Chapter 2:
Intro to Modeling in VSP
VSP User Manual
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Modifying a Part
VSP allows designers to quickly and easily create nearly any aircraft imaginable.
In order to do that, parts must be modified to meet the design vision. The following is
organized by each part type.
Each Part Window has tabs to show different information on each part. Clicking
on the tab will bring up those parameters. The following descriptions start from the left
tab and work across to the right.
A word of warning
: VSP
does not
deal with units of measure directly – in other
words, the program does not default to feet or meters, etc. All units for aspects such as
length, width, chord, etc. are given only as
relative scalars
. This feature allows designers
to quickly model aircraft without worrying about conversion errors – whatever
measurement system the designer normally “thinks” in can translate directly to the
design. However, care should be taken when modeling an aircraft using parts that have
been imported from other sources, as the designer of the imported part may have been
“thinking” in a different measurement system than the final vehicle designer!
All Parts
The first two tabs are the same for all of the available parts. The part POD is used
as an example in the following figures.
General Parameters (Gen) Tab
The General Parameters tab of the part window is shown below:
Figure 5: Parts Window for a Pod.