Features

OpenMDAO’s fully-supported features are documented here, each in a self-contained context. Any feature documented here, with the exception of those in the Experimental Features section, has been thoroughly tested, and should be considered fully functional.

Core Features

• Working with Components

• Working with Groups

• Working with Derivatives

• Adding design variables, constraints, and objectives

• Running Your Models

• Controlling Solver Behavior

Building Blocks

• Components

• Drivers

• Solvers

• SurrogateModels

• Function Metadata API

• Composable functions via jax

Recording Data

• Solver Recording

• Driver Recording

• Problem Recording

• System Recording

• Case Recording Options

• Case Reader

• Getting Data from a Case

• Getting Metadata from a Recording

Model Visualization

• Basics of Creating N2 Model Visualizations

• Details of the N2 Model Visualizations

• Metamodel Visualization

• View Connections of a Model

• View Driver Scaling Information

• View Driver Cases with the CaseViewer

• Create Tables of Data with generate_table

Reports

• Reports

• Optimization Report

Debugging

• Listing Variables

• The Newton Solver Isn’t Converging

• Driver Debug Printing

• Solver Debug Printing

• Profiling and Tracing

• MPI Detection, Troubleshooting, and Testing

Warning Control

• OpenMDAO Specific Warning Categories

• Filtering Warnings

• Notes for Developers

Units Definitions

Experimental Features

• Determining Variable Shapes at Runtime

• Simultaneous Coloring of Approximated Derivatives

• Working with Plugins

• Jax for ExplicitComponents using the JaxExplicitComponent class

• Jax for ImplicitComponents using the JaxImplicitComponent class