Getting Started with BuildingTcl

BuildingTcl Commands

Most BuildingTcl Library commands consists of a series of parameter-defining add-Data commands, concluded by an add-Object command, which takes the previously defined parameters and assembles them into an individual library object.

• SET UP

source myBuildingTcl.tcl

<setDataDir Data>

<setUnits -Length $BasicLengthUnit -Force $BasicForceUnit -Time BasicTimeUnit>

• DEFINE INPUT DATA

addMaterialData …..

addMaterial ; # define Materials Library

addSectionData …..

addSection; # define Section Library

addElementModelData …..

addElementModel; # define ElementModel Library

addAnalysisModelData …..

addAnalysisModel; # define AnalysisModel Library

addModelData …..

addModel; # define Model (Elevation, Plan, 3DModel) Library

addLoadData ….. addLoad; # define Loads Library

addLoadCombinationData …..

addLoadCombination; # define LoadCombination Library

The following commands are Building-Tcl specific. They are used to run the OpenSees simulation.

• BUILD AND ANALYZE

SelectModel …..

SelectLoadCombination …..

BuildAndAnalyze