# OpenSees User
__NOTOC__ The OpenSees User pages are intended for users of the
OpenSees applications:
- OpenSees.exe
- OpenSeesSP.exe
- OpenSeesMP.exe
These applications are all interpreters
which interpret input written in an extended form of the Tcl programming
language. The extensions to the Tcl language are for finite element
analysis using the classes provided for in the OpenSees Framework.
User Documentation
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The OpenSees Getting
Started manual provides a step by step instruction on how to obtain,
install, and use OpenSees. For users who have never used OpenSees or a
command line interpreter, it is a useful document to read before you go
any further.
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The OpenSees Command
Manual is now in wiki form. Users and code developers are encouraged
to add and correct the manual as the see fit.
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The Command Manual details those new commands that have been added to Tcl by the OpenSees
interpreters.
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In the command manual we only detail those commands added to Tcl for
finite element programming.
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The OpenSees group at Oregon State University has developed an
OpenSees module for use in Python scripts. The Python interpreter is
newly added to the OpenSees. All commands are in python formats.
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The OpenSees group at Oregon State University has developed
fluid-structure interaction modules for OpenSees based on the particle
finite element method (PFEM). The FSI
analysis is newly added to the OpenSees for problems such as Tsunami
engineering.
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Commands have been added to OpenSees for modelling 'structures in
fire'. It was first started at University of Edinburgh in 2009. More
information can be found on the teams Github page.
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The OpenSees Examples is a
resource for OpenSees users, containing educational and practical
examples for beginner through advanced users.
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The OpenSees Cloud
Computing is a resource for OpenSees users, containing resources on
how and where to run OpenSees in the cloud. Users can run on OpenSees in
the cloud on machines provided by Amazon-EC2 and resources made
available through NEEShub.
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Discovering OpenSees
is a resource for OpenSees users, containing recordings (videos), PPT
presentations and accompanying examples from web-based learning series.
The topics covered in these learning series are targeted for users of
all levels, from the first time users up to advanced users.
Materials from Past
Workshops
- OpenSees
Days 2011 slide presentations
- OpenSees Days 2010
Video of Presentations
: a
Real-Time Interface, graphical and scriptical, for Numerical Simulation
in OpenSees
- OpenSees
Navigator: A Pre- and Post-processor for OpenSees. Some basic
tutorials on its usage can be found here