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By using Microsoft Windows operating system, the Teddy can be opened directly by:

• Double clicking (2x ) on the icon at desktop

• via Start Menu SOFiSTiK FEA 2025 Teddy 2025

Teddy can be opened via Home ribbon directly from following programs:

• Result Viewer

• Calculate

• Structural Desktop (SSD)

• Report Browser

By clicking on the Teddy icon, the program will start.

For special cases the user may start the program from a command shell by using the following command lines:

ted [/options] [filename] [line column]

where:

• [filename] :

  As a filename you may also enter a + or ++ this will load the last or second last file respectively. By using abc*.dat the open file dialogue will be started with the given pattern match. The following command *.* will select the whole directory.

• [/options] :

  • [SOFiSTiK_Path] :

    Path for the SOFiSTiK-executables (Change or set the environment variable SOFiSTiK=…)
  • /1 to /4 :

    Will create additional instances of TEDDY. The number will select the colour of the TEDDY-icon.

Overview of the possible input commands:

Parameter	Description
+ or ++	Opens the last file or the last but one. Is used without a switch - or /
-0 -1 -2 -3 -4	Allows the startup of up to 5 instances
-nosingle	Starts the application as a separate instance (no single application)
[line number]	The cursor is placed directly into the given line. The line number must be the last transferred parameter.