#openvsp — Public Fediverse posts

Just posted about #SOURCE issue 4 and the future! Originally I committed to 4 issues, but, as a spoiler for the blog post, I'm going to carry on! Post mentions #opensource #gnuradio #freecad #openvsp #OSHWA #git and more!

https://concretedog.blogspot.com/2026/02/source-issue-4-and-future.html

KLAXXON! #SOURCE issue 4 "Airwaves and Airplanes" is out! Good grief that's taken a while! Anyway in this issue we have a beginners tutorial for the fabulous @gnuradio we also get started with #OpenVSP which is #NASA's #opensource vehicle sketchbook and it's rounded out with a look at a new @FreeCAD workbench, Detessellate which helps reverse engineer Mesh to #CAD files. We've also tweaked a few things on the website! https://sourcemag.co.uk/

Still in the #Doghouse working on the delayed issue 4 of #opensource pay as you feel #Source magazine. Picture for evidence.. themes are "Airwaves and Airplanes" as there's a @gnuradio tutorial and a #NASA #OpenVSP tutorial. Working hard on #ILoveOpenSourceDay

The first half hour of kludging in #openvsp really interesting bit of #opensource software from #NASA

Winglets design optimised using #openvsp , final design with @FreeCAD then the prototypes were (very sparse!) 3D printed and skinned with carbon (production versions will be full carbon mouldings). Now flight tested (will tweak the optimiser a little to avoid the small area of speartion you can see in the tuft testing). More details about the optimisation in this post: https://www.patreon.com/posts/winglet-135459661
#freecadfriday

Really enjoyed chatting to Tim from @avian earlier this week. Their use of #python #freecad #openfoam and #openvsp is pretty amazing and creates fantastic flying machines! Check out the writeup on the @FreeCAD blog. https://blog.freecad.org/2024/07/30/forged-in-freecad-avian-hang-gliders/

Anyway guys don't underestimate #OpenVSP for #propellers is very great applications where you can access to many parameters that define a blade. take a look in this brief introduction. #airplane #turbine #ship #boat

https://youtu.be/QhBA-XqTM3Y?si=bN4uA8QMzh07cmMB

The 2023 #OpenVSP Workshop, Day 3: https://openvsp.org/wiki/doku.php?id=workshop2023#wednesday_august_9
Half of today's slides uploaded, uncluding slides describing assembly making with linking parts (¡wrong PDF linked!), setting user variables, automation with Python API VSPSCRIP.
Also, some tomorrow's slides are uploaded too.
💡 #2d #3d #cad #diy #airplane #airplanes3d #aircraft #uav #drone #rocket #cfd #engineering

The 2023 #OpenVSP Workshop, Day 2: https://openvsp.org/wiki/doku.php?id=workshop2023#tuesday_august_8
Among just published slides, there are slides describing how to «Export to CAD and CFD» solid model from OpenVSP as Trimmed Surfaces, Un-Trimmed Surfaces & Structures in IGES, STEP and other file formats (suitable for import into #FreeCAD, etc.).
💡 #2d #3d #cad #diy #airplane #airplanes3d #aircraft #uav #drone #rocket #cfd #engineering

The 2023 #OpenVSP Workshop, Day 1: https://openvsp.org/wiki/doku.php?id=workshop2023#monday_august_7
👨‍🏫 #Modeling #Tutorial 1 (by Rob McDonald): «AGM-129 ACM»
🚀 #AGM129 VSP-file: https://openvsp.org/wiki/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=workshop23:agm129.vsp3
💡 #2d #3d #cad #diy #airplane #airplanes3d #aircraft #uav #drone #rocket #cfd #engineering

🔴 The 2023 #OpenVSP Workshop is #live at the Wright Brothers Institute (WBI) in Dayton Ohio, near the Wright Patterson AFB, the home of Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL).
🗓️ The workshop will be four (Aug 7-10) days long.
🗃️ Workshop program, slides & other files: https://openvsp.org/wiki/doku.php?id=workshop2023
N.B. 🛩️🚁 #NASA Urban Air Mobility (UAM) Reference Vehicles designed with OpenVSP app at LARC: https://sacd.larc.nasa.gov/uam-refs
💡 #2d #3d #cad #diy #airplane #airplanes3d #aircraft #uav #drone #rocket #cfd #engineering

👨‍🏫 #OpenVSP Ground School - https://vspu.larc.nasa.gov/
💡 #2d #3d #cad #diy #airplane #aircraft #uav #drone #rocket #cfd #engineering

#OpenVSP 3.35.0 released by #NASA Langley Research Center - https://openvsp.org/blogs/announcements/2023/07/24/openvsp-3-35-0-released
“If you can’t make #Oshkosh this week, download a new OpenVSP and #make yourself an #airplane.”
Source - https://github.com/openvsp/openvsp
Binary for Windows (or #Wine🍷), Mac OS & Linux (Ubuntu) - https://openvsp.org/download.php
VSP Hangar [✈️🛩️🚁🚀] - https://hangar.openvsp.org/
💡 #2d #3d #cad #diy #aircraft #uav #drone #rocket #cfd #engineering