Merge pull request #2862 from OpenFAST/m/dev_to_devcbind_after405

merge 4.0.5 updates and `dev` changes into `dev-cbind`

Author: andrew-platt

.github/workflows/automated-dev-tests.yml

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ on:
 jobs:
   update-dev:
     if: github.repository_owner == 'OpenFAST'
-    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
     steps:
       # - name: Echo path
       #   run: |

.github/workflows/conda-deploy.yml

@@ -25,6 +25,18 @@ tag.
 
 **OpenFAST is under active development**.
 
+
+
+Part of the WETO Stack
+----------------------
+
+OpenFAST is primarily developed with the support of the U.S. Department of Energy and is part of the `WETO Software Stack <https://nrel.github.io/WETOStack>`_. For more information and other integrated modeling software, see:
+
+* `Portfolio Overview <https://nrel.github.io/WETOStack/portfolio_analysis/overview.html>`_
+* `Entry Guide <https://nrel.github.io/WETOStack/_static/entry_guide/index.html>`_
+* `OpenFAST Workshop <https://nrel.github.io/WETOStack/workshops/user_workshops_2024.html#openfast-ecosystem>`_
+
+
 FAST v8 - OpenFAST
 ------------------
 The transition from FAST v8 to OpenFAST represents the effort to better

README.rst

@@ -0,0 +1,94 @@
+**Feature or improvement description**
+Pull request to merge `rc-4.0.4` into `main` and create a tagged release for v4.0.4
+
+See the milestone and project pages for additional information
+
+    https://github.com/OpenFAST/openfast/milestone/20
+
+Test results, if applicable
+See GitHub Actions
+
+### Release checklist:
+- [ ] Update the documentation version in docs/conf.py
+- [ ] Update the versions in docs/source/user/api\_change.rst
+- [ ] Update version info in openfast\_io/pyproject.toml
+- [ ] Verify readthedocs builds correctly
+- [ ] Create an annotated tag in OpenFAST during merge (mark as most recent if necessary)
+- [ ] Create a merge commit in r-test and add a corresponding annotated tag
+- [ ] Upload Docker image
+- [ ] Compile executables for Windows builds
+    - [ ] `AeroDisk_Driver_x64.exe`
+    - [ ] `AeroDyn_Driver_x64.exe`
+    - [ ] `AeroDyn_Driver_x64_OpenMP.exe`
+    - [ ] `AeroDyn_Inflow_c_binding_x64.dll`
+    - [ ] `AeroDyn_Inflow_c_binding_x64_OpenMP.dll`
+    - [ ] `BeamDyn_Driver_x64.exe`
+    - [ ] `DISCON.dll (x64)`
+    - [ ] `DISCON_ITIBarge.dll (x64)`
+    - [ ] `DISCON_OC3Hywind.dll (x64)`
+    - [ ] `DISCON_SC.dll (x64)`
+    - [ ] `FAST.Farm_x64.exe`
+    - [ ] `FAST.Farm_x64_OMP.exe`
+    - [ ] `FAST_SFunc.mexw64`
+    - [ ] `HydroDynDriver_x64.exe`
+    - [ ] `HydroDyn_C_Binding_x64.dll`
+    - [ ] `IinflowWind_c_binding_x64.dll`
+    - [ ] `InflowWind_Driver_x64.exe`
+    - [ ] `InflowWind_Driver_x64_OpenMP.exe`
+    - [ ] `MoorDyn_Driver_x64.exe`
+    - [ ] `MoorDyn_c_binding_x64.dll`
+    - [ ] `OpenFAST-Simulink_x64.dll`
+    - [ ] `openfast_x64.exe`
+    - [ ] `SeaStateDriver_x64.exe`
+    - [ ] `SimpleElastoDyn_x64.exe`
+    - [ ] `SubDyn_x64.exe`
+    - [ ] `Turbsim_x64.exe`
+    - [ ] `UnsteadyAero_x64.exe`
+
+# Changelog
+
+## Overview
+
+This release includes several bug fixes and improvements for _OpenFAST_, GitHub actions, and _openfast\_io_.
+
+## General
+
+### CMake build system
+
+### GitHub actions
+
+#2778 Backport of GitHub Action to build windows executables on release (@deslaughter) -- backport of #2636
+
+
+### openfast_io
+
+#2779 MD: Backport of PR #2658 -- openfast\_IO MoorDyn compatibility (@RyanDavies19)
+
+#2777 bug fix #2762 (@mayankchetan)
+
+#2658 openfast\_IO MoorDyn compatibilityModule (@RyanDavies19)
+
+
+
+## Solvers
+
+### Simulink
+
+#2785 Avoid ending program when called as a shared library (@bjonkman) -- backport of #2671
+
+
+
+## Module changes
+
+### OpenFAST library
+
+#2780 backport of #2760: bug-fix: Adjust steady-state solver small angle assumptions (@bjonkman)
+
+#2776 Fix FAST\_ExtInfw\_Restart APIC++ API (@marchdf)
+
+
+
+## Input file changes
+
+No input file changes since v4.0.0
+

