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To start using BuildingTclViewer, select the File Menu in the menu bar. | To start using BuildingTclViewer, select the File Menu in the menu bar. | ||
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[[BuildingTclViewer File Menu|More about BuildingTclViewer File Menu]] | [[BuildingTclViewer File Menu|More about BuildingTclViewer File Menu]] | ||
== New == | |||
*The user is prompted for a new filename and location. | *The user is prompted for a new filename and location. | ||
*We recommend that the user not save the input file in the root directory of the program, but that a new sub-folder be created. | *We recommend that the user not save the input file in the root directory of the program, but that a new sub-folder be created. | ||
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== Load == | |||
*The script may be generated using a txt editor, or created using BuildingTclViewer and saved onto a file. | *The script may be generated using a txt editor, or created using BuildingTclViewer and saved onto a file. | ||
*The user can modify and augment the input and then save the new script to the same file or a new one. | *The user can modify and augment the input and then save the new script to the same file or a new one. | ||
*NOTE: The current release of BuildingTcl and BuildingTclViewer cannot interpret input files with OpenSees commands. Only files with Tcl and BuildingTcl commands are interpreted. | *NOTE: The current release of BuildingTcl and BuildingTclViewer cannot interpret input files with OpenSees commands. Only files with Tcl and BuildingTcl commands are interpreted. | ||
Revision as of 20:51, 28 December 2009
To start using BuildingTclViewer, select the File Menu in the menu bar.
There are three choices:
- New
- Start the input file from scratch
- Load (Recommended)
- Load an existing BuildingTcl script.
- Exit
- Exit program without saving to user-specified input file.
More about BuildingTclViewer File Menu
New
- The user is prompted for a new filename and location.
- We recommend that the user not save the input file in the root directory of the program, but that a new sub-folder be created.
Load
- The script may be generated using a txt editor, or created using BuildingTclViewer and saved onto a file.
- The user can modify and augment the input and then save the new script to the same file or a new one.
- NOTE: The current release of BuildingTcl and BuildingTclViewer cannot interpret input files with OpenSees commands. Only files with Tcl and BuildingTcl commands are interpreted.