how to check the model

[trainee]

Hello,everyone,I'm a really new guy.I'm trying to use the opensees these days,but it was a relly great challenge for me.I have encountering many problems since I use the Opensees.Sometimes,it was the convergence.Sometimes,it was the model itself .Even I contructed a model and it can work very well,but it can't get the
matched results.It really depress me a lot .The question is how I can check the model.I just can't get the point.Could anybody provide some ideas ? I really appreciate you.

[ismailqeshta]

As a beginner, I would strongly advise you to follow the OpenSees basic examples available through the link below. Have a look at them and then start coding a model or two yourself by referring to the explanation provided in each example.

It can be a little hard at the beginning, but by the time you will be able to model any structural element. It is also not a bad idea to sketch the structural elements with their nodes coordinates, fixities, and transformations (if the model is 3D) in their respective both global and local axes to avoid getting confused.

OpenSees examples:
http://opensees.berkeley.edu/wiki/index.php/Examples

[trainee]

Thanks ismailqeshta for your reply，and I will try you advice!