docs/OtherSupporting/OutListParameters.xlsx

@@ -0,0 +1,116 @@
+**Feature or improvement description**
+Pull request to merge `rc-4.0.5` into `main` and create a tagged release for v4.0.5
+
+See the milestone and project pages for additional information
+
+    https://github.com/OpenFAST/openfast/milestone/22
+
+Test results, if applicable
+See GitHub Actions
+
+### Release checklist:
+- [ ] Update the documentation version in docs/conf.py
+- [ ] Update the versions in docs/source/user/api\_change.rst
+- [ ] Update version info in openfast\_io/pyproject.toml
+- [ ] Verify readthedocs builds correctly
+- [ ] Create an annotated tag in OpenFAST during merge (mark as most recent if necessary)
+- [ ] Create a merge commit in r-test and add a corresponding annotated tag
+- [ ] Upload Docker image
+- [ ] Compile executables for Windows builds
+    - [ ] `AeroDisk_Driver_x64.exe`
+    - [ ] `AeroDyn_Driver_x64.exe`
+    - [ ] `AeroDyn_Driver_x64_OpenMP.exe`
+    - [ ] `AeroDyn_Inflow_c_binding_x64.dll`
+    - [ ] `AeroDyn_Inflow_c_binding_x64_OpenMP.dll`
+    - [ ] `BeamDyn_Driver_x64.exe`
+    - [ ] `DISCON.dll (x64)`
+    - [ ] `DISCON_ITIBarge.dll (x64)`
+    - [ ] `DISCON_OC3Hywind.dll (x64)`
+    - [ ] `DISCON_SC.dll (x64)`
+    - [ ] `FAST.Farm_x64.exe`
+    - [ ] `FAST.Farm_x64_OMP.exe`
+    - [ ] `FAST_SFunc.mexw64`
+    - [ ] `HydroDynDriver_x64.exe`
+    - [ ] `HydroDyn_C_Binding_x64.dll`
+    - [ ] `IinflowWind_c_binding_x64.dll`
+    - [ ] `InflowWind_Driver_x64.exe`
+    - [ ] `InflowWind_Driver_x64_OpenMP.exe`
+    - [ ] `MoorDyn_Driver_x64.exe`
+    - [ ] `MoorDyn_c_binding_x64.dll`
+    - [ ] `OpenFAST-Simulink_x64.dll`
+    - [ ] `openfast_x64.exe`
+    - [ ] `SeaStateDriver_x64.exe`
+    - [ ] `SimpleElastoDyn_x64.exe`
+    - [ ] `SubDyn_x64.exe`
+    - [ ] `Turbsim_x64.exe`
+    - [ ] `UnsteadyAero_x64.exe`
+
+# Changelog
+
+## Overview
+
+This release includes several bug fixes and improvements for _OpenFAST_, GitHub actions, and _openfast\_io_.
+
+## General
+
+### CMake build system
+
+### GitHub actions
+
+#2825 Simplify GitHub Action for regression tests (backport from dev-tc) (@deslaughter)
+
+
+### openfast_io
+
+#2828 updated outlist reading in openfast\_io (@mayankchetan)
+
+#2818 OpenFAST IO updates: MoorDyn and StC (@dzalkind)
+
+
+
+## Solvers
+
+### OpenFAST
+
+#2831 [BugFix] WrVTK with VTK\_fps fails (@andrew-platt)
+
+
+## Interfaces
+
+### cpp interface
+
+#2792 Fix openfastcpp restart parsing of file name (@marchdf)
+
+#2804 Add a checkError in openfast cpp (@marchdf)
+
+#2815 Fix restart parsing of file name (backport of #2792 and #2793) (@marchdf)
+
+
+## Module changes
+
+### AeroDyn
+
+#2853 Backport #2848 (@bjonkman)
+
+
+### BeamDyn
+
+#2811 BD: new output - aero only loads mapped to the root (@andrew-platt)
+
+
+### IceFlow
+
+#2855 Fix Typo in "interpolation" in Ice Crushing Modules (@leopardracer)
+
+
+### SubDyn
+
+#2821 bugfix: SD maximum number of output channels was incorrectly set (@andrew-platt)
+
+
+## Input file changes
+
+No input file changes since v4.0.0
+
+#2829 FF: typo in SeaState names in `MD_Shared` .fst files - this is not an API change (@andrew-platt)
+

