Standard Report

A web-ready report of the analysis results may be generated using the [Report] button on the View tab:

Scan&Solve Pro will prompt for a destination, generate the report, and open your web browser to view the output.

Scan&Solve pro uses template files to construct the web-ready reports when the [Report] button is clicked in the View tab. These template files, located in the installation directory, are read by Scan&Solve Pro and the output files are generated based on the contents of the templates. The templates use a simple format that may be easily modified to suit a particular end user application. The only tool required is Microsoft’s Notepad or a similar text editor.

The report template file is called AdvancedReportTemplate.html. The content of this file looks something like the following (Color and Descriptions added):

The Report Section, where modifications may be made, contains a mixture of HTML code and Scan&Solve keywords.

The standard HTML code is demarcated by <format_code>text</format_code> where the format_code controls how the text between the demarcations will be formatted in the output report. HTML code is ignored by Scan&Solve and passed to the output unchanged. Thus, the HTML formatting and content can be changed to suit a particular application, including additional text or images. More information on HTML formatting may be found on the web.

The Scan&Solve output is generated by the lines containing a ##KEYWORD followed, in most cases, by a series of parameters. The keywords, their parameters, and their results in the output are as follows:

Before editing a report template, make a backup copy in case of errors or problems. Edit the desired template as follows:

1. Start Notepad and choose File>Open…
2. In the File Open dialog, browse to the installation directory and locate the file entitled AdvancedReportTemplate.html. On Windows, the default location will be C:\Program Files\Scan&Solve Pro\AdvancedReportTemplate.html.
3. Open the file.
4. Decide the type of information and its desired location in the report:
   1. To add an image showing the geometry alone, add the following to the template file: ##SCREENSHOT
   2. To add an image of the boundary conditions, add the following to the template file: ##SCREENSHOT BCS
   3. To add an image showing a component of the solution displayed on the geometry, refer to the table of keywords above for valid entries for component_tag and add the following line to the template file: ##SCREENSHOT SOLUTION component_tag
   4. To add a table of geometric properties, add the following line to the template file: ##PROPERTYTABLE GEOMETRY
   5. To add a table of material properties, add the following line to the template file: ##PROPERTYTABLE MATERIAL
   6. To add a table of applied loads, add the following line to the template file: ##PROPERTYTABLE LOADS
   7. To add a table of restraints, add the following line to the template file: ##PROPERTYTABLE RESTRAINTS
   8. To add a table of analysis settings, add the following line to the template file: ##PROPERTYTABLE ANALYSISSETTINGS
   9. To add a table showing the extrema of a solution component, refer to the table of keywords above for valid entries for component_tag and add the following line to the template file: ##PROPERTYTABLE EXTREMA component_tag
   10. To add a table summarizing solution extrema, refer to the table of keywords above for valid entries for component_tag and add the following line to the template file: ##PROPERTYTABLE EXTREMA component_tag1 component_tag2 … component_tag3
5. Headings and descriptions may be intermixed with the Scan&Solve codes to add comments and headings as desired in the final report.
6. When finished, save the template file in the installation directory.

These two examples depict the output arising from sequences of template code. Refer to the previous section for more details on the specific keywords and their parameters.

Template code on the left gives rise to the output on the right. HTML code is output directly to the report file unchanged. Scan&Solve code is interpreted by the Scan&Solve plugin to produce the output shown on the right. This example introduces the use of the ##SCREENSHOT keyword and the generation of a table using the ##PROPERTYTABLE keyword.

Template code on the left gives rise to the output on the right. HTML code is output directly to the report file unchanged. Scan&Solve code is interpreted by the Scan&Solve plugin to produce the output shown on the right. This example shows an expanded use of the ##SCREENSHOT keyword to display a solution value. The ##PROPERTYTABLE keyword is used to generate a summary of a solution component using the EXTREMA parameter and a solution component tag, TDSP, for total displacement.