Form: Report Setup Data
Click the Orb > Report > Report Setup command to access the Report Setup Data form. Use the options on the form to specify the types of data and output format for generating a report for the model file open when the command is executed. Additional options that allow further refinement of the report layout, including combining data from multiple model files into a single report, are available using the Orb > Report > Advanced Report Writer command.
After specifying the report layout using the Report Setup Data form, click the Orb > Report > Create Report command to identify the filename and path for saving the file and then to generate the report in the specified format (see Report Output Type below).
Report Contents File. Use these options to specify the types of data and the general layout for the data to be included in the report as specified in a .xml file, including, for example, company logos and names on the cover page. Use the Orb > Resources command to display the Resources form; on that form select the Documentation Show button and open the Manuals folder to access more information about the specific structure of the .xml file.
Default File option. As indicated on the form, when this option is selected, CSiBridge reads theCSiBridgeDefaultFormatFile.fmt file located in the user settings folder. If the CSiBridgeDefaultFormatFile.fmt file does not exist or is not in the settings directory, CSiBridge will prompt for a different name.
? If you are having difficulties locating the settings folder, click the "?" (question mark) and a form showing the path to your settings folder will display. Note that this folder may be hidden.
User Specified option. When this option is selected, the Report Contents XML File form will display. Use that form to select the path and filename of a user-created .xml file. Click the Browse button to enable a search of your system for a filename and path. The documentation accessible using the Orb > Resources command provides an example to demonstrate how to create an alternate .xml file.
Table Format File display box and Browse button. The format file (.fmt) to be used for specifying the layout of the tables to be included in the report is displayed in this display box. Format files can be created using the Modify/Show Database Table Format form and edited using the Table Format File Data form.
Report Output Type options
RTF File (Microsoft Word). When this option is selected, CSiBridge will create the report with an RTF (rich text format) extension using the path and filename you specify after clicking the Orb > Report > Create Report command. The format is compatible with Microsoft Word.
HTML File (Internet Explorer). When this option is selected, CSiBridge will create the report with an HTML (hype-text markup language) extension using the path and filename you specify after clicking the Orb > Report > Create Report command. The format is compatible with Internet Explorer.
Text to Printer. When this option is selected, CSiBridge will send the report directly to the default printer.
Text File (No Pictures). When this option is selected, CSiBridge will create the report with a TXT extension using the path and filename you specify after clicking the Orb > Report > Create Report command. The format of the printout will be suitable for 8.5 x 11 inch paper, with either portrait or landscape orientation. Note that with this option, any graphics associated with the selected output will be excluded from the print.
Text File With No Splits (No Pictures). When this option is selected, CSiBridge will create the report with a TXT extension using the path and filename you specify after clicking the Orb > Report > Create Report command. The format of the printout will be suitable for continuous feed printers. Note that with this option, any graphics associated with the selected output will be excluded from the print.
Report Group drop-down list. This drop-down list can be used to specify the Group(s) for which data will be included in the report. This option is helpful in focusing the report on key components in your model.
Report Page Orientation options. Choose Portrait or Landscape orientation. Portrait output is longer than it is wide, and landscape output is wider than it is long.
Report Items options.
Include Cover Page (Based on Project Information) check box. When this check box is checked, the information input using the Orb > Settings > Project Information command and Project Information form will appear on the cover page of the report. If no information is provided on that form, the program will draw from the registration information used for the computer being used to create the report.
Include Hyperlinked Contents (RTF and HTML) check box. When this check box is checked, the contents of the report will include hyperlinks to the various sections in the report. This option is compatible with the RTF File and HTML File Report Output Types only.
Include Filter Criteria String Beneath Table Titles check box. When this check box is checked, any filter criteria specified in the .fmt file will be printed beneath the table title(s). Note that filter criteria can be specified using the Modify/Show Database Table Format form, which is used to create the Table Format File (.fmt) -- see above.
Load Patterns Select Load Patterns button. Click this button to access the Select Load Patterns form. Highlight the load pattern(s) to be included in the report. Click the Clear All button on that form to exclude data for all load patterns.
Load Cases/Combos (Results) Select Load Cases/Combos button. Click this button to display the Select Load Cases form. Use that form to select the load cases to be included in the report.
Output Options Modify/Show Output Options button. Click this button to display the Output Options form. Use that form to set output parameters for each load case type. Click on an option to select it. For time history load cases and other load cases with multi-valued responses, specify that the output be generated as envelopes or as step-by-step results.
Output Selections drop-down list and Modify/Show Output Selection button. This drop-down list and button are available only if the model file includes one or more of the following: generalized displacement, section cut, bridge object results, or named sets (virtual work, pushover, joint time history response spectra, plot function traces). Use the drop-down list to indicate that data for one of the preceding items be included in the report. Select an item and then clicked the Modify/Show Output Selection button to display the Select {item} form. Use that form to specify the specific items to be included in the report.
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