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<p>Add repository-reviewed OpenSite user help and practical workflows</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>__NOTOC__<br /> {{OpenSite scope}}<br /> {{OpenSite lesson<br /> |id=opensite.help.first-desktop-session<br /> |summary=Learn the normal desktop workflow before running scripts.<br /> |prerequisites=An authorized desktop development package. Use a new practice document. Python is not required for the first four steps.<br /> |steps=<br /> === Open the workspace ===<br /> Start &lt;code&gt;opensite-desktop.exe&lt;/code&gt;. Locate the workbench selector, object panel, property panel and central tabs. Read [[OpenSite/Workspace tour]].<br /> <br /> === Create a document ===<br /> Choose {{MenuCommand|File → New}}. A new document is local data, not a solved structural model. If no geometry is displayed, this does not mean that creation failed.<br /> <br /> === Identify the active document ===<br /> Select its central document tab or activate it from the object tree. Selecting a script or plot tab is a different view context. Confirm the intended document before using document commands.<br /> <br /> === Save a practice file ===<br /> Choose {{MenuCommand|File → Save As}} and select a new filename ending in &lt;code&gt;.osdoc&lt;/code&gt; in your practice folder. Confirm that no error is reported. Close and reopen the saved file with {{MenuCommand|File → Open}}.<br /> <br /> === Explore one useful next task ===<br /> Try [[OpenSite/Guides/Use Material Manager]] to add practice material data, or [[OpenSite/Guides/Use Python Console]] for a small quantity calculation. A new blank document is not expected to contain a bridge, mesh or section-design library.<br /> <br /> === Close deliberately ===<br /> If changes exist, read the Save/Discard/Cancel prompt. Cancel keeps the document open. Do not discard changes merely to clear a prompt.<br /> |result=You can identify the active document, save it to a known location and reopen it.<br /> |limitations=The current desktop is a development platform. The empty viewport does not supply an analysis workflow.<br /> }}<br /> <br /> == Continue learning ==<br /> [[OpenSite/User manual|User manual]] · [[OpenSite/Tutorials|Tutorial pathways]] · [[OpenSite/Support|Get help]]<br /> <br /> &lt;div class=&quot;os-page-nav&quot;&gt;{{Docnav|OpenSite/Tutorials|OpenSite/Workspace tour|OpenSite/User manual|User manual}}&lt;/div&gt;<br /> [[Category:OpenSite documentation]]</div>

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