1. User Guide

• 1.1. Introduction to the OpenMDAO Framework
• 1.2. System Requirements
• 1.3. Installation
• 1.4. Getting Started: A Simple Tutorial Problem
  • 1.4.1. Getting Started
  • 1.4.2. Building a Component - Paraboloid
  • 1.4.3. Building a Model - Unconstrained Optimization using CONMIN
  • 1.4.4. Executing the Simple Optimization Problem
  • 1.4.5. Building a Model - Constrained Optimization using CONMIN
• 1.5. A More Complex Tutorial Problem
  • 1.5.1. Problem Overview
  • 1.5.2. Components and Public Variables
  • 1.5.3. Executing a Component in the Python Shell
  • 1.5.4. Assemblies
  • 1.5.5. Executing the Vehicle Assembly
  • 1.5.6. Wrapping an External Module Using F2PY
  • 1.5.7. Sockets and Interfaces
  • 1.5.8. Setting up an Optimization Problem
  • 1.5.9. Solving the Optimization Problem
• 1.6. OpenMDAO Scripting Interface
  • 1.6.1. OpenMDAO Fundamentals
  • 1.6.2. Creating New Components
  • 1.6.3. Public Variables
  • 1.6.4. Building a Simulation Model
  • 1.6.5. Drivers
  • 1.6.6. Running OpenMDAO
  • 1.6.7. Data Flow and Workflow
  • 1.6.8. Geometry in OpenMDAO
• 1.7. OpenMDAO Standard Library
  • 1.7.1. Components
  • 1.7.2. Drivers
  • 1.7.3. Factories
  • 1.7.4. Traits
• 1.8. Appendix: Summary of Units