OpenVSP-Connect
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2020-05-05:
OpenVSP-Connect 1.1
File: OpenVSP-Connect_1.1.xlsm
Aircraft examples are still given OpenVSP-Connect 1.0.
They continue to work find, only the Tool Chain does not work with these files.
Work done towards Version 1.1:
>>> Detailed concept for data handling for the Tool Chain defined
>>> Corrections and extensions to the Tool Chain (loading aircraft data) in the macro "LoadAircraftParameters".
>>> Macros renamed
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April 2020:
OpenVSP-Connect = OpenVSP-Connect 1.0
File: OpenVSP-Connect.xslm 

OpenVSP-Connect started as an interface tool between ANY aircraft design tool and Open Vehicle Sketch Pad (openVSP) from NASA.
OpenVSP renders a 3D visualization of an aircraft.

By using all default values, the program works in "Automatic Mode":
Based on just two input values "Cruise Mach Number" and "Number of Passengers"
an aircraft can be sketched automatically based on passenger aircraft statistics.

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OpenVSP-Connect still runs on OpenVSP 2.2.4 for Win 32.
This version of OpenVSP is provided together with the OpenVSP-Connect download.
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1.) You downloaded the Zip-File OpenVSP-Connect.zip from http://OpenVSP.ProfScholz.de

2.) Copy OpenVSP-Connect.zip into a folder of your choice (e.g. OpenVSP) and unzip the content into that folder.
    Now almost everything is ready and you do not need to install anything else.

3.) Check your Excel settings.

4.) In the OpenVSP-Connect.xlsm files, set the path in cell H10 (variable name: OpenVSP_Dir) to your OpenVSP folder.

5.) Understand how to work on 3.) and 4.) by reading:

    GettingStartedWithOpenVSP-Connect.pdf

    Learn there how to use the program.
