Understanding XDSM diagrams

XDSM diagrams are a good tool for visualizing models, understanding solver loops, and specifying interfaces between models developed by more than one person.

0:00 - Intro
0:41 - What is an XDSM?
1:42 - XDSMs for analysis
3:58 - XDSMs for optimization
10:09 - Making XDSMs
12:43 - How XDSMs can be used in large projects
13:52 - N2 vs XDSM diagrams
15:19 - Conclusion

This lesson is part of the Practical MDO series and here is the accompanying course page: https://openmdao.github.io/PracticalM...

Resources discussed:
Lambe and Martins, 2012: http://websites.umich.edu/~mdolaborat...
pyXDSM: https://github.com/mdolab/pyXDSM
OpenMDAO-XDSM: https://github.com/onodip/OpenMDAO-XDSM

Lectures mentioned (to be added as they're developed):
[[Understanding N2 diagrams]]
[[Nonlinear solvers]]