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.. tip::

To avoid having to copy the executable in your working directory, you can place the executable into a folder and add this folder to your system path. If you chose this method, are restart your terminal, you should be able to run `openfast /h` from any folder, and this time, `./` is not needed.
To avoid having to copy the executable in your working directory, you can place the executable into a folder and add this folder to your system path. If you chose this method, and restart your terminal, you should be able to run `openfast /h` from any folder, and this time, `./` is not needed.


Run your first OpenFAST simulation
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Advanced troubleshooting
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

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- Generate VTK outputs for visualization of the turbine and the various meshes used by OpenFAST. VTK outputs are activated using `WrVTK=1` or `WrVTK=2`. The VTK are written in folders `vtk*` in the main directory, and can be visualized using Paraview (see :ref:`visualizing_input_output_OF`).


Additional guidelines may be added in the future. In particular, troubleshooting dedicated to each module.


.. _moduleTroubleshooting:

Troubleshooting for specific modules
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

All modules of OpenFAST require a certain level of expertise to ensure that the simulations are physical.
Guidelines for the different modules can be found throughout this documentation, see in particular:


- AeroDyn: :ref:`ad_modeling`

- HydroDyn: :ref:`hd-modeling-considerations`

- OLAF: :ref:`Guidelines-OLAF`

- SubDyn: :ref:`sd_modeling-considerations`

- FAST.Farm: :ref:`FF:ModGuidance`



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