OpenSite/Guides/First desktop session

OpenSite 0.0.1 · DevelopmentSource scope and availability

Learn the normal desktop workflow before running scripts.

Stable identifier: opensite.help.first-desktop-session

Prerequisites

An authorized desktop development package. Use a new practice document. Python is not required for the first four steps.

Steps

Open the workspace

Start opensite-desktop.exe. Locate the workbench selector, object panel, property panel and central tabs. Read OpenSite/Workspace tour.

Create a document

Choose 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.

Identify the active document

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.

Save a practice file

Choose File → Save As and select a new filename ending in .osdoc in your practice folder. Confirm that no error is reported. Close and reopen the saved file with File → Open.

Explore one useful next task

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.