From 3d809ca3014089a1ec5c022564a26073e44599b7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: smillmorel
Date: Tue, 8 Sep 2026 02:41:03 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] docs: rewrite READMEs dry and blunt, rename Studio to OTKO
---
CONTRIBUTING.md | 6 +-
README.md | 159 ++++++++++------------
docs/architecture.md | 10 +-
docs/gap-analysis-gidopensees.md | 38 +++---
docs/logo.svg | 2 +-
docs/roadmap.md | 7 +-
examples/README.md | 218 +++++++++++++++----------------
examples/ex1b_portal2d.py | 4 +-
src/otko/core/catalog/README.md | 38 +++---
src/otko/services/_run.py | 2 +-
src/otko/services/export.py | 2 +-
11 files changed, 228 insertions(+), 258 deletions(-)
diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index 0097058..9f911d7 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
# Contributing
-Thanks for your interest. This project is in an early phase; the bar for
-incoming changes is on architecture cleanliness rather than feature
-breadth.
+Early-stage project. The bar is architecture cleanliness, not feature
+count. If your change breaks a layering rule below, it won't merge —
+no matter how useful the feature.
## Dev setup
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 4620453..38f1fd9 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -3,14 +3,13 @@
- A modern, SAP2000-style desktop GUI for
- OpenSeesPy —
- built for structural and earthquake engineers who want a visual
- modeling environment without leaving the OpenSees ecosystem.
+ A SAP2000-style desktop GUI for
+ OpenSeesPy.
+ Draw the model, click run, look at the diagrams.
- Status: Pre-alpha. Active development. APIs and file formats will change.
+ Pre-alpha. Under active development. APIs and file formats will change.
---
@@ -19,21 +18,20 @@
## Why
-OpenSees is the gold-standard nonlinear FEM solver for earthquake
-engineering, but its native interface is Tcl/Python scripts.
-OTKO adds a visual front-end so you can:
+OpenSees does nonlinear FEM well. Its user interface is a script.
+OTKO puts a visual front-end on it:
-- Click to draw nodes, frames, supports, and loads on a snapped grid.
+- Draw nodes, frames, supports, and loads on a snapped grid.
- Assign materials, sections, and load patterns through dialogs.
- Run static, modal, pushover, and time-history analyses with progress
- and cancel support.
-- Inspect results visually — deformed shape, mode shapes, force
+ and cancel.
+- Look at the results — deformed shape, mode shapes, force
diagrams, pushover curves, time-history plots, hysteresis loops.
-- Save the model as a single `.osmodel` JSON file that round-trips
- cleanly (diff-able in Git, scriptable from Python).
+- Save the model as one `.osmodel` JSON file. Diffs cleanly in Git,
+ builds cleanly from Python.
-Behind the GUI, the same `core` Pydantic model is fully usable from a
-script or Jupyter notebook — the GUI is one frontend, not the only one.
+Underneath, the `core` Pydantic model works fine from a script or
+notebook. The GUI is a front-end, not the whole product.
## What works today
@@ -53,11 +51,11 @@ script or Jupyter notebook — the GUI is one frontend, not the only one.
mode shapes, axial / shear / moment diagrams, pushover curves
(in display units), time-history plots, hysteresis loops,
response-spectrum SRSS / CQC, snapshot + video export.
-- **Persistence** — projects save as a single JSON `.osmodel` file
- (Pydantic-validated, round-trip-clean).
-- **Examples** — 20+ verified examples bundled, including the OpenSees
- Wiki Examples-1 through Example-4 family and a fiber-section RC frame
- pushover. See [`examples/README.md`](examples/README.md).
+- **Persistence** — one JSON `.osmodel` per project, Pydantic-validated,
+ round-trips clean.
+- **Examples** — 20+ verified examples, including OpenSees
+ Wiki Examples 1–4 and a fiber-section RC frame pushover.
+ See [`examples/README.md`](examples/README.md).
## Tech stack
@@ -74,22 +72,22 @@ script or Jupyter notebook — the GUI is one frontend, not the only one.
## Architecture
-Strict MVVM + service layer. The `core` package is pure Python — no Qt,
-no OpenSeesPy imports — and is fully unit-testable in isolation.
+Strict MVVM + service layer. `core` is pure Python — no Qt,
+no OpenSeesPy imports — and unit-tests in isolation.
```
views (Qt) → viewmodels → services (OpenSeesRunner, Persistence) → core (model)
```
-See [`docs/architecture.md`](docs/architecture.md) for the long form,
-including the canonical OpenSeesPy command sequence the runner emits.
+Long version in [`docs/architecture.md`](docs/architecture.md),
+including the OpenSeesPy command order the runner emits.
## Install (development)
-**Desktop GUI** (includes Qt, PyVista, pyqtgraph, imageio):
+**Desktop GUI** (Qt, PyVista, pyqtgraph, imageio):
```bash
-git clone https://github.com/ogunc/otko.git
+git clone ssh://git@smill-home.ddns.net/smill/otko.git
cd otko
python -m venv .venv
@@ -99,22 +97,21 @@ source .venv/bin/activate # Linux / macOS
pip install -e ".[gui,dev]"
```
-**Headless / web reuse** (core + services only, no Qt pulled in):
+**Headless** (core + services only, no Qt):
```bash
pip install -e .
```
-This installs only the headless base set (pydantic, numpy, h5py, openseespy).
-It is the correct install for web backends, scripts, and Jupyter notebooks that
-reuse `otko.core` or `otko.services` without the GUI.
+That pulls pydantic, numpy, h5py, openseespy and nothing else.
+Use it for scripts, notebooks, and web backends that reuse
+`otko.core` or `otko.services` without the GUI.
-Python 3.10+ is required. On Windows use **3.12+** — the `openseespywin==3.8.0.0`
-wheel has no 3.11 build (`Requires-Python >=3.12`). Pin both
-`openseespy==3.8.0.0` and `openseespywin==3.8.0.0` (already pinned
-in `pyproject.toml`).
