Many of you may have seen the articles and videos about NASA’s Greased Lightning GL-10 first transition flight earlier this week. If you didn’t see the articles, here is a press release from NASA. And a direct link to the … Continue reading
Author Archives: Rob McDonald
OpenVSP 2.9.7 Fifth Beta for v3 Released
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 … Continue reading
OpenVSP is now on Twitter
OpenVSP has joined Twitter to provide followers with updates, links to blog posts, tutorials, and all things OpenVSP. Follow us @OpenVSP.
OpenVSP 2.9.6 Fourth Beta for v3 Released
This version includes more small fixes and feature refinements as we inch closer to version 3.0. Improvements include: Symmetry about ancestor’s coordinate system Default Source support for CFDMesh Rearrange Geom Browser tab to show larger geom trees Added Delete, Set … Continue reading
OpenVSP 2.9.5 Third Beta for v3 Released
This version includes a large number of changes both features and fixes. Some of these fixes took longer than expected — and one of the features is pretty big, so this release took much longer than anticipated. Look for subsequent … Continue reading
OpenVSP 2.9.0 — First v3 Alpha Released
The first public alpha release of the v3 re-write of VSP is now available for download. Please take it for a test drive. For real work, please continue using 2.3.0. For the past two years, a dedicated team has been … Continue reading
2013 OpenVSP Workshop Completed
The 2013 OpenVSP Workshop was held August 7-9 in San Luis Obispo. Although smaller than last year, it was a great success giving opportunity for the VSP community to come together and share updates, best practices, and future plans. For … Continue reading
1,000+ Downloads in 30 Days
OpenVSP 2.2.0 is the first new release we’ve made since we implemented download tracking from the openvsp.org website. So, it is very exciting to see that 30 days after its release, 1,009 people have downloaded 2.2.0. Anyone compiling from source … Continue reading
Workshop in Review
The Inaugural VSP Workshop is now comfortably in the rearview mirror. It was exhilarating to get so many interested people together to learn about and work on VSP. A number of the sessions were far too ambitious — for three days, few … Continue reading