Create aircraft model

Use case objective

The objective of this use case is to create an aircraft model, which in turn can be used for performing calculations or other operations.

Creating the provided demo aircraft model

The simplest way to generate an aircraft model is to instanciate the provided demo aircraft model.

1. Create a new project

To create a new project, right-click the openCDT navigator and select Other.../New Project....
Enter a project name in the dialog that pops up. The openCDT navigator will now contain a new project symbol.

2. Set up the project

To set up the newly created project, create folders for the models and the functions to be stored in this project. The function folder in openCDT is always called Calculation Repository.

To create the model folder: Right-click the project symbol and select New Model Element. In the appearing dialog box, expand the model node and choose Model.

To create an Calculation Repository folder with example functions: Download the provided Calculation Repository. Right-click the project symbol and select Import Model Element. Select the just downloaded file in the appearing dialog box.

To create an empty Calculation Repository folder: Right-click the project symbol and select New Model Element. In the appearing dialog box, expand the functions node and choose CalculationRepository.

3. Import example aircraft model

Import the example model by righ-clicking the Model folder and selecting Import Demo Project.