In this lecture, we will cover the following:

• How to reuse the plotting controls developed for the custom shell solver,
• We will plot the OpenSeesPy deflected shape from the UG displacement vector,
• We will check whether the OpenSeesPy response looks physically sensible.

We begin by taking advantage of the result repackaging completed in the previous lecture. Because the OpenSeesPy displacement results now live in the same UG vector format as the custom solver results, the existing plotting block can be reused directly. This makes the lecture short, but it reinforces the value of keeping result formats consistent between independent analysis workflows.

We then generate the deflected shape and we inspect the plotted response. The OpenSeesPy model produces a shape that looks very similar to the one obtained from our custom implementation, which is an encouraging first sign that the two models agree. At this stage, the comparison is mainly visual, but it provides useful confidence before checking the numerical agreement more directly.

Next up

In the next lecture, we will compare the OpenSeesPy results with the custom solver results side by side and look more closely at whether the agreement holds up.