Historically, NREL's supported a MATLAB toolbox (https://github.com/OpenFAST/matlab-toolbox) that could be used to convert FAST input files from one version to another to aid users in upgrading their models when upgrading FAST versions. However, this toolbox has not yet been updated (or an equivalent script provided in its place) to support converting input files from FAST v8.16 to OpenFAST v1.0 format. The format of OpenFAST v1.0 is not too different from that of FAST v8.16 (without only one minor change to the FAST primary input file and several additions to the AeroDyn primary input file), but these differences will grow over time, so, the script must be continually updated along with OpenFAST.
Moreover, all of the sample OpenFAST inputs files in the regression tests still include version numbers based on the old module-specific numbering convention. Now that the version numbering convention has changed in OpenFAST, the version numbers in the example input files should be updated accordingly.
Historically, NREL's supported a MATLAB toolbox (https://github.com/OpenFAST/matlab-toolbox) that could be used to convert FAST input files from one version to another to aid users in upgrading their models when upgrading FAST versions. However, this toolbox has not yet been updated (or an equivalent script provided in its place) to support converting input files from FAST v8.16 to OpenFAST v1.0 format. The format of OpenFAST v1.0 is not too different from that of FAST v8.16 (without only one minor change to the FAST primary input file and several additions to the AeroDyn primary input file), but these differences will grow over time, so, the script must be continually updated along with OpenFAST.
Moreover, all of the sample OpenFAST inputs files in the regression tests still include version numbers based on the old module-specific numbering convention. Now that the version numbering convention has changed in OpenFAST, the version numbers in the example input files should be updated accordingly.