v4.0.4.md

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
• 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 releaseCompiler (@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