane elements)~~

• ~~xfoil//Pyxfoil for 2D-foil calculation (http://web.mit.edu/drela/Public/web/xfoil/) (http://www.python-science.org/project/pyxfoil)~~

It will take some time, if you want to help, feel free to do so!

Using some older code, we already created a few prototypes which can be seen on http://www.booya.at