Welcome to Opsvis documentation!

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Warning - Incompatible changes!

Starting from Opsvis ver. 1.0.1 (May 2022):

  1. the plot_supports_and_loads_2d function is removed and instead plot_load is available. The model supports can now be shown in the plot_model function. The additiona function argument node_supports (default is True) can be switched off (e.g. plot_model(node_supports=False)).

  2. the plot_mesh_with_ips_2d() function is removed.

  3. See and use the updated example .py files (Examples).

  4. Now the opsvis plotting functions use the Python dictionary (instead of the string) for the maptplotlib line formatting. Example: Use fmt_model = {'color': 'blue', 'linestyle': 'solid', 'linewidth': 1.2, 'marker': '.', 'markersize': 6} instead of the previous fmt_defo = 'b-' string format. Also the lw (linewidth) arguments are removed from the plotting functions as they can be defined in the fmt_* dictionary. This feature has been implemented as suggested by mbbatukan.

Opsvis is an OpenSeesPy postprocessing and visualization module written by Seweryn Kokot (Opole University of Technology, Poland).

For OpenSeesPy documentation click the following link: OpenSeesPy documentation

Opsvis can be mainly useful for students when learning the fundamentals of structural analysis (interpolated deformation of frame structures (static images or animations), section force distribution of frame structures, stress distribution in triangle, quadrilateral 2d elements, orientation of frame members in 3d space, fibers of a cross section, static and animated eigenvalue mode shapes etc.). This way, we can lower the bar in teaching and learning OpenSees at earlier years of civil engineering studies. However the visualization features for OpenSees can also be helpful for research studies.

Opsvis offers the following plots:

  • interpolated deformation of frame structures,

  • stresses of triangular and (four, eight and nine-node) quadrilateral 2d elements (calculation of Huber-Mieses-Hencky equivalent stress, principal stresses),

  • fibers of cross-sections,

  • models with extruded cross sections

  • animation of deformation (from time history analysis) and mode shapes.

Installation

pip install opsvis

Note the name of the PyPi package is without the underscore _.

Usage

To use Opsvis in OpenSeesPy scripts, your .py file should start as follows:

import openseespy.opensees as ops
import opsvis as opsv
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt

# ... your OpenSeesPy model and analysis commands ...
opsv.plot_model()
sfac = opsv.plot_defo()

Commands

The main commands related to various aspects of OpenSees model visualization are as follows:

  1. plot_model

  2. plot_defo

  3. plot_load

  4. plot_mode_shape

  5. section_force_diagram_2d

  6. section_force_diagram_3d

  7. plot_stress

  8. plot_strain

  9. plot_stress_2d

  10. plot_extruded_model_rect_section_3d

  11. anim_defo

  12. anim_mode

  13. plot_fiber_section

Helper functions include:

  1. fib_sec_list_to_cmds

  2. sig_out_per_node

For examples go to: Examples.

Notes:

  • matplotlib’s plt.axis('equal') does not work for 3d plots therefore right angles are not guaranteed to be 90 degrees on the plots

  • plot_fiber_section is inspired by Matlab plotSection.zip written by D. Vamvatsikos available at http://users.ntua.gr/divamva/software.html