+Python 3.10+. On Windows use **3.12+** — `openseespywin==3.8.0.0`
+has no 3.11 wheel (`Requires-Python >=3.12`). Both pins already
+live in `pyproject.toml`.
-## Quick start — the 60-second tour
+## Quick start
```bash
python -m otko
@@ -122,22 +119,20 @@ python -m otko
Then:
-1. **File → Open** → pick `examples/cantilever.osmodel`.
+1. **File → Open** → `examples/cantilever.osmodel`.
2. **Analyze → Cases** → run `Tip-Load`.
-3. **Display → Show Force Diagram** → component **M3** → linear moment
- peaking at 50 kN·m at the fixed end. Component **V2** → constant
- -10 kN.
-4. **Display → Show Deformed Shape** → the classic cantilever curve.
+3. **Display → Show Force Diagram** → **M3**: linear moment,
+ 50 kN·m at the fixed end. **V2**: constant -10 kN.
+4. **Display → Show Deformed Shape** → cantilever curve, as advertised.
-For a nonlinear walkthrough, open `examples/portal_pushover.osmodel`,
-run the `Push-X` case, then **Display → Show Pushover Curve** — you'll
-see the elastic ramp followed by a yield plateau as the fiber-section
-hinges form at the column bases.
+Nonlinear version: open `examples/portal_pushover.osmodel`,
+run `Push-X`, **Display → Show Pushover Curve**. Elastic ramp,
+then a yield plateau as the base hinges form.
## Run the test suite
```bash
-pytest tests/unit # pure-logic tests, milliseconds
+pytest tests/unit # pure logic, milliseconds
pytest tests/gui # Qt event-loop tests (pytest-qt)
pytest tests/integration # real OpenSeesPy runs on bundled examples
```
@@ -147,57 +142,47 @@ CI runs lint + the non-`slow` subset on Linux / macOS / Windows
## Roadmap
-See [`docs/roadmap.md`](docs/roadmap.md) for the phase-by-phase plan.
-Phases 0–7 (modeling, analysis, post-processing) are largely done.
-Phase 8 (earthquake-engineering primitives — isolators, ground-motion
-library, IDA, fiber-section editor polish) is the active edge.
+[`docs/roadmap.md`](docs/roadmap.md) has the phase-by-phase plan.
+Phases 0–7 (modeling, analysis, post-processing) are mostly done.
+Phase 8 (isolators, ground-motion library, IDA, fiber-section
+editor polish) is where the open work is.
-## We're looking for collaborators
+## Collaborators wanted
-This project is most useful to researchers and engineers who already
-work with OpenSees and want a faster path from "idea" to "model" —
-**and who would rather build that path together than alone.**
+Most useful to people who already work with OpenSees and want a
+shorter path from idea to model — and would rather build it together
+than alone. Open an issue or say hi if you are:
-If any of the following sounds like you, please open an issue or
-say hi:
+- A **structural / earthquake engineer** who knows OpenSees Tcl
+ or OpenSeesPy and can tell us when a feature is almost right
+ but not quite.
+- A **researcher** running pushover, IDA, or response-spectrum studies
+ who can check the GUI against hand-built scripts.
+- A **Python / Qt developer** into scientific desktop apps,
+ VTK rendering, or Pydantic schema design.
+- A **student** learning FEM and GUI architecture at the same time —
+ the examples and tests are meant to read as documentation.
+- A **UX / icon designer** willing to argue about dialogs, toolbar
+ icons, and visual language.
-- 🌉 **Structural / earthquake engineers** comfortable with OpenSees Tcl
- or OpenSeesPy who can spot when a feature is "almost right but not
- quite" — that calibration feedback is gold.
-- 🧪 **Researchers** running pushover, IDA, or response-spectrum studies
- who want to validate the GUI against their hand-built scripts.
-- 🐍 **Python / Qt developers** interested in scientific desktop apps,
- PyVista / VTK rendering, or Pydantic-driven schema design.
-- 📚 **Students** who want to learn structural FEM and modern GUI
- architecture at the same time — example walkthroughs and tests are
- designed to read as documentation.
-- 🎨 **UX / icon designers** willing to help shape the dialog set,
- toolbar icons, and overall visual language.
-
-Open issues, bug reports, and reproducible test cases are just as
-valuable as code. See [`CONTRIBUTING.md`](CONTRIBUTING.md) for the dev
-setup and the architectural rules enforced in review.
+Bug reports and reproducible test cases count as contributions.
+See [`CONTRIBUTING.md`](CONTRIBUTING.md) for setup and the rules
+enforced in review.
## License
-OTKO is released under the **GNU Affero General Public
-License v3.0** ([`LICENSE`](LICENSE)).
+OTKO is **GNU Affero General Public License v3.0**
+([`LICENSE`](LICENSE)). Read the license itself, not just this:
-Plain-language summary (not legal advice — read the license itself):
-
-- ✅ Use it for **research, education, and personal projects** with no
- obligation other than keeping the copyright notice intact.
-- ✅ Modify and fork it freely.
-- ⚠️ If you **distribute** it, modified or not, you must release your
- full source under AGPL-3.0.
-- ⚠️ If you **run it as a network service** (e.g. host a modified
- version as a SaaS), you must release your modifications under
+- Research, education, personal projects: fine, keep the copyright
+ notice.
+- Fork and modify: fine.
+- Distribute it (modified or not): release your full source under
AGPL-3.0.
+- Run a modified version as a network service: release your
+ modifications under AGPL-3.0.
-In other words: anyone is free to learn from and build on this code,
-but commercial forks and proprietary derivatives must contribute their
-changes back to the community. If your use case needs a different
-arrangement (e.g. a closed-source commercial license), please open an
-issue to discuss.
+Commercial forks stay open. If you need a different arrangement
+(e.g. closed-source commercial license), open an issue.
Copyright © 2026 Ozan and contributors.
diff --git a/docs/architecture.md b/docs/architecture.md
index 0bcddfb..0c56d01 100644
--- a/docs/architecture.md
+++ b/docs/architecture.md
@@ -24,11 +24,11 @@ the reverse.
