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Hello! Welcome to the TetherCAD wiki! This page seeks to document the TetherCAD library for ease of use. For the best explanation work through the documentation in top-down order in the sidebar. The pages section can be used to search more easily for sections/subsections.
TetherCAD is a set of analysis tools to aid in the design of electromechanical tethers. These tethers can be used for robotics, space systems and more! The tool set is presented as a python library to promote ease-of-use and allow compatibility with a number of different systems. This library aims to help the user quickly and concisely answer the high-level questions involved in a tether's or tethered-system's design.
Currently the system consists of three main portions:
- Geometry System
- Database System
- Analysis Set
The geometry system is used to define the geometry of a tether design by building a cross section of components. This design is represented as a tree and is used to inform the overall construction of the tether.
The database system is used to allow the user to include material properties, or specific wire/optical fiber entries, for use in their designs.
The analysis set consists of a number of functions, taking a tether design and parameter as an input, that estimate the performance of a constructed tether.