[jakaranda]

Hello,

My company is looking into doing parametric shape optimization for a complete aircraft configuration.

What codes/tools have people used to parametrize aircraft shapes (wings/fuselages and junctions between the two) and how has their experience been with the chosen tools?

The idea is to parametrize the shapes, vary the parameters in an intelligent way, run the shapes through CFD and start building up response surfaces to start doing parametric optimization.

Thanks in advance for any inputs/comments

JB