BuildingTclViewer User Manual

Run BuildingTclViewer

• myBuildingTclviewer.tcl – BuildingTcl with graphical interface

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

2. Double-click on myBuildingTclviewer.bat

Startup: File Menu

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

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.

More about BuildingTclViewer File Menu

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.

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.