This first tour provides a quick overview of OpenRocket screens and features. [logo.png]
OpenRocket is a versatile application for designing, simulating and optimizing model rockets. This first tour provides an overview of the OpenRocket screens and features.
You can browse through the tour using the Next and Previous buttons, or using the left and right arrows on your keyboard. [none] # FIXME: Add screenshot after dialog is complete
This is the startup screen from which you can create a new rocket design or open existing designs.
For this tour, let's open an example design called A simple model rocket. [main_window.jpg]
This is the main screen of OpenRocket. It is divided horizontally into two parts: the rocket design / flight simulation section and the rocket design view. [main_window_top.jpg]
On the top left is the component tree of the rocket design. It displays which components are attached to what components.
Next to it are buttons which allow adding new components to the rocket. [main_window_bottom.jpg]
The bottom half of the window contains a diagram of the current rocket design.
The different viewing options are described in detail in the Viewing options tour. [flight_simulations.jpg]
When you select the Flight simulations tab, the top part of the window changes to show the simulations that have been defined for the rocket.
You can define various simulations with different motor configurations and differing launch conditions, such as wind and launch rod angle. [simulation_edit.png]
By double-clicking on a simulation you open the Simulation edit dialog. On the first two tabs you can define simulation options, on the last two tabs you can plot or export the results.
Simulating a rocket is described in detail in the Simulating a flight tour. [advanced_features.jpg]
Other advanced features include component analysis and automatic design optimization, which are covered by separate tours.
Next you can take a tour on Creating a rocket design, browse other tours or start experimenting with the software.