### Why this matters
-- The `core` package is testable without a display server, without OpenSees,
- and without Qt. CI runs `pytest tests/unit/` in milliseconds.
-- Replacing OpenSeesPy with another solver (e.g. `xara`, a future fork) only
- touches `services/opensees_runner.py`.
-- A future CLI or Jupyter frontend reuses `core` and `services` unchanged.
+- `core` tests without a display server, without OpenSees, without Qt.
+ CI runs `pytest tests/unit/` in milliseconds.
+- Swapping solvers (e.g. `xara`, a future fork) touches
+ `services/opensees_runner.py` and nothing else.
+- A future CLI or notebook front-end reuses `core` and `services` as-is.
## Package map
diff --git a/docs/gap-analysis-gidopensees.md b/docs/gap-analysis-gidopensees.md
index f750094..012eda6 100644
--- a/docs/gap-analysis-gidopensees.md
+++ b/docs/gap-analysis-gidopensees.md
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
| **Category** | Schema group (material family, element type, etc.) |
| **Object** | Name as it appears in gidopensees BOOK/CONDITION |
| **OTKO name** | Corresponding class in `core/` (if any) |
-| **In Studio?** | ✅ fully supported · 🟡 partial · ❌ missing |
+| **In OTKO?** | ✅ fully supported · 🟡 partial · ❌ missing |
| **In gidopensees?** | ✅ · ❌ |
| **Priority** | P0 = already done · P1 = Phase 8 target · P2 = later |
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ Priority rationale:
## 1. Uniaxial Materials
-| Category | Object (gidopensees) | OTKO name | In Studio? | In gidopensees? | Priority |
+| Category | Object (gidopensees) | OTKO name | In OTKO? | In gidopensees? | Priority |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uniaxial / linear | Elastic | `ElasticUniaxial` | ✅ | ✅ | P0 |
| Uniaxial / elastic-plastic | Elastic_Perfectly_Plastic | `ElasticPP` | ✅ | ✅ | P0 |
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ Priority rationale:
## 2. Steel Uniaxial Materials
-| Category | Object (gidopensees) | OTKO name | In Studio? | In gidopensees? | Priority |
+| Category | Object (gidopensees) | OTKO name | In OTKO? | In gidopensees? | Priority |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steel | Steel01 | `Steel01` | ✅ | ✅ | P0 |
| Steel | Steel02 | `Steel02` | ✅ | ✅ | P0 |
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ Priority rationale:
## 3. Concrete Uniaxial Materials
-| Category | Object (gidopensees) | OTKO name | In Studio? | In gidopensees? | Priority |
+| Category | Object (gidopensees) | OTKO name | In OTKO? | In gidopensees? | Priority |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Concrete | Concrete01_(Zero_tensile_strength) | `Concrete01` | ✅ | ✅ | P0 |
| Concrete | Concrete02_(Linear_tension_softening) | `Concrete02` | ✅ | ✅ | P0 |
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ Priority rationale:
## 4. Combined Materials
-| Category | Object (gidopensees) | OTKO name | In Studio? | In gidopensees? | Priority |
+| Category | Object (gidopensees) | OTKO name | In OTKO? | In gidopensees? | Priority |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Combination | Series | — | ❌ | ✅ | P1 |
| Combination | Parallel | — | ❌ | ✅ | P1 |
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ Priority rationale:
## 5. nD (Multi-dimensional) Materials
-| Category | Object (gidopensees) | OTKO name | In Studio? | In gidopensees? | Priority |
+| Category | Object (gidopensees) | OTKO name | In OTKO? | In gidopensees? | Priority |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| nD | Elastic_Isotropic | `ElasticIsotropic` | ✅ | ✅ | P0 |
| nD | Elastic_Orthotropic | — | ❌ | ✅ | P2 |
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ Priority rationale:
## 6. Sections
-| Category | Object (gidopensees) | OTKO name | In Studio? | In gidopensees? | Priority |
+| Category | Object (gidopensees) | OTKO name | In OTKO? | In gidopensees? | Priority |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Section | Elastic_Section | `ElasticSection` | ✅ | ✅ | P0 |
| Section | Fiber | `FiberSection` | ✅ | ✅ | P0 |
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ Priority rationale:
## 7. Beam-Column Elements
-| Category | Object (gidopensees) | OTKO name | In Studio? | In gidopensees? | Priority |
+| Category | Object (gidopensees) | OTKO name | In OTKO? | In gidopensees? | Priority |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frame | Elastic_Beam-Column | `ElasticBeamColumn` | ✅ | ✅ | P0 |
| Frame | Elastic_Timoshenko_Beam-Column | — | ❌ | ✅ | P1 |
@@ -108,14 +108,14 @@ Priority rationale:
## 8. Truss Elements
-| Category | Object (gidopensees) | OTKO name | In Studio? | In gidopensees? | Priority |
+| Category | Object (gidopensees) | OTKO name | In OTKO? | In gidopensees? | Priority |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Truss | Truss | `TrussElement` | ✅ | ✅ | P0 |
| Truss | Corotational_Truss | `CorotTrussElement` | ✅ | ✅ | P0 |
## 9. Surface / Plate Elements
-| Category | Object (gidopensees) | OTKO name | In Studio? | In gidopensees? | Priority |
+| Category | Object (gidopensees) | OTKO name | In OTKO? | In gidopensees? | Priority |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Surface | Quad | `QuadElement` | ✅ | ✅ | P0 |
| Surface | Shell (ShellMITC4 / MITC4) | — | ❌ | ✅ | P1 |
@@ -125,13 +125,13 @@ Priority rationale:
## 10. Solid Elements
-| Category | Object (gidopensees) | OTKO name | In Studio? | In gidopensees? | Priority |
