User Guide

This section contains detailed guides on how to use many of the features of pymead from both the API and the GUI.

• Overview
• Parameters & Design Variables
• Geometric Objects
  • Points
    • Point Creation
    • Point Modification
    • Point Deletion
    • Exposing x & y Params
    • Point Promotion
  • Lines
    • Line Creation
    • Line Deletion
  • Bézier Curves
    • Mathematical Description
    • Bézier Creation
    • Inserting/Removing Bézier Control Points
    • Bézier Curve Deletion
  • Airfoils
    • Airfoil Creation
    • Airfoil Deletion
  • Multi-Element Airfoils
    • Multi-Element Airfoil Creation
    • Multi-Element Airfoil Deletion
• Geometric Constraints
• Renaming Objects
• Continuity
• Aerodynamic Analysis
  • Linear-Strength Vortex Panel Method
  • XFOIL
  • MSES Suite
    • MSET
    • MSES
    • MPLOT
    • MPOLAR
  • References
• Airfoil Matching
• Optimization
  • Available Objective/Constraint Functions
    • XFOIL
    • MSES