User hub

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This is the main help area for newcomers to LabRPS.

LabRPS is in continuous development, so there may be missing or outdated information. If you cannot find the information that you need, don't hesitate to ask in the LabRPS forum.

If you'd like to contribute to LabRPS, please donate, and see the Help LabRPS page for other ways to contribute. If you'd like to edit this wiki, request a wiki account with editor permissions in the forum, and read the WikiPages for the general guidelines that you should follow.

If you would like to know how LabRPS started years ago visit the History page.

Using LabRPS

Introduction

• Application Overview: A general overview of LabRPS
• Installing: How to install LabRPS on Windows, Linux and Mac
• Installing additional components: how to install additional third-party components that can work together with LabRPS.
• Getting started: A quick overview of the available tools
• FAQ: Frequently asked questions
• Tutorials covering different parts of LabRPS

Basic application

• Interface: the LabRPS interface is composed of various graphical elements on the screen, including the dependency graph view, the tree view, the property editor, the task panel, and the Python console.
• Objects naming: LabRPS objects have a read-only Name that uniquely identifies them, and a Label which is user editable.
• Preferences Editor: the system that allows you to control many properties of the base system and of the individual workbenches.

Plugins

Plugins are collections of tools used for specific tasks. These are the base plugins bundled with every LabRPS installation:

• The WindLab Plugin provides a set of tools for the simulation of random wind velocity.

• The SeismicLab Plugin provides a set of tools for the simulation of seismic ground motion.

• The SeaLab Plugin provides a set of tools for the simulation of sea surface.

External plugins

External plugins are collections of tools that are not part of the base LabRPS system, usually developed by experienced users, and targeting a particular need.

Plugins can be installed using the Addon Manager or the Feature Manager.

Reference

• Commands Reference: A complete list of the available LabRPS commands.

Online Help

This is the official LabRPS online help. The whole online help system will be used to generate a .CHM file, that will be distributed with the binary packages of LabRPS. At the moment the online help summarizes some of the most complete sections of this wiki.

• Online help system - Table of Contents

More

• The Power users hub is the place to go if you would like to see more advanced use of LabRPS
• Don't understand a term or phrase as used in LabRPS? Try the Glossary page.

User documentation

• Getting started
• Installation: Download, Windows, Linux, Mac, Additional components, AppImage
• Basics: About LabRPS, Interface, RPS Objects, Object name, Preferences, Workbenches, Document structure, Properties, Help LabRPS, Donate

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• Help: Tutorials, Video tutorials
• Workbenches: Std Base, WindLab, SeismicLab, SeaLab, UserLab, Spreadsheet, Plot, Web

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• Addons: Addon Manager, Plugins, Scripting and macros

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• Hubs: User hub, Power users hub, Developer hub