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February 1, 2019
by Justin Gray
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OpenMDAO Papers for Scitech 2019

There are several new papers, published for Scitech 2019, that used OpenMDAO as a tool to reach their conclusions, that we wanted to share.  Here are seven OpenMDAO-related works that you may find interesting: “Battery performance modeling on sceptor x-57 … Continue reading →

January 22, 2019
by Justin Gray
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The OpenMDAO Paper!

A lot of blood, sweat, and tears has gone into OpenMDAO over the years. The project planning started in 2007, coding started in 2008, and our first release came in 2010. We’ve been through three major versions of the code: … Continue reading →

November 8, 2018
by Justin Gray
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Research Debt

There is a new online journal called distill.pub that has an interesting new format. It places a particular emphasis on clear explanations of concepts and high-quality infographics that help to further understanding. This is so obviously a good idea, that … Continue reading →

October 31, 2018
by Justin Gray
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OpenMDAO version 2.5.0 is released!

OpenMDAO 2.5.0 is out, containing lots of new features, including some backwards-incompatible changes.  Here are the release notes: Release Notes for OpenMDAO 2.5.0 October 31, 2018 New Features: ————– – list_outputs() method now includes a `prom_name` argument to include the … Continue reading →

August 1, 2018
by Justin Gray
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OpenMDAO 2.4.0 Released!

Release Notes for OpenMDAO 2.4.0 August 1, 2018 New Features: ————– – Better error message when upper and lower have the wrong shape for add_design_var and add_constraint methods. – pyOptSparseDriver now runs the initial condition for ALPSO and NSGA-II optimizers. … Continue reading →

June 12, 2018
by Justin Gray
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OpenMDAO 2.3.0 Released!

We’re proud to announce the release of OpenMDAO 2.3.0. This is a substantial release that comes with many new features. Some of the new features are small, but there are are few major ones. You can read all the details … Continue reading →

April 2, 2018
by Justin Gray
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OpenMDAO 2.2.1

OpenMDAO 2.2.1 came out today. Here are the release notes: Release Notes for OpenMDAO 2.2.1 April 2, 2018 New Features: ————– – check_partials() improvements to formatting and clarity. Report of potentially-bad derivatives summarized at bottom of output. – check_partials() only … Continue reading →

February 9, 2018
by Justin Gray
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OpenMDAO 2.2.0 Released

OpenMDAO 2.2.0 was released today. Documentation for this version can be found here. If you have any trouble with the release, feel free to contact us for support via our Stack Overflow tag, “openmdao.” Release Notes for OpenMDAO 2.2.0 February … Continue reading →

December 8, 2017
by Justin Gray
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Release of OpenMDAO 2.1.0

OpenMDAO 2.1.0 was released today. Documentation for this version can be found here. If you have any trouble with the release, feel free to contact us for support via our Stack Overflow tag, “openmdao.” Here are the release notes for … Continue reading →

November 23, 2017
by Justin Gray
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Should I Use OpenMDAO 1 or 2?

OpenMDAO 2 represents a total re-write and significant update of the framework with much cleaner APIs and performance improvements. It is also a backwards-incompatible release, and does not yet (as of November 2017) include all of the features that were … Continue reading →

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