OpenVSP Version 3.0.3

OpenVSP 3.0.3 includes a handful of bug fixes and small improvements to the 3.0 series.  Versions 3.0.1 and 3.0.2 included quick fixes for urgent last minute bugs — but they did not include a complete release note.

API Users Note:
The calling arguments in four functions were changed: CutXSec, CopyXSec, PasteXSec, and InsertXSec.  See Wiki for details.

Improvements since 3.0.0 include:

• Extend API to allow changing Wing Driver Groups
• Add VSPExit to API to return exit value to host batch environment
• Add DegenGeom to API / Scripting
• API now references Cut/Copy/Past/Insert XSec to Geom not XSecSurf

Bug fixes since 3.0.0 include:

• Fix crash caused by dynamic Parm GUIs and undo-friendly sliders (3.0.1)
• Fix crash when mixing 4-digit airf

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Version 3.0.0 compared to version 2.3.0 includes too many changes and improvements to list. OpenVSP v3 is a near total re-write that has been three years in the works. Many thanks to the entire core OpenVSP team. This is what you’ve all been waiting for!

Since 2.9.7, version 3.0.0 has a handful of small fixes and features, and one major new feature that has long been in development.

Improvements include:

• Fit Model tool to perform least squares fit of VSP model to points
• Point Cloud Geoms to support Fit Model
• Import of point clouds as well as conversion from MeshGeom
• Improved Undo, where slider actions are not recorded
• SubSurface support in API
• Improvements to advanced parameter linking.

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This version includes some nice improvements, but also a bunch of small bug fixes that have been preventing people from getting work done. If you’ve been hitting these, you’ll certainly want to update.

Improvements include:

• Issue error when you try to set secondary & primary sweep location equal
• New NACA 4-Digit airfoil code, much improved representation of shape
• Custom components now support scaling
• Custom components now support default sources
• Custom components now support set center of rotation
• Custom components now support surface type flag setting
• Can now edit name, group, description of user parameters

Bug fixes include:

• Fix scripting on Linux – scripting, custom components, advanced links
• Improve robustness of triangle spl

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