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@akeeste akeeste commented Jul 9, 2021

This PR adds a Troubleshooting section to the User Manual. The first subsection covers:

  • user expectations and steps to take before opening a GitHub issue
    • personal debugging expectations
    • identifying WEC-Sim vs MATLAB errors
    • reviewing relevant documentation, closed issues
    • opening a new issue (template, relevant information, uploading cases, tagging related issues, etc)
  • issue board notes
    • developers can't address topics not directly related to WEC-Sim
    • timing expectations (<= 1 week for response)

The second subsection describes several numerical test cases users should follow when developing a novel case. This includes checking hydrostatic stability, decay tests, viscous drag, etc. For each test case, details are provided on typical errors and suggested solutions.

The third subsection contains a FAQ with a description, error message, and solutions for commonly asked github issues, including:

  • solution singularity
  • degenerate mass distribution
  • h5 file

It it my hope that this page will set standards on using the issue board and help users address their own questions. It serves as a convenient place to point users with common support questions. Hopefully this decreases the time required to maintain the issue board. The most common issues can be added to the FAQ if desired. The debugging steps include reviewing past issues which should provide the same information.

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akeeste commented Jul 15, 2021

When building these docs there is an error:
"Extension error:
You must configure the bibtex_bibfiles setting"

I'll look into and see if the new .rst file is causing any issues.

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Just small, grammatical changes. Overall, should be very helpful for new users and looks good once the building error is fixed.

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akeeste commented Jul 19, 2021

@Jeffalo1 I updated the new page based on your suggestions. I also pulled dev into this branch so that the docs build properly now.

@akeeste akeeste merged commit a9f38d7 into WEC-Sim:dev Jul 19, 2021
@akeeste akeeste deleted the docs_troubleshooting branch July 19, 2021 22:26
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