+| Category | Object (gidopensees) | OTKO name | In OTKO? | In gidopensees? | Priority |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solid | Standard_Brick_Element | — | ❌ | ✅ | P2 |
## 11. Zero-Length / Special Elements
-| Category | Object (gidopensees) | OTKO name | In Studio? | In gidopensees? | Priority |
+| Category | Object (gidopensees) | OTKO name | In OTKO? | In gidopensees? | Priority |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Special | Auto_Zero_Length (per-DOF uniaxial) | `ZeroLengthElement` | ✅ | ✅ | P0 |
| Special | Auto_equal_constraint (auto equalDOF) | `EqualDOFConstraint` | ✅ | ✅ | P0 |
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ Priority rationale:
## 12. Restraints (Boundary Conditions)
-| Category | Object (gidopensees) | OTKO name | In Studio? | In gidopensees? | Priority |
+| Category | Object (gidopensees) | OTKO name | In OTKO? | In gidopensees? | Priority |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Restraint | Point_Restraints | Node.restraint (6-tuple) | ✅ | ✅ | P0 |
| Restraint | Line_Restraints (auto-apply to nodes on line) | — | ❌ | ✅ | P2 |
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ Priority rationale:
## 13. Nodal Loads & Displacements
-| Category | Object (gidopensees) | OTKO name | In Studio? | In gidopensees? | Priority |
+| Category | Object (gidopensees) | OTKO name | In OTKO? | In gidopensees? | Priority |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Load | Point_Forces | `NodalLoad` | ✅ | ✅ | P0 |
| Load | Line_Forces (nodal, along a line) | — | ❌ | ✅ | P2 |
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ Priority rationale:
## 14. Ground Motions
-| Category | Object (gidopensees) | OTKO name | In Studio? | In gidopensees? | Priority |
+| Category | Object (gidopensees) | OTKO name | In OTKO? | In gidopensees? | Priority |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ground motion | Point_Ground_Motion_from_Record | `PathTimeSeries` + `UniformExcitationPattern` | ✅ | ✅ | P0 |
| Ground motion | Point_Sine_Ground_Motion | — (no `TrigTimeSeries`) | ❌ | ✅ | P1 |
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ Priority rationale:
## 15. Constraints
-| Category | Object (gidopensees) | OTKO name | In Studio? | In gidopensees? | Priority |
+| Category | Object (gidopensees) | OTKO name | In OTKO? | In gidopensees? | Priority |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Constraint | Point_Equal_constraint (master + slave) | `EqualDOFConstraint` | ✅ | ✅ | P0 |
| Constraint | Line_Equal_constraint (slave nodes on line) | — | ❌ | ✅ | P1 |
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ Priority rationale:
## 16. Mass
-| Category | Object (gidopensees) | OTKO name | In Studio? | In gidopensees? | Priority |
+| Category | Object (gidopensees) | OTKO name | In OTKO? | In gidopensees? | Priority |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mass | Point_Mass | node mass (Properties dock + SetMassCommand) | ✅ | ✅ | P0 |
| Mass | Line_Mass (auto-lump to nodes) | — | ❌ | ✅ | P1 |
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ Priority rationale:
## 17. Rayleigh Damping
-| Category | Object (gidopensees) | OTKO name | In Studio? | In gidopensees? | Priority |
+| Category | Object (gidopensees) | OTKO name | In OTKO? | In gidopensees? | Priority |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Damping | Global αM + βK (TransientCase fields) | `TransientCase.rayleigh_alpha_m/beta_k` | ✅ | 🟡 | P0 |
| Damping | Mode-1 stiffness-proportional βK auto-compute | `TransientCase.rayleigh_mode1_damping` | ✅ | ❌ | P0 |
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ Priority rationale:
| ❌ P1 targets (Phase 8 additions) | 23 |
| ❌ P2 deferred | 21 |
-**Top P1 targets** (highest EQ-engineering impact, not in Studio yet):
+**Top P1 targets** (highest EQ-engineering impact, not in OTKO yet):
1. `ElasticPP_with_Gap` — bearing pad / isolation gap nonlinearity
2. `Viscous` / `Viscous_Damper` — supplemental damping devices
diff --git a/docs/logo.svg b/docs/logo.svg
index dc428a2..3b6f06f 100644
--- a/docs/logo.svg
+++ b/docs/logo.svg
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
- OpenSees Studio
+ OTKO
A SAP2000-STYLE GUI FOR OPENSEESPY
diff --git a/docs/roadmap.md b/docs/roadmap.md
index 7abc9e7..00d0d55 100644
--- a/docs/roadmap.md
+++ b/docs/roadmap.md
@@ -1,9 +1,8 @@
# Roadmap
-OTKO is built in eight phases. Phases 0–7 ship the core GUI
-plus all the post-processing tooling we need for verification work.
-Phase 8 layers in the earthquake-engineering primitives that turn the
-GUI from "OpenSees frontend" into a usable research tool.
+Eight phases. 0–7 are the core GUI plus post-processing. Phase 8 is the
+earthquake-engineering primitives — the part that makes it a research
+tool instead of a model viewer.
Status legend: ✅ done · 🟡 partial · ⬜ planned · ✂️ deferred / out-of-scope.
diff --git a/examples/README.md b/examples/README.md
index 7934af9..7f043b9 100644
--- a/examples/README.md
+++ b/examples/README.md
@@ -1,34 +1,34 @@
# Example models
-Pre-built `.osmodel` files plus the Python scripts that produce them.
-Each model is set up with whichever case types the post-processing
-features need, so you can exercise the full GUI without manually
-defining materials, sections, loads, and analysis cases.
+Pre-built `.osmodel` files plus the Python scripts that generate them.
+Each one carries the case types the post-processing views need, so you
+can exercise the GUI without defining materials, sections, loads, and
+cases by hand.
