# Example models 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 | 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, 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, 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 ### 1. Force diagrams — `cantilever.osmodel` ``` 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) → component "T" → ~zero (no torsion → console hint, no diagram) Display → Show Deformed Shape → cantilever curve ``` 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. 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 — `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 ``` ### 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 → second trace, compare phase Display → Hysteresis Plot - X = Node 12 / DOF 1, Y = Node 12 / DOF 3 → orbit ``` ### 4. Pushover — `sdof_pushover.osmodel` ``` File → Open → sdof_pushover.osmodel Analyze → Cases → run "Push-X" Display → Show Pushover Curve → linear from origin, then softens through yield ``` 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 → linear stiffness, then yield plateau as base hinges form → peak base shear = concrete crushing + rebar yield ``` Columns are BeamWithHinges + FiberSections (concrete core, rebar layers) wrapped in a SectionAggregator for torsion. ### 6. Gravity + time-history chain — `ex1a_canti2d_eq.osmodel` ``` File → Open → ex1a_canti2d_eq.osmodel Analyze → Cases → run "Earthquake" Display → Time-History Plot - Node 2 + DOF 1 (Ux) → tip horizontal response - Node 2 + DOF 2 (Uy) → gravity should stay locked ``` 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. 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 ``` Cantilever column with shared gravity preload and both lateral variants. Small benchmark for checking pushover and transient agree on the same geometry. ### 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 ``` Elastic portal frame. Gravity comes from a distributed beam load instead of nodal loads, which is the whole point of keeping it around. ### 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 ``` Same physics as Ex 1a, but dimensions and derived quantities are named parameters instead of literals. ### 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 ``` First nonlinear cantilever in the series. Separate axial and flexural uniaxial responses aggregated into one section on a force-based beam-column. ### 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 ``` Ex 2b's fiber counterpart. Coupled axial-flexure with concrete and steel assigned to fibers and rebar layers directly. ### 12. Ex 3 family — `ex3_canti2d_*.osmodel` ``` File → Open → ex3_canti2d_elastic_element.osmodel Analyze → Cases → run "Push" or "Earthquake" ``` Same cantilever analyses on three build styles: elastic element, aggregated uniaxial section, fiber section. All unit-scaled. ### 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 → stories sway in phase - mode 2 → stories sway out of phase ``` Validates modal workflows on a model small enough to check by hand, with `equalDOF` doing the shear-frame duty. ### 14. Modal frame, Chopra 10.5 — `eigen_two_storey_one_bay_frame.osmodel` ``` 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. ### 15. Ex 4 portal family — `ex4_portal2d_*.osmodel` ``` 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 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 python examples/portal_frame.py python examples/space_frame_3d.py python examples/sdof_pushover.py python examples/portal_pushover.py python examples/ex1a_canti2d.py python examples/ex1b_portal2d.py python examples/ex2a_canti2d_elastic_element.py python examples/ex1a_canti2d_eq.py python examples/ex2b_canti2d_inelastic_section.py python examples/ex2c_canti2d_inelastic_fiber_section.py python examples/ex3_canti2d_elastic_element.py python examples/ex3_canti2d_inelastic_section.py python examples/ex3_canti2d_inelastic_fiber_section.py python examples/ex4_portal2d_elastic_element.py python examples/ex4_portal2d_inelastic_section.py python examples/ex4_portal2d_inelastic_fiber_section.py 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.