OpenModal is an open source experimental modal analysis software written in Python.

Note: OM is not actively developed; you might want to check out a similar project without a full UI: https://github.com/ladisk/pyEMA.

OpenModal combines geometry builder, measurement, identification and animation module to aid in experimental analysis of the dynamic properties of structures. It is written in Python and published under the GPL license.

In order to develop the software on the same Python version and the corresponding library versions, a virtual environment is created in the folder virtual-environment.

To run the virtual environment on Windows PowerShell, execute the following commands:

.\virtual-environment\Scripts\Activate.ps1

This should set the environment to Python 3.6 and to the PyQt4 and the associated librraries.

To run the software, execute the following:

cd openModal/
python openmodal.py

If you are interested in contributing to the code base or just by supporting the project, send us an e-mail to [email protected].