## Files
-| Model | Nodes | Elements | Cases | Best for demonstrating |
+| Model | Nodes | Elements | Cases | Shows |
|---|---|---|---|---|
-| `cantilever.osmodel` | 6 | 5 | Static × 2, Modal | Point & distributed loads, force diagrams, deformed shape, mode shapes |
-| `portal_frame.osmodel` | 4 | 3 | Static, Modal, Transient | All Display features, simplest 3D |
-| `space_frame_3d.osmodel` | 12 | 16 | Static, Modal, Transient (5% damping) | Realistic 3D rendering, multiple modes, damped EQ time-history |
+| `cantilever.osmodel` | 6 | 5 | Static × 2, Modal | Point + distributed loads, force diagrams, deformed shape, mode shapes |
+| `portal_frame.osmodel` | 4 | 3 | Static, Modal, Transient | All Display features, smallest 3D |
+| `space_frame_3d.osmodel` | 12 | 16 | Static, Modal, Transient (5% damping) | 3D rendering, multiple modes, damped EQ time-history |
| `sdof_pushover.osmodel` | 2 | 1 | Pushover, Modal | Monotonic pushover curve, HystereticMaterial |
-| `portal_pushover.osmodel` | 4 | 3 | Pushover, Modal | Fiber sections, BeamWithHinges, nonlinear pushover with yielding |
-| `ex1a_canti2d.osmodel` | 2 | 1 | Static preload, Pushover, Transient EQ | Original OpenSees Ex 1a with shared gravity, push, and earthquake cases |
-| `ex1b_portal2d.osmodel` | 4 | 3 | Static preload, Pushover, Transient EQ | Original OpenSees Ex 1b elastic portal frame with distributed gravity |
-| `ex2a_canti2d_elastic_element.osmodel` | 2 | 1 | Static preload, Pushover, Transient EQ | Variable-driven cantilever example with derived parameters |
-| `ex2b_canti2d_inelastic_section.osmodel` | 2 | 1 | Static preload, Pushover, Transient EQ | First nonlinear cantilever with aggregated uniaxial section |
-| `ex2c_canti2d_inelastic_fiber_section.osmodel` | 2 | 1 | Static preload, Pushover, Transient EQ | Fiber-section cantilever with coupled axial-flexural nonlinearity |
-| `ex3_canti2d_elastic_element.osmodel` | 2 | 1 | Static preload, Pushover, Transient EQ | Example 3 elastic build with unit-scaled parameters |
-| `ex3_canti2d_inelastic_section.osmodel` | 2 | 1 | Static preload, Pushover, Transient EQ | Example 3 aggregated-section nonlinear build |
-| `ex3_canti2d_inelastic_fiber_section.osmodel` | 2 | 1 | Static preload, Pushover, Transient EQ | Example 3 fiber-section nonlinear build |
-| `ex4_portal2d_elastic_element.osmodel` | 4 | 3 | Static preload, Pushover, Transient sine | Example 4 elastic portal frame with separated build/analysis workflow |
-| `ex4_portal2d_inelastic_section.osmodel` | 4 | 3 | Static preload, Pushover, Transient sine | Example 4 aggregated-section portal frame variant |
-| `ex4_portal2d_inelastic_fiber_section.osmodel` | 4 | 3 | Static preload, Pushover, Transient sine | Example 4 fiber-section portal frame variant |
-| `ex1a_canti2d_eq.osmodel` | 2 | 1 | Static preload, Transient EQ | OpenSees Ex 1a style gravity + base excitation workflow |
-| `eigen_two_storey_shear_frame.osmodel` | 6 | 6 | Modal | equalDOF floor constraints, mode shapes, eigenvalue workflow |
-| `eigen_two_storey_one_bay_frame.osmodel` | 6 | 6 | Modal | classic elastic frame modal example, sway mode shapes |
-| `concrete04_cantilever.osmodel` | 2 | 1 | Static (gravity), Pushover | Popovics Concrete04 fiber section; proof-of-concept for the Concrete04 end-to-end stack |
+| `portal_pushover.osmodel` | 4 | 3 | Pushover, Modal | Fiber sections, BeamWithHinges, yielding pushover |
+| `ex1a_canti2d.osmodel` | 2 | 1 | Static preload, Pushover, Transient EQ | OpenSees Ex 1a, shared gravity + push + quake |
+| `ex1b_portal2d.osmodel` | 4 | 3 | Static preload, Pushover, Transient EQ | OpenSees Ex 1b elastic portal, distributed gravity |
+| `ex2a_canti2d_elastic_element.osmodel` | 2 | 1 | Static preload, Pushover, Transient EQ | Ex 2a cantilever, dimensions as named parameters |
+| `ex2b_canti2d_inelastic_section.osmodel` | 2 | 1 | Static preload, Pushover, Transient EQ | Ex 2b, aggregated axial+flexure section |
+| `ex2c_canti2d_inelastic_fiber_section.osmodel` | 2 | 1 | Static preload, Pushover, Transient EQ | Ex 2c, fiber section, coupled axial-flexure |
+| `ex3_canti2d_elastic_element.osmodel` | 2 | 1 | Static preload, Pushover, Transient EQ | Ex 3 elastic build, unit-scaled parameters |
+| `ex3_canti2d_inelastic_section.osmodel` | 2 | 1 | Static preload, Pushover, Transient EQ | Ex 3 aggregated-section build |
+| `ex3_canti2d_inelastic_fiber_section.osmodel` | 2 | 1 | Static preload, Pushover, Transient EQ | Ex 3 fiber-section build |
+| `ex4_portal2d_elastic_element.osmodel` | 4 | 3 | Static preload, Pushover, Transient sine | Ex 4 elastic portal, build/analysis split |
+| `ex4_portal2d_inelastic_section.osmodel` | 4 | 3 | Static preload, Pushover, Transient sine | Ex 4 aggregated-section portal |
+| `ex4_portal2d_inelastic_fiber_section.osmodel` | 4 | 3 | Static preload, Pushover, Transient sine | Ex 4 fiber-section portal |
+| `ex1a_canti2d_eq.osmodel` | 2 | 1 | Static preload, Transient EQ | Ex 1a gravity + base excitation only |
+| `eigen_two_storey_shear_frame.osmodel` | 6 | 6 | Modal | equalDOF floor constraints, shear-frame modes |
+| `eigen_two_storey_one_bay_frame.osmodel` | 6 | 6 | Modal | Chopra 10.5 frame, sway modes, no constraints |
+| `concrete04_cantilever.osmodel` | 2 | 1 | Static (gravity), Pushover | Concrete04 fiber section end-to-end |
## Quick tour
@@ -38,37 +38,36 @@ File → Open → cantilever.osmodel
Analyze → Cases → run "Tip-Load"
Display → Show Force Diagram → component "M3" → linear moment, max at fixed end (50 kN·m)
→ component "V2" → constant -10 kN along the whole span
- → component "N" → ~zero (no axial load applied)
+ → component "N" → ~zero (no axial load)
→ component "T" → ~zero (no torsion → console hint, no diagram)
-Display → Show Deformed Shape → classic cantilever curve
+Display → Show Deformed Shape → cantilever curve
```
-The load is applied along the global Y axis (perpendicular to the beam,
-in the horizontal plane). With the default 3D vertical-reference
-convention this gives V2 / M3 — i.e. the "in-plane bending" pair.
