Project Chrono API/SDK documentation (development branch)

Overview

High level overview of Chrono's features and capabilities.


Installation Guides

Instructions for configuring and installing Chrono and its optional modules.

Instructions on how to set up a project that uses Chrono.


User Manuals

  • Chrono Core

    Detailed documentation of Chrono's main features.

  • Visualization

    Chrono support for run-time and off-line visualization

  • Chrono::Vehicle

    Ground vehicle modeling and simulation with the Chrono::Vehicle module

  • Chrono::Sensor

    Sensor modeling and simulation with the Chrono::Sensor module

  • Chrono::Parsers

    tools to import external models and to interact with other languages

  • Chrono::Modal

    Modal reduction and eigenvalue analysis of the Chrono systems and assemblies

  • PyChrono

    Overview of PyChrono, the Python API to Chrono libraries

  • SynChrono

    Distributed agent simulation with the SynChrono module

  • DEM-Engine

    External GPU solver for DEM simulations

  • Chrono::SolidWorks

    SolidWorks plugin for exporting CAD data to Chrono

  • Chrono::Blender

    Add-on for importing Chrono simulations in Blender for rigging, editing and rendering

  • Chrono::ROS

    Integration with an external autonomy stack based on the Robot Operating System (ROS)


API Reference

Doxygen documentation, accessible from buttons at the top of the page. For a quick overview of all the classes: Class Index.


Tutorials

Basic examples for various features in Chrono. Good place to get started with using Chrono.