OpenVSP
OpenVSP allows the user to create a 3D model of an aircraft defined by common engineering parameters.
A NASA-originated parametric aircraft-geometry tool for conceptual aerospace design and engineering analysis.
About the Project
Why use this?
OpenVSP lets engineers create 3D aircraft models from common engineering parameters, making it especially effective during conceptual and preliminary design. Its parametric geometry approach allows rapid exploration of wing, fuselage, tail, propulsion, and configuration alternatives.
Aerospace engineers choose OpenVSP when they need to rapidly generate and modify aircraft geometry for trade studies, aerodynamic analysis, mass estimation, or multidisciplinary design workflows. It bridges conceptual design and higher-fidelity CFD or structural analysis by producing engineering-oriented geometry that can be exported and analyzed downstream. [249]
Key Features
- Parametric 3D aircraft-geometry modeling
- Rapid configuration and trade-study exploration
- Engineering-parameter-driven aircraft definition
- Exportable geometry for downstream analysis
- Strong fit for conceptual and preliminary aerospace design
- Reference / Repo
- https://github.com/OpenVSP/OpenVSP
- Tool / Hosted
- https://openvsp.org/
- Replaces / Alternative to
- RDS, proprietary aircraft conceptual-design tools
- Free layer
- open-source