+Load runs along global Y (perpendicular to the beam, horizontal plane).
+With the default 3D vertical-reference convention that lands on the
+V2 / M3 pair — the in-plane bending pair.
-**Distributed load (UDL) variant** — run the second case to see a
-parabolic moment diagram:
+UDL variant, parabolic moment:
```
Analyze → Cases → run "Uniform-Load"
Display → Show Force Diagram → M3 → parabolic, max 25 kN·m at fixed end
→ V2 → linear, max 10 kN at fixed end
```
-### 2. Mode shapes — `portal_frame.osmodel` or `space_frame_3d.osmodel`
+### 2. Mode shapes — `space_frame_3d.osmodel`
```
File → Open → space_frame_3d.osmodel
Analyze → Cases → run "Modal-6"
Display → Animate Mode Shape → mode 1 = X-sway, mode 2 = Y-sway
- → ▶ Play, scrub timeline, change scale
+ → Play, scrub timeline, change scale
```
-### 3. Time-history & hysteresis — `portal_frame.osmodel` or `space_frame_3d.osmodel`
+### 3. Time-history and hysteresis — `space_frame_3d.osmodel`
```
File → Open → space_frame_3d.osmodel
Analyze → Cases → run "EQ-4s" (~5-10 sec on a modern laptop)
Display → Time-History Plot
- Node 12 (roof corner) + DOF 1 (X displacement) → "Add trace"
- - Node 9 + DOF 1 → another trace, compare phase
+ - Node 9 + DOF 1 → second trace, compare phase
Display → Hysteresis Plot
- X = Node 12 / DOF 1, Y = Node 12 / DOF 3 → orbit
```
@@ -78,137 +77,129 @@ Display → Hysteresis Plot
File → Open → sdof_pushover.osmodel
Analyze → Cases → run "Push-X"
Display → Show Pushover Curve
- → linear segment from origin, then softens through yield
+ → linear from origin, then softens through yield
```
-Note: this demo keeps the column elastic (proper nonlinear hinges require
-BeamWithHingesElement with fibre sections — infrastructure is in place,
-fibre-section editor is future work).
+Column stays elastic here. Real nonlinear hinges need
+BeamWithHinges + fiber sections; the machinery exists, the
+fiber-section editor is still rough.
### 5. Nonlinear pushover with fiber hinges — `portal_pushover.osmodel`
```
File → Open → portal_pushover.osmodel
Analyze → Cases → run "Push-X"
Display → Show Pushover Curve
- → initial linear stiffness, then yield plateau as base hinges form
- → peak base shear corresponds to concrete crushing + rebar yield
+ → linear stiffness, then yield plateau as base hinges form
+ → peak base shear = concrete crushing + rebar yield
```
-The columns use BeamWithHingesElements with FiberSections (concrete core
-+ rebar layers) wrapped in a SectionAggregator (torsion spring).
+Columns are BeamWithHinges + FiberSections (concrete core, rebar
+layers) wrapped in a SectionAggregator for torsion.
### 6. Gravity + time-history chain — `ex1a_canti2d_eq.osmodel`
-```bash
+```
File → Open → ex1a_canti2d_eq.osmodel
Analyze → Cases → run "Earthquake"
Display → Time-History Plot
- - Node 2 + DOF 1 (Ux) → horizontal response of the cantilever tip
- - Node 2 + DOF 2 (Uy) → verify gravity stays essentially locked
+ - Node 2 + DOF 1 (Ux) → tip horizontal response
+ - Node 2 + DOF 2 (Uy) → gravity should stay locked
```
-This model is intentionally tiny but important for workflow coverage:
-it demonstrates the general transient recipe of
-`Static preload → loadConst reset → UniformExcitation transient`
-using a real ground-motion record imported into a `PathTimeSeries`.
+Tiny model, exists for one reason: the standard transient recipe
+`static preload → loadConst reset → UniformExcitation transient`
+against a real ground-motion record in a `PathTimeSeries`.
-### 7. Original OpenSees Ex 1a bundle — `ex1a_canti2d.osmodel`
-```bash
+### 7. OpenSees Ex 1a bundle — `ex1a_canti2d.osmodel`
+```
File → Open → ex1a_canti2d.osmodel
Analyze → Cases → run "Push" or "Earthquake"
Display → Show Pushover Curve / Time-History Plot
```
-This is the original cantilever-column Example 1a packaged as one model
-with a shared gravity preload plus both lateral load variants. It is a
-good small benchmark for checking that pushover and transient workflows
-behave consistently on the same geometry.
+Cantilever column with shared gravity preload and both lateral
+variants. Small benchmark for checking pushover and transient agree
+on the same geometry.
-### 8. Original OpenSees Ex 1b bundle — `ex1b_portal2d.osmodel`
-```bash
+### 8. OpenSees Ex 1b bundle — `ex1b_portal2d.osmodel`
+```
File → Open → ex1b_portal2d.osmodel
Analyze → Cases → run "Push" or "Earthquake"
Display → Show Pushover Curve / Time-History Plot
```
-This is the original elastic portal-frame Example 1b bundled as one
-project. It is especially useful because the gravity preload is carried
-by a distributed beam load instead of nodal loads only.
