Designsafe - Gid+Opensees User Manual: L R/C M S S C E A U T G
Designsafe - Gid+Opensees User Manual: L R/C M S S C E A U T G
Designsafe - Gid+Opensees User Manual: L R/C M S S C E A U T G
DesignSafe – GiD+OpenSees
User Manual
Papageorgiou Georgios
Tsetas Athanasios
July 18, 2017
C ONTENTS
1 Running Analysis Properly 1
4 Submitting Analysis 5
6 Postprocessing 11
1 RUNNING A NALYSIS P ROPERLY
Firstly, the user should make sure that Analysis, on GiD+OpenSees Interface, runs without
errors (Figure 1.1). If analysis starts normally (especially in huge models), user should stop
the analysis and proceed to the following steps.
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c d
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Figure 2.2: Pasting Files in the new Folder
The aforementioned folder will be uploaded to Design-Safe website, after the following mod-
ifications. The Example_Model.tcl file should be modified, as shown in Figure 2.3. The user
should replace the path of the Record in that file. More specifically, the "/Records" part, from
the "../Records/Example_Motion.dat" path is deleted , so that the "../Example_Motion.dat"
path remains and the modified .tcl file is saved.
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Figure 3.1: Data Depot Option
The user should now upload the Example_Model_Folder by clicking "Add" and selecting the
"Folder upload" option (Figure 3.2). After the folder selection, a window appears, which
should display the files contained in the uploaded folder (Figure 3.3). If these files are the
desired ones, the user can proceed to the "Begin upload" option.
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Figure 3.3: Specified Files Upload
4 S UBMITTING A NALYSIS
Provided that the files are uploaded successfully the user should now proceed to the next
step. As shown in Figure 4.1, the "Workspace" option should now be chosen from the "Re-
search Workbench" tab.
• OpenSeesMP: For Performing parameter studies or analysis of large models with user
defined partitions
• OpenSees-EXPRESS:
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Figure 4.1: Workspace Option
In order to submit the necessary files for the analysis, the user should complete five fields.
Firstly, the desired file is selected for the "Input Directory" field (Figure 4.3). Secondly, the
filename only of the OpenSees .tcl script is filled in the "TCL Script" field.
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Afterwards, the user should provide the "Maximum job runtime" of the analysis. If the user
is unaware of the expected runtime, it is recommended to use the limit of 48 hours. If the
analysis runtime exceeds the provided one, the analysis will stop. The last two fields are user
defined, in order to be easily recognized (Figure 4.4)
Following the completion of the fields, the user should click "Run" and shortly after, an up-
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date regarding the status of the analysis will appear, as portrayed in Figure 4.5.
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Figure 5.1: Job Finished
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Consequently, the user should save the generated files, which are the .out files and the .log
file (Figure 5.3).
As depicted in Figure 5.4, these files should be saved in the .gid folder (in that example Ex-
ample_Model.gid) and more specifically, in the OpenSees subfolder residing in the .gid folder
(Figure 5.5).
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Figure 5.5: Final .gid Folder Status
6 P OSTPROCESSING
In the final stage, it is now feasible to proceed to postprocess in the GiD graphical environ-
ment. Specifically, from the "GiD+OpenSees" tab the "Postprocess only" option should be
selected (Figure 6.1).
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Figure 6.1: Postprocess Only Option
Finally, results of the Example_Model, which were generated following the aforementioned
procedure, are demonstrated in the following Figures.
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Figure 6.3: Vectors of Quad Strains
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Figure 6.5: Contour Fill of Vertical Displacements
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