Image
Add an image to the report.
- Right-click at the Report or Chapter level and select
Or
From the Report Ribbon, Add Item tool group, click Image. .
. - Below are the properties associated with the Image entity.Note: Image properties are client dependent. They are listed below.
- HyperMesh properties
- Name
- You can change the name property of the image item.
- Source
- Select the image source.
- Caption
- Provide a caption for the captured image. This caption is visible in the exported Document report.
- Location of Caption
- Select the caption location from the list. These are standard locations as present in Microsoft Word. Image captions locations can be:
- Basic
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- Model
- Select the required page or window from the session.
- Output Type
- Select the output format for the image.
- 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.
- Views
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- Best View
- To allow report to alter the onscreen model orientation for capturing images.
- View Mode
- Select a standard view mode for image capture.
- HyperMesh properties
- Below are the properties associated with the HyperView Image:The first four properties are the same as the HyperMesh client.
- Basic
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- Model
- Select the required page or window from the session.
- Output Type
- Select the image output format.
- Crop Image
- Checkbox option to crop an image.
- Views
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- Best View
- To allow report to alter the onscreen model orientation for capturing images.
- View Mode
- Select one best view mode for image capture.
Note: These best view options are same as the Hotspot Finder best view options HyperView.
- Notes
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- Create Note
- Checkbox option to create notes in the images. This activates other note creation options.
- Note Location
- Select the location for the notes to be created.
Supported note locations are:
- Maximum of Contour: Notes are created where the maximum contour value is seen in an entity.
- Minimum of Contour: Notes are created where the minimum contour value is seen in an entity.
- 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.
- Note format
- Set the note format to be used for the notes
created at the selected locations.
Note: This dialog is similar to HyperView Notes property area. Here you can set the note text and all the formatting related settings.
- HyperView
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- Hide Local Systems
- Select this checkbox to hide all of the local coordinate systems from being included in the report images.
- Hide Model Info Note
- Select this checkbox to hide the model information note from the report images.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Capture Area
- Select the image capture area.
- 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
- When an image entity is added under a Loop Results module, additional results processing properties are activated. They are listed below.