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The document provides a summary of commands needed to build a model in OpenSees, including nodal coordinates, boundary conditions, nodal masses, transformations, element connectivity, and recorders. These commands can be entered directly in the OpenSees command prompt or saved in an input file named example.tcl for later use. The information is part of the Getting Started with OpenSees manual on the OpenSeesWiki.

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Getting Started with OpenSees -- Summary of Model-


Building Input File
GettingStarted Manual

The following is a compilation of all the commands necessary to build the model:

model basic -ndm 2 -ndf 3


# nodal coordinates:
node 1 0 0
node 2 504 0
node 3 0 432
node 4 504 432

# bondary conditions:
fix 1 1 1 1
fix 2 1 1 1
fix 3 0 0 0
fix 4 0 0 0

# nodal masses:
mass 3 5.18 0. 0.
mass 4 5.18 0. 0.

# transformation:
geomTransf Linear 1

# element connectivity:
element elasticBeamColumn 1 1 3 3600 4227 1080000 1
element elasticBeamColumn 2 2 4 3600 4227 1080000 1
element elasticBeamColumn 3 3 4 5760 4227 4423680 1

# recorders
recorder Node -file Node3.out -time -node 3 -dof 1 2 disp
recorder Element -file Element1.out -time -ele 1 force

The above commands can be input line by line at the OpenSees command prompt:

Otherwise, they can be saved into an input file called example.tcl. This file can then be sourced in from the OpenSees command line:

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