What's new in OpenRocket 14.06
Jun 27, 2014
- This release contains very minimal changes.
- It fixes an annoying bug in tables that many people experience.
- A texture is added for Klima motors.
New in OpenRocket 14.05 (May 21, 2014)
- This release contains some minor features, bug fixes and updated thrust curves.
- New motor vendors Klima and Southern Cross Rocketry are included.
- The simulation will now compute optimum delay based on actual coast time.
- Components with CG and mass overrides are decorated with an icon in the component tree.
New in OpenRocket 14.03 (Mar 21, 2014)
- This release contains the new photo realistic renderer (in the Tools menu) which allows one to visualize the rocket in the air. There are various bug fixes in the configuration and motor selection windows as well.
New in OpenRocket 13.11.2 (Jan 3, 2014)
- Bug Fixes:
- Numerous bug fixes and usability improvements in the new flight configuration tab.
- Fix couple of layout issues
- Updated Spanish, French and Chinese translations
New in OpenRocket 12.09.1 (Sep 30, 2012)
- Bug-fix release for 12.09, fixing numerous bugs.
- New feature: automatically open the latest design file on startup (in Edit -> Preferences -> Options).
New in OpenRocket 12.09 (Sep 17, 2012)
- 3D rocket design view
- Component Presets
- Custom expressions in simulations
- Printing for centering ring and clustered centering ring components.
- Support simple arthmatic in dimension entry
- Support deploying recovery device at stage separation
- Support for fractional inches (1/64) for unit length
- Added preference for windspeed units separately
- Added "most recently used files" in File Menu.
- Improved printed accurracy in fin marking guide
- Calibration rulers added to printed templates
- Translations in Czech and Polish, numerous updates
New in OpenRocket 12.03 (Mar 19, 2012)
- In this release the version numbering scheme has been changed to be
- "YY.MM" indicating the year and month of the release.
- Enhancements in the desktop version include saving designs in RKT
- format, freeform fin set import from images, configurable stage separation events, guided help tours and displaying the computed motor designation class. The application has also been translated to Italian and Russian.
- This also marks the first release for Android devices. In this first
- release you can open files and examine existing simulations, stability
- data and motor files. The Android port is thanks to work by Kevin
- Ruland.
New in OpenRocket 1.1.9 Beta (Nov 25, 2011)
- This release calculates rocket flight in real-world coordinates and takes into account geodetic effects (including coriolis effect)
- Printing of transitions, nose cone profiles and fin marking guides
- It also contains some usability features and bug fixes.
New in OpenRocket 1.1.8 Beta (Aug 26, 2011)
- This release contains bug fixes to the optimization methods.
- It also contains a workaround to a JRE bug that prevents running OpenRocket on Java 7.
New in OpenRocket 1.1.7 Beta (Aug 13, 2011)
- This release contains automatic rocket design optimization functionality. However, be cautious when using it and take the results with a grain of salt.
New in OpenRocket 1.1.6 (Jul 23, 2011)
- Internationalization support and translations. The release also contains rocket design scaling support and numerous bug fixes.
New in OpenRocket 1.1.5 (Jun 11, 2011)
- Removed native printing support. Printing is now handled via PDF viewer, which should make printing much more reliable and less bug-prone.
New in OpenRocket 1.1.4 (Apr 18, 2011)
- Initial printing support, and various bug fixes.
New in OpenRocket 1.1.3 (Apr 18, 2011)
- Support for drag-drop moving and copying of components. Fixes a
- severe bug in the undo system.
New in OpenRocket 1.1.2 (Apr 18, 2011)
- Fixes a severe bug that prevented adding stages to rockets.
New in OpenRocket 1.1.1 (Apr 18, 2011)
- Major rewrite of the simulation code, enhanced support for thrust
- curve loading and selection, faster startup time and bug fixes.
- Old simulation listeners are incompatible with this release.
New in OpenRocket 1.1.0 (Apr 18, 2011)
- Support for loading RockSim rocket design files (.rkt)
New in OpenRocket 1.0.0 (Apr 18, 2011)
- Added numerous new motor thrustcurves from thrustcurve.org, and fixed
- a few more bugs.
New in OpenRocket 0.9.6 (Apr 18, 2011)
- Updated aerodynamic calculation methods to be more in line with the
- Barrowman method and enhanced simulation time step selection. Fixed
- numerous bugs.
New in OpenRocket 0.9.5 (Dec 16, 2009)
- Fixed a serious defect which prevented adding a tube coupler and centering ring on the same body tube. Other minor improvements.
New in OpenRocket 0.9.4 (Dec 16, 2009)
- Added through-the-wall fin tabs, attaching components to tube couplers, material editing and automatic update checks, and fixed numerous of the most commonly occurring bugs.
New in OpenRocket 0.9.3 (Dec 16, 2009)
- Numerous bug fixes and enhancements including data exporting, showing flight events in plots, example rocket designs, splitting clustered inner tubes and automated bug reporting.
New in OpenRocket 0.9.2 (Dec 16, 2009)
- Fixed imperial unit conversions. Significant UI enhancements to the motor configuration edit dialog, motor selection dialog and file open/save.
New in OpenRocket 0.9.1 (Dec 16, 2009)
- Bug fixes to file dialog and saving; initial support for cut/copy/paste of simulations.