Online docs and manuals

Bladed Knowledge Centre Help library Online documentation and manuals

Online documentation

Bladed documentation is in the process of being moved to our new online documentation site:

  • Documentation currently available for Bladed 4.17 includes Theory, Modelling and Workflow information.
  • Validation & Verification and Publications information is also available.
  • Documentation that has not yet been transferred can be found in the Topic Signposts or Documentation PDFs sections in the Help library.

User manual

The Bladed User Manual describes the operation of the user interface and compliments the Bladed Theory Manual (see below).

  • Bladed 4.17 and later:
  • Bladed 4.16 and earlier:
    • The PDF manual can be opened from the Bladed GUI (Help menu > User manual), or found in the Bladed application folder
    • Much of the information is also available in the “Help” facility (CHM file) within the Bladed GUI (Help menu > Help, or press F1 for context-sensitive Help)

Theory manual

The Bladed Theory Manual gives full background information and details of the calculation methods used for turbine performance and loading calculations.

  • Bladed 4.15 and later:
  • Bladed 4.14 and earlier:
    • The PDF manual can be opened from the Bladed GUI (Help menu > Theory manual), or found in the Bladed application folder