Variable airfoils using the MulTabLoc USER function

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Hello Bonnie,

Thanks for the helpful discussion here.
I tested the MulTabLoc feature with a hard coded Table location and it works.
However, not like Niklas, I plan to use the simulink +FAST_Sfunc to control my flap angle, similar to Keshan did in this poster
[url]Instructions for Compiling FAST - #121 by Keshan.He]

I have one question regarding to the “NumAdditionalInputs” parameter.
I have total three additional inputs, corresponding to the flap angle of each flap of each blade.
So I expect I should set NumAdditionalInputs to 3.
And I change the FAST_library code like this:

subroutine FAST_SetExternalInputs(NumInputs_c, InputAry, m_FAST)

   USE, INTRINSIC :: ISO_C_Binding
   USE FAST_Types
!   USE FAST_Data, only: NumFixedInputs
   
   IMPLICIT  NONE

   INTEGER(C_INT),         INTENT(IN   ) :: NumInputs_c      
   REAL(C_DOUBLE),         INTENT(IN   ) :: InputAry(NumInputs_c)                   ! Inputs from Simulink
   TYPE(FAST_MiscVarType), INTENT(INOUT) :: m_FAST                                  ! Miscellaneous variables
   
         ! set the inputs from external code here...
         ! transfer inputs from Simulink to FAST
      IF ( NumInputs_c < NumFixedInputs ) RETURN ! This is an error
          
           
      m_FAST%ExternInput%GenTrq      = InputAry(1)
      m_FAST%ExternInput%ElecPwr     = InputAry(2)
      m_FAST%ExternInput%YawPosCom   = InputAry(3)
      m_FAST%ExternInput%YawRateCom  = InputAry(4)
      m_FAST%ExternInput%BlPitchCom  = InputAry(5:7)
      m_FAST%ExternInput%HSSBrFrac   = InputAry(8)
      
     
            
      IF ( NumInputs_c > NumFixedInputs ) THEN  ! NumFixedInputs is the fixed number of inputs
         IF ( NumInputs_c == NumFixedInputs + 3 ) &
             !Xiao Sun: Set NumAdditionalInput to 3
             ! Pass three flap angle input to AeroDyn
             m_FAST%ExternInput%FlapCtrl   = InputAry(9:11)
             m_FAST%ExternInput%LidarFocus = InputAry(9:11)
      END IF   
      
end subroutine FAST_SetExternalInputs

However, in your reply to Keshan, you said the NumAdditionalInputs can be set to [3, COM11_STU].
What does that mean? Does that mean InputAry(1) can be a array that contains three flap angle values?