First Public Release of BuildingTcl

silvia · Post by **silvia** » Mon Jul 21, 2008 11:32 am

BuildingTcl is a library of Tcl commands to build and analyze 2D building frames using OpenSees. The BuildingTclViewer is a graphical user interface for BuildingTcl -- it allows the user to run the numerical simulations interactively and view the analysis results interactively as well.

neesforge.nees.org/projects/buildingtcl/

This is the first public release. Please post all comments and questions in this thread. However, i will be gone on holiday until August 19th.
i have tried to make the documentation complete, but it may not be perfect, as the libraries are still evolving.

ebe79442114 · Post by **ebe79442114** » Thu Jul 31, 2008 7:07 am

It's interesting

Can i make it work on linux?

please excuse me for poor english.

silvia · Post by **silvia** » Fri Aug 01, 2008 3:26 pm

it should work, as it is in Tcl/Tk.
please try it and let me know.

hresquivelo · Post by **hresquivelo** » Thu Aug 07, 2008 4:26 pm

Hi Silvia.

Since I use a mac, the installation file "BuildingTclInstall.bat" won't execute.
My question is: what does the installation file do in order to do it myself by hand.

Thanks in advance.

silvia · Post by **silvia** » Sun Aug 10, 2008 1:20 pm

open up the file and see, it just creates tcl files. the bat files are ascii files.
i can show you when i return from vacation, after the 19th.

hresquivelo · Post by **hresquivelo** » Tue Aug 19, 2008 5:31 pm

Hi Silvia,

Please help me on how to get those files.

I'll appreciate your help.

silvia · Post by **silvia** » Thu Aug 21, 2008 8:03 pm

honestly, i don't know how to make it work on mac, please try it on a windows os, understand the files and see if you can do it, i don't know how macs handle paths and things like that.

sb1966 · Post by **sb1966** » Fri Sep 19, 2008 9:03 am

Hi Silvia and all,

Thanks a lot for this interface. I would like to know how to make it work in Linux. Hope some one will give me the basic idea. Is it possible to have a symbolic link to OpenSees bin in place of OpenSees.exe?

Thanks

(sb1966)

silvia · Post by **silvia** » Fri Sep 19, 2008 10:44 am

for now, i designed it for windows.

ebe79442114 · Post by **ebe79442114** » Mon Sep 22, 2008 1:51 pm

Hi !

I can run graphical user interface under linux with below command and sum change to some filename in /home/ebi/Desktop/BuildingTcl_Release/BuildingTclProgramFiles/LibImages folder, because linux is sensible to small and large letters :

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wish /home/ebi/Desktop/BuildingTcl_Release/myBuildingTclViewer.tcl

wish equals to tk command in windows.

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while content of myBuildingTclViewer.tcl file is look likes this:

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################################ 
# BuildingTcl Library Files Setup              
# 
#      Silvia Mazzoni, 2008                          
#         University of California, Berkeley      
################################ 
# place this file in your working directory # 
#   source it within OpenSeesTk                # 
################################ 
#
# Folder Path for all BuildingTcl Library Files
variable LibPath "/home/ebi/Desktop/BuildingTcl_Release/BuildingTclProgramFiles";
#
# Add the BuildingTcl Commands to Tcl
source $LibPath/LibBuildingTclLibraryFiles.tcl;
#
# set up
#
# initialize all data lists and arrays
initializeAll		;  
#
global GlobalizeUnits
eval $GlobalizeUnits;
#
#
# run viewer
#
BuildingTclViewer
#

and I can load input file, but when I press analyze key, it gives me an error :

Error: invalid command name “ wipe”.

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It's true. Because wipe is an opensees command.

However, when I run below command this error appear:

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opensees /home/ebi/Desktop/BuildingTcl_Release/myBuildingTclViewer.tcl

error:

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invalid command name "winfo"
    while executing
"winfo screenwidth ."
    (procedure "BuildingTclViewer" line 8)
    invoked from within
"BuildingTclViewer"
    (file "/home/ebi/Desktop/BuildingTcl_Release/myBuildingTclViewer.tcl" line 28)

this is also true. Because winfo command is a wish command and opensees return an error.

I think it must be runnable under linux with some try.

Please excuse me for my poor english.

silvia · Post by **silvia** » Wed Sep 24, 2008 7:51 am

are you running the Tk version of OpenSees????
winfo is a Tk command, not a Tcl one.

ebe79442114 · Post by **ebe79442114** » Wed Sep 24, 2008 12:13 pm

silvia wrote:are you running the Tk version of OpenSees????
winfo is a Tk command, not a Tcl one.

I get source code and compile it under debian GNU/Linux. I don't know how can i integrate opensees with Tk (wish in linux).

thanks.

Post by **fmk** » Thu Sep 25, 2008 5:28 am

instead of typing 'make' type 'make tk' to make the tk version under linux.

ebe79442114 · Post by **ebe79442114** » Thu Sep 25, 2008 6:23 am

thanks.

i will test it.

ebe79442114 · Post by **ebe79442114** » Thu Sep 25, 2008 2:36 pm

I continue discuss in this topic that related to my problem, please refer to it and answer me:

opensees.berkeley.edu/community/viewtopic.php?p=14360#14360