Menus

• For more information about opening, saving, and closing files, see Loading and Saving Models and Motion Data
  
  

• For more information about models and motions visit Loading and Saving Models and Motion Data
  
  

• For more information about motion data visit Previewing Motion Capture (Mocap) Data

• For more information on editing excitations visit Excitation Editor
   
• For more information on changing preferences visit Preferences Editor
  
  
• For more information on editing files visit File Editor

1. Click Edit → File (.osim, .xml)...

2. In the window that appears, locate and select the file you wish to edit. 

3. A File Property Editor window will open, listing all of the editable parameters, along with any corresponding descriptions, for that file. To change the value of a property, double click on the value, enter a new value, and press the Enter key. 

4. To save the edited file when you are finished, click the Save button in the Property Editor window.
   
   

   Note that on Mac, the + sign in the Property Editor dialog is replaced with the collapsed/horizontal arrow.

• Use Open -> to open a script in the GUI. The set of scripts displayed is populated from your Scripts directory, which is <OpenSim Install Directory>/Scripts by default. You can change this by modifying your User Preferences. You can also choose Browse.. to open a script that isn't in your Scripts directory.
• Use Run -> to run a script in the GUI. Again, the set of scripts displayed is populated from your Scripts directory, which is <OpenSim Install Directory>/Scripts by default. You can change this by modifying your  User Preferences. You can also choose Browse.. to open a script that isn't in your Scripts directory.

• For more information on the plot tool visit Plotting
• For more information on scaling your model visit Scaling
• For more information on the inverse kinematics tool visit Inverse Kinematics
• For more information on the inverse dynamics tool visit Inverse Dynamics
• For more information on the static optimization tool visit Static Optimization
• For more information on residual reduction tool visit Residual Reduction
• For more information on computing muscle control visit Computed Muscle Control
• For more information on the forward dynamics tool visit Forward Dynamics
• For more information on the analyze tool visit Analyses
• The Convert Files option converts any model (.osim), storage (.sto) or setup files (.xml) to the latest versions supported by OpenSim.
• For more information on plugins see Using Plugins

Note that the availability of these options depend on the current model you have in the application.

• For more information on scripting in OpenSim visit Scripting in the GUI
• For more information on the coordinates window visit Coordinates Window
• For more informaiton on the topology viewer visit Windows (version 3.2 and later)
  
• For more information on the messages window visit Messages Window
• For more information on the navigator window visit Navigator Window
• For more information about Properties window visit Property Editor and Outputs List

• The Online Help option will direct you to a the online OpenSim support page that includes all the references to the OpenSim resources, plus a search box.
• The User's Guide option will direct you to the online User's Guide on the OpenSim wiki page (Confluence). If you're not online, you will be taken to a local copy.
• Under Examples & Tutorials, you can go to the online library of examples and tutorials or directly to one of the introductory tutorials. If you're not online, you will be taken to a local copy.
• The XML Browser option launches a browser containing the XML tags for all OpenSim objects.
• The Doxygen option (for advanced users) takes you to the OpenSim doxygen, describing the class structure and functions in the OpenSim API. If you're not online, you will be taken to a local copy.
• The About option opens a window giving more details about the software and includes acknowledgements and references.

• The Report Bug… and Request Feature… options will direct your default Internet browser to the Simtk.org website in order to report a bug or send a feature request to the OpenSim developers, respectively.