Design Points Export Tool

The Design Points Export tool is a plugin for STK's Aviator capability, that allows you to export raw flight data of an Aviator Mission trajectory and convert that raw data into a set of design points. The generated design points, once converted, are in a format that can be implemented into Fluent Aero.

Requirements

• Python 3.6+
• Following packages:
  • matplotlib
  • numpy
  • pandas

Export Raw Design Points

Clicking the "Export Raw Design Points" button in the Design Points Export Tool generates a *.csv file of raw flight data for the Aviator aircraft's mission trajectory. This flight data is defined in the *.csv with the following data providers in this order:

1. Time
2. Mach The ratio of the aircraft's speed and the speed of sound at the aircraft's altitude, with local atmospheric conditions. Number
3. Altitude
4. Angle of Attack The angle between the body X axis and the projection of the velocity vector onto the body XZ plane. The velocity vector is the velocity of the object as observed in the object's central body fixed coordinate system.

Python is not needed to export the raw flight data.

Run Design Points Generator

In order to Run the Design Points Generator, you need Python and the packages listed above. When you click the Run Design Points Generator button, this action takes the previously exported raw flight data and converts it to design points. Generating design points is not active unless you export the raw design points first. These generated design points are in a format that is appropriate for use within Fluent Aero.

Example of generated Design Points

Run the Design Point Generator through a command line