VSPAERO Functions¶

The following group of functions are specific to VSPAERO. However, their relevance has been mostly replaced by Analysis Manager capabilities.

`GetVSPAERORefWingID`()	Get ID of the current VSPAERO reference Geom
`SetVSPAERORefWingID`(geom_id)	Set the current VSPAERO reference Geom ID

Details¶

openvsp.GetVSPAERORefWingID()[source]¶

Get ID of the current VSPAERO reference Geom

wid = AddGeom( "WING" )

Update()

SetVSPAERORefWingID( wid )

assert GetVSPAERORefWingID() == wid, "GetVSPAERORefWingID did not report the wing that was set"

Return type:: string
Returns:: string Reference Geom ID

openvsp.SetVSPAERORefWingID(geom_id)[source]¶

Set the current VSPAERO reference Geom ID

#==== Add Wing Geom and set some parameters =====//
wing_id = AddGeom( "WING" )

SetGeomName( wing_id, "MainWing" )

#==== Add Vertical tail and set some parameters =====//
vert_id = AddGeom( "WING" )

SetGeomName( vert_id, "Vert" )

SetParmValUpdate( vert_id, "TotalArea", "WingGeom", 10.0 )
SetParmValUpdate( vert_id, "X_Rel_Location", "XForm", 8.5 )
SetParmValUpdate( vert_id, "X_Rel_Rotation", "XForm", 90 )

#==== Set VSPAERO Reference lengths & areas ====//
SetVSPAERORefWingID( wing_id ) # Set as reference wing for VSPAERO

print( "VSPAERO Reference Wing ID: ", False )

print( GetVSPAERORefWingID() )

assert GetVSPAERORefWingID() == wing_id, "SetVSPAERORefWingID did not take"

# Naming a Geom that does not exist has to be rejected.  The error queue is
# reached through the error manager singleton in Python.
err_mgr = ErrorMgrSingleton.getInstance()

SetVSPAERORefWingID( "NOSUCHGEOM" )

assert err_mgr.GetNumTotalErrors() > 0, "SetVSPAERORefWingID accepted a bad Geom ID"

# That error was raised deliberately, so take it back off the queue.
while err_mgr.GetNumTotalErrors() > 0 :
    err = err_mgr.PopLastError()

Parameters:: [in] – geom_id string Reference Geom ID