how to start with the source code

[tangzhen]

hello everyone，i just started reading the source code of ops，but i have some problems。i was wondering which project i have to read first，i mean the main routine。thank you all。

[fmk]

i suggest you start with my dissertation on the class structure.

the main procedures (one for each application) is in the SRC/tcl directories.

[shehuiren]

fmk wrote:
> i suggest you start with my dissertation on the class structure.
>
> the main procedures (one for each application) is in the SRC/tcl
> directories.

dear fmk;
how can i find your dissertation on the class structure,what is your dissertation's title ?
thank you very much !

[fmk]

Object-oriented finite element programming: frameworks for analysis, algorithms and parallel computing
opensees.berkeley.edu/OpenSees/doc/fmkdiss.pd

[shehuiren]

dear，
“//static data
Matrix ShellMITC4::stiff(24,24)” The stiffness Matrixv that defined in each element is the Matrix object, but how to check the stiffness Matrix of value？

[fmk]

when programming in c++ there are many ways to get at the matrix coefficients .. look at the Matrix interface in SRC/matrix/Matrix.h