Image

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From the Report Ribbon, Add Item tool group, click Image.

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1. HyperMesh properties

   
   
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   1. Name: You can change the name property of the image item.
   2. Source: Select the image source.

      
      
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      1. Graphics Area: Capture an image from the graphics area.
      2. Capture State: Enables you to capture an image using a dynamic rectangle. If selected, the Capture Dynamic Rectangle option is activated. Check this option and capture the image by drawing a rectangle anywhere in the screen.
   3. Caption: Provide a caption for the captured image. This caption is visible in the exported Document report.
   4. Location of Caption: Select the caption location from the list. These are standard locations as present in Microsoft Word. Image captions locations can be:
      1. Below Image, or
      2. Above Image

         
         
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      Basic

   5. Model: Select the required page or window from the HyperWorks session.
   6. Crop Image: Checkbox option to crop an image. This option discards empty/white space in the graphics area and exports only the model area. Below is an illustration of the crop image option.

      
      
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2. HyperView properties

   
   
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   The first four properties are the same as the HyperMesh client.

   Basic

   
   
   

   1. Model: Select the required page or window from the HyperWorks session.
   2. Output Type: Choose between various output formats for the exported image. The available output types are:

      
      
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      1. Image: A .png (static) image is exported.
      2. Animated GIF: A standard animation file is exported. The GIF option is supported only for Presentation reports.
      3. H3D: A HyperView results file with the animation is exported.
         Note: H3D preview is not available on LibreOffice 5.0.
   3. Crop Image: Checkbox option to crop an image.
   Notes

   
   
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   1. Create Note: Checkbox option to create notes in the images. This activates other note creation options.
   2. Note Text: Enter the desired query options in the Define Text dialog.
      Note:

      • You can manually enter the expressions or query statements. The same syntax from the Description section of the Note creation panel in HyperView can be followed.
      • You can also configure note expressions using the array of default note query options. Select a note type and click Insert. This query is added to the note and will be exported to an image in the report. The list is shown below.

        
        
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   3. Note Location: Select the location for the notes to be created. Supported note locations are:

      
      
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      1. Component: Notes are created at the CoG of the component.
      2. Maximum of Contour: Notes are created where the maximum contour value is seen in an entity.
      3. Minimum of Contour: Notes are created where the minimum contour value is seen in an entity.
      4. Hotspots of Contour: Notes are created at hotspots of an entity. There are a few options that are required to capture the hotspot values. They are listed below.

         
         
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         • Find Hotspots: Find hotspots for values above or below threshold values.
         • Threshold: Numerical value to define the threshold.
         • Tolerance: Numerical value to define the tolerance between contour values of two adjacent elements.
         • Maximum Hotspots: Number for hotspots for note creation.
           Note:

           • The hotspot detection algorithm first finds the element with the highest contour value (center element). It then finds the adjacent elements and their contour values. If these contour values are lower than the center element, then the elements adjacent to these elements are found and correspondingly the contour values. This is repeated until an element is found that has a contour value higher than its center element by the Tolerance specified by you. This element is considered as the new hotspot.
           • For example, if you have set the tolerance as 50, element A has the highest contour values (750). ARD finds adjacent elements and their contour values (710, 670, 665) until it finds the element B (710) which has the highest value. B shows 720 in the image.

             
             
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   4. Best View: When enabled, this option sets the best view possible for the entity and captures the image.
      • The Best View algorithm finds the element at which the maximum/minimum contour value is seen.
      • Then, it finds the element normal direction at this critical element and accordingly sets the view of the model to be captured in the image.
   5. Note Display Options: You can select the style for the notes from the list. Any custom note styles present in the selected Model page are listed.
   6. Zoom factor: Set the magnification value from zero to ten. This specified zoom factor is applied to that entity where the Note is created.

   HyperView Settings

   
   
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   1. Set to Transparent: You can define the transparency settings for the entities in the model. The supported transparency options are:

      
      
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      • None - None of the elements are set to transparent.
      • 3D Elements - Only 3D elements are set to transparent.
      • 2D Elements - Only 2D elements are set to transparent.
      • All - All of the elements are set to transparent.
      • All Except Hotspot - Except for the component or group on which maximum/minimum/hotspots are seen, all others are set to transparent.
   2. Hide Local Systems: Select this checkbox to hide all of the local coordinate systems from being included in the report images.
   3. Hide Model Info Note: Select this checkbox to hide the model information note from the report images.
   4. Auto Fit Model: Select this option to auto fit the model. If the Best View option is selected, then Auto Fit is automatically applied to the model.
      Note: If Best View is enabled, the auto fit is applied to the model even though the Auto Fit option is not enabled. Hence, when you select the Best View option, the Auto Fit option is disabled in the panel.
   5. Legend File: Specify the legend file to be used to update the contour legend. A file selection option is enabled once the box is checked.
   6. Set Dynamic Legend: Specify if the legend type is to be set to the Dynamic scale. If selected, the legend of the contour is automatically updated for only Displayed entities. This option is helpful when an image is looped over some result type and if the legend of the contour is to be dynamically updated for each displayed component considered under looping
   7. Capture Area: Select the image capture area.

      
      
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      • Legend and Graphic Area: The Legend and Graphics area are both captured.
      • Graphics Area: Only the graphics area is captured.
      • Legend Only: Only the contour legend is captured

   Advanced Options

   When an image entity is added under a Loop Results module, additional results processing properties are activated. They are listed below.

   
   
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   To utilize the advanced options, you have to select components and loadcases for the Loop Results module first.

   1. Threshold: Define the Fail and Warn limits for the results looping.
      Fail and Warn limits are suggested automatically based on the contour values of the applied results. You can edit them as well.

      
      
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      Once executed, a results table with the color codes is added to the report.

      • Red for Fail
      • Yellow for Warn
      • Green for Safe

      
      
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   2. Scale: Scale contour results for looping.

      
      
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      Scale factor is set to one by default; you can edit them as well.

      Once executed, a result table with the scaled results with the scale factor is added to the report.

      
      
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