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+ <h1>Features of OpenRocket</h1>
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+ <h2>Current features</h2>
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+ <div class="smallshotconst"><a href="shots/main.png">
+ <img src="shots-small/main.jpg" alt="Main window" /><br/>
+ The main rocket design window is used to design the rocket
+ and it also provides information about a flight simulation
+ in real-time.
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+ <div class="smallshotconst"><a href="shots/dialog-edit.png">
+ <img src="shots-small/dialog-edit.jpg" alt="Component edit
+ dialog" /><br/>
+ The component shape and properties are defined in their own
+ dialog.
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+ <img src="shots-small/dialog-analysis.jpg" alt="Analysis
+ dialog" /><br/>
+ You can analyze the effect of individual components on the
+ stability, drag and roll characteristics of the rocket.
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+ <div class="smallshotconst"><a href="shots/dialog-plot-options.png">
+ <img src="shots-small/dialog-plot-options.jpg"
+ alt="Simulation plot options" /><br/>
+ The simulation results can be plotted in a multitude
+ of ways. You can either use the predefined plot
+ configurations or define your own.<br/>
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+ <img src="shots-small/dialog-plot.jpg" alt="Simulation plot" /><br/>
+ The simulations are plotted using the
+ <em>JFreeChart</em> plotting library.
+ </a></div>
+ </div>
+ <h3>General</h3>
+ <ul>
+ <li><strong>Fully cross-platform</strong>, written in Java</li>
+ <li><strong>Fully documented</strong> <a href="documentation.html">simulation
+ methods</a></li>
+ <li><strong>Open Source</strong>, source code available under the
+ <a href="license.html">GNU GPL</a></li>
+ </ul>
+ <h3>User interface</h3>
+ <ul>
+ <li><strong>Easy-to-use user interface</strong> for
+ rocket design</li>
+ <li><strong>Real-time view of CG and CP</strong> position</li>
+ <li><strong>Real-time flight altitude, velocity and
+ acceleration</strong> information from a continuous simulation
+ performed in the background</li>
+ <li>Zoomable schematic view of rocket from the side or rear,
+ with rotation around the center axis</li>
+ </ul>
+ <h3>Design</h3>
+ <ul>
+ <li>A multitude of available components to
+ choose from</li>
+ <li><strong>Trapezoidal</strong>, <strong>elliptical</strong>
+ and <strong>free-form fins</strong> supported</li>
+ <li>Support for <strong>canted fins</strong> (roll
+ stabilization)</li>
+ <li><strong>Staging</strong> and <strong>clustering</strong> support</li>
+ <li>Automatic calculation of component mass and CG based on
+ shape and density</li>
+ <li>Ability to <strong>override mass and CG</strong> of
+ components or stages separately</li>
+ </ul>
+ <h3>Simulation and analysis</h3>
+ <ul>
+ <li>Full <strong>six degree of freedom</strong> simulation</li>
+ <li>Rocket stability computed using <strong>extended Barrowman
+ method</strong></li>
+ <li>Realistic wind modeling</li>
+ <li>Analysis of the <strong>effect of separate
+ components</strong> on the stability, drag and roll
+ characteristics of the rocket</li>
+ <li><strong>Fully configurable plotting</strong>, with
+ various preset configurations</li>
+ <li>Simulation data can be <strong>exported to
+ <acronym title="Comma Separated Values">CSV</acronym>
+ files</strong> for further analysis</li>
+ <li><strong>Simulation listeners</strong> allowing custom-made
+ code to interact with the rocket during flight simulation</li>
+ </ul>
+ <h2 id="future">Planned future features</h2>
+ <p>OpenRocket is under constant work in the free time of the
+ developers. You can have a sneak preview on what has been
+ planned by checking the
+ <a href="http://openrocket.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/openrocket/trunk/TODO">TODO-file</a>
+ in the SVN repository.</p>
+ <p>Below are a few major features that are under consideration:</p>
+ <ul>
+ <li>Aerodynamic computation using
+ <acronym title="Computational Fluid Dynamics">CFD</acronym>
+ <a href="getinvolved.html" class="help">(help needed!)</a></li>
+ <li>Better support for supersonic simulation
+ <a href="getinvolved.html" class="help">(help needed!)</a></li>
+ <li>3D view of the rocket design
+ <a href="getinvolved.html" class="help">(help
+ needed!)</a></li>
+ <li>Printing and saving figures, simulation data and designs</li>
+ <li>Support for ready-made component databases</li>
+ <li>Customized support for hybrid rocket motors and water
+ rockets</li>
+ <li>Importing and plotting actual flight data from altimeters</li>
+ <li>Rocket flight animation</li>
+ <li>A "wizard" for creating new rocket designs</li>
+ <li class="spacer">More ideas are listed in the
+ <a href="http://openrocket.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/openrocket/trunk/TODO">TODO-file</a>!</li>
+ </ul>
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