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62 D.V. Turda, F.Zs. Gobesz2.3 What we didWe created an experimental tool for teaching some matters in Python. We gave thename aicSimpleSol to the program, and there is a free download, use anddistribution at http://www.aic.info.ro/ in the "Software" section.It consists of a main panel which contains a tree, from any particular applicationcan be launched (Figure 1).Figure 1. aicSimpleSol's main panelOnce launched, each new window has three areas, namely the data area, thegraphic area and the help area. The help area use a wxPython widget which allowedus to right the help text in HTML format (Figure 2).There is an important feature we had in mind when we designed the program, andthat is the link between data and graphics. That is, any time data change, thegraphic window is updated. At this time, the graphics window is insensitive, i.e. nodata can be changed using pointing devices (e.g. the mouse). It is not adisadvantage, as we have to focus on data, and to give the mean to see how achange in data affects the stress distribution, as an example.