Welcome! This page contains links to existing primers on how to use both Tcl/Tk and OpenSees.

• Tcl/Tk Primer(external link) is a html document providing a quick introduction to programming in Tcl/Tk.

• OpenSees Users Manual (opens in new window). This is a html document providing the syntax and description of OpenSees commands. (MS Word, windows help file for the manual.)

• OpenSees Examples Manual (opens in new windows). This is a html document providing descriptive examples of basic OpenSees script files.

• OpenSees Examples Quick Reference Guide is a pdf document providing a list of the commands available in OpenSees. (postscript file)

• Reliability and Sensitivity Analysis User's Guide(external link) is a primer on performing reliability analysis in OpenSees.