How to build a new material model into OpenSees

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Sanjeema
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How to build a new material model into OpenSees

Post by Sanjeema » Sat Jan 30, 2016 3:46 am

Dear all,

I want to build a new material model into OpenSees 2.2.0 (downloaded a few older versions, managed to build versions 2.1.0 and 2.2.0 only). I created a new project with the .h and .cpp files (Windows application) but I don't understand how to link it to the header and library files as mentioned in the instructions in "Building on Windows Systems".

I added the project to Solution 'OpenSees2005' and hit build.
But it showed error:

"The project file ' ' has been removed or is no longer in the solution".

Do I need to change something in the Additional Include Directories for the project?

Sanjeema

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Re: How to build a new material model into OpenSees

Post by fmk » Wed Mar 09, 2016 10:00 am

you need to edit the project settings. a more fool proof (though a litttle outdated set of instructions with pictures can be found here:
http://opensees.berkeley.edu/AddingYourCode.pdf

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Re: How to build a new material model into OpenSees

Post by davidjohnson » Thu Mar 17, 2016 9:41 pm

The OpenSees applications allows developers to use their own material modules to the application. Unlike most other programs, the materials are added at run-time and not at compile time. The advantage of this is the the developers:
-Do not need the OpenSees source files or libraries to compile and link the application.
-Can share their modules with others without having to provide the source code.

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