Useful Undocumented Commands

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MDSmith526
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Useful Undocumented Commands

Post by MDSmith526 »

initialize - sets up system of equations but doesn't solve
remove timeSeries $tag
nodeReaction $nodeTag <$dof> - returns a tcl list of node reactions at the "time" when this command is called
nodeResponse - like the eleResponse command, but for nodes
eleForce $eleTag <$dof> - returns a tcl list of element forces at the "time" when this command is called, looks to be specialized type of eleResponse command
eleNodes $eleTag - returns a tcl list of the nodes attached to a given element
nodeMass $nodeTag $DOF - returns the mass for the given node and DOF. To my knowledge, this is currently the most direct way to build the mass matrix.
quit - same as exit
version - returns string of version of opensees

There are a few more, but these are some I found interesting.
Matthew D Smith, PhD, PE
Research Civil Engineer
Information Technology Laboratory
Engineering Research and Development Center
US Army Corps of Engineers
Vicksburg, MS
maksins
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Re: Useful Undocumented Commands

Post by maksins »

Thanks Matthew,
I was not aware of all of them. Please do post if you discover additional features.
Manish Kumar
Department of Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering
University at Buffalo, The State University of New York

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Re: Useful Undocumented Commands

Post by sb1966 »

Dear Smith
Thanks for this very useful post. I think there should be a page in the Command Manual replicating your post.

Regards.
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sb1966
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