BuildingTclViewer Input Menu

Input Management -- create or edit

The user can either create new or edit a library of the following BuildingTcl objects:

• Material
• Section
• ElementType
• AnalysisModel
• Load
• LoadCombination
• Model

These BuildingTcl objects have been presented in the BuildingTcl Command Language Manual

Load

BuildingTcl comes with a set of pre-loaded Default Loads. It is recommended that the user modify these pre-loaded AnalysisModela and save them under a new name. The library of loads is not complete with the default Loads alone, though, since no default can be created for a file-input ground motion.

In the current release, there are no graphical displays of the Loads available.

For more information, the user should consult the BuildingTcl Manual: BuildingTcl -- addLoad.

Here is an example of the input:

Special Case: GMfilename Selection

For the cases of Uniform ground motion, the user is required to specify the filename(s) and the folder location of the filename(s). In BuildingTclViewer, the user selects the location of the input file manually, via windows widget. Once the file is selected, the program automatically uses the folder of the selected file as the GMdirectory. For multi-directional input, ALL ground motion files MUST be located in the same directory.

LoadCombination

A LoadCombination is the final step in defining the loading and analysis. It uses previously-defined Loads and previously-defined AnalysisModels.

Model

There are three ModelTypes available in BuildingTcl:

• Elevation Model

Define elevation geometry (bay widths and story heights)

Define frame elements (Columns, Beams, etc)

Define gravity Loads

Define support boundary conditions

• Plan Model

Define floor plan bay widths in two directions

Label plan lines

• 3DFrame Model

Select one Plan model which controls the bay widths

Assign different elevations on the plan model

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