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# Create pre and post processors for the OpenSees interpreters. | # Create pre and post processors for the OpenSees interpreters. | ||
# Create new modules, i.e. elements, materials, solvers, integrators, ... for the OpenSees interpreters. | # Create new modules, i.e. elements, materials, solvers, integrators, ... for the OpenSees interpreters. | ||
The code is made open-source and free to use for a number of reasons: | |||
# Linus's Law: Given enough eyeballs all bugs are shallow. | |||
# Free software attracts users. | |||
# New ideas can be explored and built upon if they are available to be scrutinized. | |||
# Too much software developed in Civil Engineering research institutions is lost when graduate students leave. | |||
# The software developed in Civil Engineering research requires greater testing than is done to generate a few | |||
dissertation or a few journal papers. | |||
Revision as of 00:22, 24 October 2009
OpenSees Developer pages are intended for application developers of OpenSees. In these pages information is provided for developers to:
- Create an application using the Framework.
- Add new modules into the existing OpenSees interpreters.
OpenSees is a software framework for developing sequential and parallel finite element applications applications for structural and geotechnical engineering.
The code is open-source and released under a modified GPL. The modification allows users to use the source code for their own use. It does not allow them to sell a product that includes OpenSees code. The interpreters are written in such a way that developers wishing to gain financial advantage could for example:
- Create pre and post processors for the OpenSees interpreters.
- Create new modules, i.e. elements, materials, solvers, integrators, ... for the OpenSees interpreters.
The code is made open-source and free to use for a number of reasons:
- Linus's Law: Given enough eyeballs all bugs are shallow.
- Free software attracts users.
- New ideas can be explored and built upon if they are available to be scrutinized.
- Too much software developed in Civil Engineering research institutions is lost when graduate students leave.
- The software developed in Civil Engineering research requires greater testing than is done to generate a few
dissertation or a few journal papers.
Design the Framework
The initial design of the framework is outlined 'Object-Oriented Finite Element Programming: Frameworks for Analysis, Algorithm and Parallel Computing (1997), F.McKenna' [1]. Some of the interfaces in the dissertation have been modified over time.