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- <h1>Features of OpenRocket</h1>
-
- <div class="content">
-
- <h2>Current features</h2>
-
- <div class="screenshots">
-
- <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.
- </a></div>
- <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.
- </a></div>
- <div class="smallshotconst"><a href="shots/dialog-analysis.png">
- <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.
- </a></div>
- <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/>
- </a></div>
- <div class="smallshotconst"><a href="shots/dialog-plot.png">
- <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>
-
- <p>If you want to help make OpenRocket the best rocket simulator,
- don't hesitate to <a href="getinvolved.html">Get involved!</a></p>
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