User’s Guide

• Overview of the OpenMDAO Framework
  • What is OpenMDAO?
• Getting Started with OpenMDAO: A Simple Example Problem
  • Building a Simple Component - Paraboloid
  • Building a Simple Model - Unconstrained Optimization using CONMIN
  • Executing the Simple Optimization Problem
  • Building a Simple Model - Constrained Optimization using CONMIN
  • Afterword
• The OpenMDAO Tutorial Problem
  • Problem Overview
    • The Transmission Model
    • The Engine Model
    • The Chassis Model
    • Simulating the Acceleration Test (0-60)
    • Simulating the EPA Mileage Tests
  • Using OpenMDAO
  • Components
  • 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
• The OpenMDAO Scripting Interface
  • OpenMDAO Fundamentals
    • The OpenMDAO Package Hierarchy
    • The Model Hierarchy
    • Naming Conventions
  • Creating New Components
    • The Component API
    • Special Plugins
      • The Excel Wrapper
      • The Matlab Plugin
      • The Octave Plugin
  • Public Variables
    • Traits
    • Built-in Variable Types
      • Array
      • File Variables
      • Instance Traits
      • StringRef
      • Unit Conversions with Float
      • Coercion and Casting
    • Creating Custom Variable Types
  • Building a Simulation Model
    • Assemblies
    • Connecting Components
    • Interacting with Files and Directories
    • Sockets & Interfaces
  • Drivers
    • The Driver Interface
    • Solution Drivers
      • CONMIN
      • Idesign
      • PyEvolve
      • Newton Solver
    • The Case Iterator
    • Adding new Drivers
  • Running OpenMDAO
    • Setting the Top Level Assembly
    • Executing Models
    • Error Logging & Debugging
    • Saving & Loading
    • Sharing Models
  • Data Flow and WorkFlow
    • Data Flow & Lazy Evaluation
    • Custom WorkFlow
    • Custom Driver Workflow
  • Design Tools
    • Design of Experiments
    • Multi-objective Optimization and Pareto Frontiers
    • Sensitivity Analysis
  • Managing Simulation Data
  • Multi-Threaded Computation
  • Publishing a Component
    • Eggs
    • Adding a New Component to your Local Library
  • Geometry in OpenMDAO
  • Advanced MDAO
    • Multi-Fidelity Optimization
    • Surrogate Modeling
    • Uncertainty
• The OpenMDAO GUI
• OpenMDAO Standard Library
  • Components
  • Drivers
    • The CONMIN Driver
      • Basic Interface
      • Controlling the Optimization
      • Advanced Options
    • PyEvolve
    • The Case Iterator
  • Factories
  • Traits
• Appendix: Summary of Units