+Elastic portal frame. Gravity comes from a distributed beam load
+instead of nodal loads, which is the whole point of keeping it
+around.
-### 9. Variable-driven cantilever example — `ex2a_canti2d_elastic_element.osmodel`
-```bash
+### 9. Ex 2a, parameter-driven — `ex2a_canti2d_elastic_element.osmodel`
+```
File → Open → ex2a_canti2d_elastic_element.osmodel
Analyze → Cases → run "Push" or "Earthquake"
Display → Show Pushover Curve / Time-History Plot
```
-This is the Ex2a cantilever tutorial recast as a project model. It is
-useful when we want the same basic physics as Ex1a but with all major
-dimensions and derived quantities exposed as named parameters.
+Same physics as Ex 1a, but dimensions and derived quantities are
+named parameters instead of literals.
-### 10. Nonlinear aggregated-section cantilever — `ex2b_canti2d_inelastic_section.osmodel`
-```bash
+### 10. Ex 2b, aggregated section — `ex2b_canti2d_inelastic_section.osmodel`
+```
File → Open → ex2b_canti2d_inelastic_section.osmodel
Analyze → Cases → run "Push" or "Earthquake"
Display → Show Pushover Curve / Time-History Plot
```
-This is the first nonlinear cantilever benchmark in the tutorial series.
-It demonstrates how separate axial and flexural uniaxial responses can
-be aggregated into one section and used by a force-based beam-column element.
+First nonlinear cantilever in the series. Separate axial and flexural
+uniaxial responses aggregated into one section on a force-based
+beam-column.
-### 11. Fiber-section cantilever example — `ex2c_canti2d_inelastic_fiber_section.osmodel`
-```bash
+### 11. Ex 2c, fiber section — `ex2c_canti2d_inelastic_fiber_section.osmodel`
+```
File → Open → ex2c_canti2d_inelastic_fiber_section.osmodel
Analyze → Cases → run "Push" or "Earthquake"
Display → Show Pushover Curve / Time-History Plot
```
-This is the Ex2c fiber-section counterpart to Ex2b. It is useful for
-checking coupled axial-flexural section behavior with inelastic concrete
-and steel materials assigned directly to fibers and rebar layers.
+Ex 2b's fiber counterpart. Coupled axial-flexure with concrete and
+steel assigned to fibers and rebar layers directly.
-### 12. Example 3 build variants — `ex3_canti2d_*.osmodel`
-```bash
+### 12. Ex 3 family — `ex3_canti2d_*.osmodel`
+```
File → Open → ex3_canti2d_elastic_element.osmodel
Analyze → Cases → run "Push" or "Earthquake"
```
-The Example 3 family is useful when we want the same cantilever analyses
-to run on three different build styles: elastic element, aggregated
-uniaxial section, and fiber section, all with unit-scaled parameters.
+Same cantilever analyses on three build styles: elastic element,
+aggregated uniaxial section, fiber section. All unit-scaled.
-### 13. Modal shear-building example — `eigen_two_storey_shear_frame.osmodel`
-```bash
+### 13. Modal shear building — `eigen_two_storey_shear_frame.osmodel`
+```
File → Open → eigen_two_storey_shear_frame.osmodel
Analyze → Cases → run "Modal-2"
Display → Animate Mode Shape
- - mode 1 → in-phase storey sway
- - mode 2 → out-of-phase storey sway
+ - mode 1 → stories sway in phase
+ - mode 2 → stories sway out of phase
```
-This example is useful for validating modal workflows on a tiny model
-that still needs multi-point constraints (`equalDOF`) to behave like an
-idealized shear frame.
+Validates modal workflows on a model small enough to check by hand,
+with `equalDOF` doing the shear-frame duty.
-### 9. Modal elastic frame example — `eigen_two_storey_one_bay_frame.osmodel`
-```bash
-File → Open → eigen_two_storey_one_bay_frame.osmodel
-Analyze → Cases → run "Modal-2"
-Display → Animate Mode Shape
- - mode 1 → in-phase sway of the two storeys
- - mode 2 → upper storey reverses relative to the first storey
+### 14. Modal frame, Chopra 10.5 — `eigen_two_storey_one_bay_frame.osmodel`
```
-This is the Chopra Example 10.5 frame counterpart to the shear-building
-example above. It gives us a small modal benchmark with ordinary
-beam-column frame behavior and no multi-point constraints.
+File → Open → eigen_two_storey_one_bay_frame.osmodel
+Analyze → Cases → run "Modal-2"
+Display → Animate Mode Shape
+ - mode 1 → in-phase sway of both stories
+ - mode 2 → top story reverses against the first
+```
+Companion to the shear building above. Ordinary beam-column behavior,
+no multi-point constraints.
-### 13. Example 4 portal-frame variants
-```bash
-File -> Open -> ex4_portal2d_elastic_element.osmodel
-Analyze -> Cases -> run "Push" or "Sine-Uniform"
-Display -> Show Pushover Curve / Time-History Plot
+### 15. Ex 4 portal family — `ex4_portal2d_*.osmodel`
```
-The Example 4 family keeps the OpenSees split between model-building
-and analysis files, but moves it into project variants. These are
-useful benchmarks for pinned-base frame sway, distributed gravity on the
-beam, and support-motion dynamics without depending on an external
-earthquake file. The fiber-section transient is intentionally retained
-as a strong nonlinear stress test and may stop early while still
-producing useful partial histories.
+File → Open → ex4_portal2d_elastic_element.osmodel
+Analyze → Cases → run "Push" or "Sine-Uniform"
+Display → Show Pushover Curve / Time-History Plot
+```
+Keeps the OpenSees split between model-building and analysis files,
+recast as project variants. Covers pinned-base sway, distributed
+girder gravity, and support-motion dynamics without an external quake
+file. The fiber transient is kept as a nonlinear stress test — it may
+stop early and still produce usable partial histories.