docs/changelogs/v4.0.4.md

@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ def runDoxygen(sourcfile, doxyfileIn, doxyfileOut):
 # The short X.Y version.
 version = u'4.0'
 # The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags.
-release = u'v4.0.3'
+release = u'v4.0.5'
 
 # The language for content autogenerated by Sphinx. Refer to documentation
 # for a list of supported languages.

docs/changelogs/v4.0.5.md

@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ with the NREL OpenFAST team to define the scope of the work and coordinate
 development efforts. This is particularly important since many groups
 work on OpenFAST simultaneously. By engaging early, all developers can
 stay up to date and minimize conflicts during the code merge.
-The prefered method of communication is `GitHub Issues <https://github.com/openfast/openfast/issues>`_.
+The preferred method of communication is `GitHub Issues <https://github.com/openfast/openfast/issues>`_.
 An initial post should contain all relevant information about the planned
 development work, the areas of the software that will be impacted,
 and any model validation materials. See :ref:`development_plan`

docs/conf.py

@@ -478,7 +478,7 @@ The CMake options specific to OpenFAST and their default settings are:
     ORCA_DLL_LOAD                  - Enable OrcaFlex library load (Default: ON)
     USE_DLL_INTERFACE              - Enable runtime loading of dynamic libraries (Default: ON)
     USE_LOCAL_STATIC_LAPACK        - Enable downloading and building static LAPACK and BLAS libs (Default: OFF)
-    VARIABLE_TRACKING              - Enables variable tracking for better runtime debugging output. May increase compile time. Valid only for GNU. (Defualt: ON)
+    VARIABLE_TRACKING              - Enables variable tracking for better runtime debugging output. May increase compile time. Valid only for GNU. (Default: ON)
 
 
 Additional system-specific options may exist for a given system, but those

docs/source/dev/index.rst

@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ a line of varying circulation. The line follows the motion of the blade and is
 referred to as “bound” circulation. The bound circulation does not follow the
 same dynamic equation as the free vorticity of the wake. Instead, the intensity
 is linked to airfoil lift via the Kutta-Joukowski theorem. Spanwise variation of
-the bound circulation results in vorticity being emitted into the the wake. This
+the bound circulation results in vorticity being emitted into the wake. This
 is referred to as “trailed vorticity”. Time changes of the bound circulation are
 also emitted in the wake, referred to as “shed” vorticity. The subsequent
 paragraphs describe the representation of the bound vorticity.