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  44     <h1>Features of OpenRocket</h1>
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  46     <h2>Current features</h2>
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  49           <img src="shots-small/main.jpg" alt="Main window" /><br/>
  50           The main rocket design window is used to design the rocket
  51           and it also provides information about a flight simulation
  52           in real-time.
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  56           dialog" /><br/>
  57           The component shape and properties are defined in their own
  58           dialog.
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  61           <img src="shots-small/dialog-analysis.jpg" alt="Analysis
  62           dialog" /><br/>
  63           You can analyze the effect of individual components on the
  64           stability, drag and roll characteristics of the rocket.
  65       </a></div>
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  68                alt="Simulation plot options" /><br/>
  69           The simulation results can be plotted in a multitude
  70           of ways.  You can either use the predefined plot
  71           configurations or define your own.<br/>
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  75           The simulations are plotted using the
  76           <em>JFreeChart</em> plotting library.
  77       </a></div>
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  79     <h3>General</h3>
  80     <ul>
  81       <li><strong>Fully cross-platform</strong>, written in Java</li>
  82       <li><strong>Fully documented</strong> <a href="documentation.html">simulation
  83           methods</a></li>
  84       <li><strong>Open Source</strong>, source code available under the
  85         <a href="license.html">GNU GPL</a></li>
  86     </ul>
  87     <h3>User interface</h3>
  88     <ul>
  89       <li><strong>Easy-to-use user interface</strong> for
  90         rocket design</li>
  91       <li><strong>Real-time view of CG and CP</strong> position</li>
  92       <li><strong>Real-time flight altitude, velocity and
  93           acceleration</strong> information from a continuous simulation
  94         performed in the background</li>
  95       <li>Zoomable schematic view of rocket from the side or rear,
  96         with rotation around the center axis</li>
  97     </ul>
  98     <h3>Design</h3>
  99     <ul>
 100       <li>A multitude of available components to
 101         choose from</li>
 102       <li><strong>Trapezoidal</strong>, <strong>elliptical</strong>
 103         and <strong>free-form fins</strong> supported</li>
 104       <li>Support for <strong>canted fins</strong> (roll
 105         stabilization)</li>
 106       <li><strong>Staging</strong> and <strong>clustering</strong> support</li>
 107       <li>Automatic calculation of component mass and CG based on
 108         shape and density</li>
 109       <li>Ability to <strong>override mass and CG</strong> of
 110         components or stages separately</li>
 111     </ul>
 112     <h3>Simulation and analysis</h3>
 113     <ul>
 114       <li>Full <strong>six degree of freedom</strong> simulation</li>
 115       <li>Rocket stability computed using <strong>extended Barrowman
 116           method</strong></li>
 117       <li>Realistic wind modeling</li>
 118       <li>Analysis of the <strong>effect of separate
 119           components</strong> on the stability, drag and roll
 120         characteristics of the rocket</li>
 121       <li><strong>Fully configurable plotting</strong>, with
 122         various preset configurations</li>
 123       <li>Simulation data can be <strong>exported to
 124           <acronym title="Comma Separated Values">CSV</acronym>
 125           files</strong> for further analysis</li>
 126       <li><strong>Simulation listeners</strong> allowing custom-made
 127         code to interact with the rocket during flight simulation</li>
 128     </ul>
 129     <h2 id="future">Planned future features</h2>
 130     <p>OpenRocket is under constant work in the free time of the
 131       developers.  You can have a sneak preview on what has been
 132       planned by checking the
 133       <a href="http://openrocket.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/openrocket/trunk/TODO">TODO-file</a>
 134       in the SVN repository.</p>
 135     <p>Below are a few major features that are under consideration:</p>
 136     <ul>
 137       <li>Aerodynamic computation using
 138         <acronym title="Computational Fluid Dynamics">CFD</acronym>
 139         <a href="getinvolved.html" class="help">(help needed!)</a></li>
 140       <li>Better support for supersonic simulation
 141         <a href="getinvolved.html" class="help">(help needed!)</a></li>
 142       <li>3D view of the rocket design
 143         <a href="getinvolved.html" class="help">(help
 144         needed!)</a></li>
 145       <li>Printing and saving figures, simulation data and designs</li>
 146       <li>Support for ready-made component databases</li>
 147       <li>Customized support for hybrid rocket motors and water
 148         rockets</li>
 149       <li>Importing and plotting actual flight data from altimeters</li>
 150       <li>Rocket flight animation</li>
 151       <li>A "wizard" for creating new rocket designs</li>
 152       <li class="spacer">More ideas are listed in the
 153         <a href="http://openrocket.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/openrocket/trunk/TODO">TODO-file</a>!</li>
 154     </ul>
 155     <p>If you want to help make OpenRocket the best rocket simulator,
 156       don't hesitate to <a href="getinvolved.html">Get involved!</a></p>
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