## Regenerating the .osmodel files
-If you change the Python scripts, run them to regenerate the saved models:
+Scripts are the source of truth, `.osmodel` files are build artifacts
+checked in for convenience. Change a script, rerun it:
```bash
python examples/cantilever.py
@@ -232,6 +223,5 @@ python examples/eigen_two_storey_shear_frame.py
python examples/eigen_two_storey_one_bay_frame.py
```
-Each script builds the project, saves it, reloads it, and asserts a clean
-round-trip. The Python source is the source of truth; the `.osmodel` files
-are generated artifacts checked in for convenience.
+Each script builds the project, saves it, reloads it, and asserts a
+clean round-trip.
diff --git a/examples/ex1b_portal2d.py b/examples/ex1b_portal2d.py
index f923862..12d6589 100644
--- a/examples/ex1b_portal2d.py
+++ b/examples/ex1b_portal2d.py
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@
OpenSees Wiki:
https://opensees.berkeley.edu/wiki/index.php?title=OpenSees_Example_1b._Elastic_Portal_Frame
-This packages the original Example 1b portal frame into one OpenSees
-Studio project with shared gravity preload and both lateral-load cases:
+This packages the original Example 1b portal frame into one OTKO
+project with shared gravity preload and both lateral-load cases:
- static pushover
- base-excitation earthquake analysis with ``BM68elc.acc``
diff --git a/src/otko/core/catalog/README.md b/src/otko/core/catalog/README.md
index 709d7cc..c81a93c 100644
--- a/src/otko/core/catalog/README.md
+++ b/src/otko/core/catalog/README.md
@@ -1,25 +1,24 @@
# core/catalog — GiD schema catalog
-This package contains **auto-generated Pydantic v2 schema descriptions** for
-all OpenSees materials and conditions defined in the
+Auto-generated Pydantic v2 schema descriptions for every OpenSees
+material and condition in the
[gidopensees](https://github.com/rclab-auth/gidopensees) GiD preprocessor.
-## Public import surface
+## Use
```python
from otko.core.catalog import CATALOG
# Look up a Spec class by its gidopensees name
Steel02Spec = CATALOG["Steel02"]
-spec = Steel02Spec() # instantiate with defaults
+spec = Steel02Spec() # defaults
spec.model_dump_json() # serialize
```
-`CATALOG` is a `dict[str, type[BaseModel]]` mapping every material's
-gidopensees name (e.g. `"Steel02"`) to its generated `Spec` class.
-It contains exactly 58 entries (one per material in `OpenSees.mat`).
+`CATALOG` maps each material's gidopensees name (e.g. `"Steel02"`) to its
+generated `Spec` class. 58 entries, one per material in `OpenSees.mat`.
-Per-book discriminated Union types are available in `generated/__init__.py`:
+Per-book discriminated unions live in `generated/__init__.py`:
```python
from otko.core.catalog.generated import UniaxialSteelMaterials
@@ -29,7 +28,7 @@ Condition specs live under `generated/conditions/`.
## Regenerating
-Run the codegen tool any time the upstream `schemas.json` changes:
+When upstream `schemas.json` changes, rerun codegen:
```bash
python -m tools.gidopensees_import.codegen \
@@ -39,17 +38,15 @@ python -m tools.gidopensees_import.codegen \
## Do not hand-edit `generated/`
-Files under `generated/` are overwritten on each codegen run.
-Hand-curated overrides, corrections, or extensions belong in
-`curated/` (currently empty — reserved for future use).
+Codegen overwrites it. Put overrides, corrections, and extensions in
+`curated/` (empty for now, reserved).
## Scope note
-Catalog Spec classes are **schema descriptions only**. They capture the
-field names, types, defaults, and UI metadata from the gidopensees
-definition files. They are **not yet wired into the OpenSees runtime**.
-The mapping from a `Spec` to an actual `uniaxialMaterial` call is a
-future deliverable tracked in the ADR.
+Spec classes are schema descriptions: field names, types, defaults, UI
+metadata from the gidopensees definition files. They are not wired into
+the runtime. Mapping a `Spec` to an actual `uniaxialMaterial` call is
+still open — see the ADR.
## Attribution
@@ -57,7 +54,6 @@ Schema data from [gidopensees](https://github.com/rclab-auth/gidopensees),
Copyright (C) Reinforced Concrete Laboratory, Aristotle University of
Thessaloniki (AUTh).
-`CATALOG` exposes the 58 material specs only; condition specs are intentionally
-kept in a separate namespace (`generated/conditions/`, 39 specs) so that
-material and boundary-condition objects remain independently importable and
-do not pollute each other's namespace.
+`CATALOG` holds the 58 material specs. Condition specs stay in their own
+namespace (`generated/conditions/`, 39 specs) so the two don't pollute
+each other.
diff --git a/src/otko/services/_run.py b/src/otko/services/_run.py
index c0e345e..13cef7f 100644
--- a/src/otko/services/_run.py
+++ b/src/otko/services/_run.py
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ class OpenSeesAnalysisRunner(OpenSeesEmitter):
if isinstance(case, ResponseSpectrumCase):
return self._run_response_spectrum(case)
if isinstance(case, TransientCase):
- target = results_dir or Path(tempfile.mkdtemp(prefix="osstudio_"))
+ target = results_dir or Path(tempfile.mkdtemp(prefix="otko_"))
return self._run_transient(case, target)
raise TypeError(f"Unsupported analysis case type: {type(case).__name__}")
diff --git a/src/otko/services/export.py b/src/otko/services/export.py
index 3715e31..f3ca54d 100644
--- a/src/otko/services/export.py
+++ b/src/otko/services/export.py
@@ -363,7 +363,7 @@ def export_opspy(project: Project, case_id: int | None = None) -> str:
Returns:
The script source. The header pins ``openseespy==3.5.1.12``,
- the Studio version and the display units.
+ the OTKO version and the display units.
Raises:
ValueError: If ``case_id`` matches no analysis case.