Why does Opensees application window exit itself after a run

[semon]

Hi all,

I ran one of the Opensees models that I developed for my project, and the black Opensees window exits itself. I cannot see what the error is, if there are any errors. I am sure that that is due to error in script, but I could not figure out what the error is exactly. Did anyone have same problem? Please share your idea and experience. I would appreciate your help.

Thanks

[gerber]

I had face this problem a lot of time.
Probably there is a basic problem in your model, like wrong BasicBuilder or you create an element connecting nodes which doesn`t exist.
As opensees reading your script, it shows a warning message when the error appears and after it closes.
I suggest you to enter the script progressively by using copy-paste in order to understand where is the wrong part of your script (dont`t use <<source>> command !
I hope to find a solution !

[semon]

Thank you for the reply. I appreciate your suggestion. I hope I will find out my mistake

[baozai]

Hello, semon.
I think you can try to add this command at the beginning of your script, just after "wipe" command. It is "logFile errorFile on;", then an error file will be established and most of the errors will be recorded in it, it is easy for you to check your model sometimes.
Good luck!

[semon]

Thank you baozai for your help.

[baozai]

semon wrote:
> Thank you baozai for your help.

You're welcome.

[gerardoreilly3]

if you open the opensees.exe via the command prompt, the window wont close and you will see the error straight away. Just google how to open a cmd window in current directory and its pretty easy from there.

[semon]

Oh thank you so much for you help gerardoreilly3. I will try for sure.