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*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.
 
#Create Folder and select new folder
[[Image:BuildingTclViewerFileStartCreateNewFolder.JPG|600px|link=BuildingTclViewer User Manual|Create New Folder]]
[[Image:BuildingTclViewerFileStartCreateNewFolder.JPG|600px|link=BuildingTclViewer User Manual|Create New Folder]]


Save the name and location of the new input file:
#Save the name and location of the new input file:
[[Image:BuildingTclViewerFileStartCreateNewFolderSave.JPG|600px|link=BuildingTclViewer User Manual|Save New File]]
[[Image:BuildingTclViewerFileStartCreateNewFolderSave.JPG|600px|link=BuildingTclViewer User Manual|Save New File]]



Revision as of 21:40, 28 December 2009

To start using BuildingTclViewer, select the File Menu in the menu bar.

File Menu at Startup File Menu at Startup

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.


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.
  1. Create Folder and select new folder

Create New Folder

  1. Save the name and location of the new input file:

Save New File

NOTE: BuildingTclViewer does not autosave to the selected filename. As a backup, evertime an object is saved, the program saves all the current data to a BuildingTcl script named CurrentData.tcl in the same folder at the input file

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.



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