OpenRocket "Standard" Parts Dimensions?

[scadaman29325]

I finally got around to playing with OR, nice. It is fairly intuitive and unexpectedly simple to use, but you can get bogged down in the EXACT details. Is there a listing of "standard" parts dimensions, maybe screenshots. Yes, there are a million different standard parts, but I was hoping for some (only a few thousand, LOL) of the most common parts. And here is a stretch, an add-in for a dropdown parts selector, not unlike the motors.

I've been guessing and created a simple design (with all the components) that I felt was good enough for a first attempt. It launched to an apogee of 135m with a 52sec flight. Wow, it really is a great program.

On the otherhand, researching and figuring it all out is a big part of the fun. I guess I'm glad it's not like an NES game that you can beat in a few hours and then no fun.


Thanks

 

[Greg Furtman]

I finally got around to playing with OR, nice. It is fairly intuitive and unexpectedly simple to use, but you can get bogged down in the EXACT details. Is there a listing of "standard" parts dimensions, maybe screenshots. Yes, there are a million different standard parts, but I was hoping for some (only a few thousand, LOL) of the most common parts. And here is a stretch, an add-in for a dropdown parts selector, not unlike the motors.

I've been guessing and created a simple design (with all the components) that I felt was good enough for a first attempt. It launched to an apogee of 135m with a 52sec flight. Wow, it really is a great program.

On the otherhand, researching and figuring it all out is a big part of the fun. I guess I'm glad it's not like an NES game that you can beat in a few hours and then no fun.


Thanks

Check out K'Teshes OR tutorials here on TRF. They really have helped me.

 

[neil_w]

With any part, if you click on the "Select Preset" pull down, and then "From Database", it'll give you a list of standard parts. The built in parts database is a bit out of date but it is still good and useful.

 

[Tobor]

Also of note, the built in database has a lot of errors. The good news is that there is an individual who is working on correcting said errors, at least as best that they can. dbcook has a github page (Link) with corrected OR files that is updated with some regularity.

dbcook's page has instructions on how to install the corrected files using git for Windows. Personally, I prefer to download and install the file package manually but I'm sure the listed method will work just fine.

Edit: I just checked and dbcook's last update was Nov. 2019.

Edit #2 : Forgot to mention the git page also has instructions for Mac and Linux.

 

[scadaman29325]

With any part, if you click on the "Select Preset" pull down, and then "From Database", it'll give you a list of standard parts. The built in parts database is a bit out of date but it is still good and useful.
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Completely missed that, thanks!