User Guide

• Introduction to the OpenMDAO Framework
• System Requirements
• Installation
• Getting Started: A Simple Tutorial Problem
  • Getting Started
  • Building a Component - Paraboloid
  • Building a Model - Unconstrained Optimization using CONMIN
  • Executing the Simple Optimization Problem
  • Building a Model - Constrained Optimization using CONMIN
• A More Complex Tutorial Problem
  • Problem Overview
  • Components and Public Variables
  • Executing a Component in the Python Shell
  • Assemblies
  • Executing the Vehicle Assembly
  • Wrapping an External Module Using F2PY
  • Sockets and Interfaces
  • Setting up an Optimization Problem
  • Solving the Optimization Problem
• OpenMDAO Scripting Interface
  • OpenMDAO Fundamentals
  • Creating New Components
  • Public Variables
  • Building a Simulation Model
  • Drivers
  • Running OpenMDAO
  • Workflow
  • Geometry in OpenMDAO
• OpenMDAO Standard Library
  • Components
  • Drivers
  • Factories
  • Traits
• Appendix: Summary of Units