BuildingTclViewer User Manual

Run BuildingTclViewer

Incorporates BuildingTcl & BuildingTclviewer commands into the Tcl/Tk Interpreter

This file needs to be sourced from the OpenSeesTk.exe prompt, or by double-clicking on the BuildingTclViewer.bat file

1. Run from OpenSeesTk Prompt

a. Run OpenSeesTk.exe – a Tk window opens up (do not close it).

b. Source myBuildingTclviewer.tcl at the OpenSees prompt

the Tk window becomes the BuildingTclviewer

Or

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

There are three choices:

New: Start the input file from scratch; 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 (Recommended): Load an existing BuildingTcl script. 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.
Exit: Exit program without saving to user-specified input file.