BuildingTclViewer User Manual
Run BuildingTclViewer
- myBuildingTclviewer.tcl – BuildingTcl with graphical interface
- Incorporates BuildingTcl & BuildingTclviewer commands into the Tcl/Tk Interpreter
- This file needs to be sourced from the OpenSeesTk.exe prompt, or by double-clicking on the BuildingTclViewer.bat file
- 1. Run from OpenSeesTk Prompt
- a. Run OpenSeesTk.exe – a Tk window opens up (do not close it).
- b. Source myBuildingTclviewer.tcl at the OpenSees prompt
- the Tk window becomes the BuildingTclviewer
Or
- 2. Double-click on myBuildingTclviewer.bat
File Menu : Input-File Management
To start using BuildingTclViewer, select the File Menu in the menu bar.
At the first opening of BuildingTclViewer there are three options:
- New -- Start the input file from scratch
- Load (Recommended) -- Load an existing BuildingTcl script.
- Exit -- Exit program without saving to user-specified input file.
Once an input file has been selected, more options are available to the user:
Once a new file is created or an existing one is opened, the BuildingTclViewer menus serve the same purpose:
- create and/or edit input
- run selected load-combination analyses on selected models and automatically post-process the data
- view and save post-processed analysis results.