Image

Add an image to the report.

  1. Right-click at the Report or Chapter level and select Add > Items > Image.

    Or

    From the Report Ribbon, Add Item tool group, click Image.
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  2. Below are the properties associated with the Image entity.
    Note: Image properties are client dependent. They are listed below.
    • HyperMesh properties
      Figure 2.
      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:


      Figure 3.
      Basic
      Model
      Select the required page or window from the session.
      Output Type
      Select the output format for the image.
      For HyperMesh and other clients are PNG, the supported formats are JPG and TIFF.
      For HyperView and MediaView, GIF and H3D formats are supported in Document mode.
      For HyperView, AVI format is also supported in Presentation mode.
      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.


      Figure 4.
      Views
      Best View
      To allow report to alter the onscreen model orientation for capturing images.
      View Mode
      Select a standard view mode for image capture.
  3. Below are the properties associated with the HyperView Image:
    The first four properties are the same as the HyperMesh client.
    Figure 5.
    Basic
    Model
    Select the required page or window from the session.
    Output Type
    Select the image output format.
    For HyperView and MediaView, PNG, JPG, GIF and H3D formats are supported in Document mode.
    For HyperView, AVI format is also supported in Presentation mode.
    Note: H3D preview is not available on LibreOffice 5.0.
    Crop Image
    Checkbox option to crop an image.
    Views
    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.
    The valid best view options are as follows:
    Global View
    Displays all hotspots simultaneously and the entire model in isometric view.
    Global components
    Displays all hotspots and their parent components together, with everything else transparent in isometric view.
    Global regions
    Displays all hotspots and elements within a region size attached to the hotspot entities, with everything else transparent in isometric view.
    Global spheres
    Displays all of the hotspots and elements within a sphere around the hotspot entities, with everything else transparent in isometric view.
    Selection transparency
    Displays the hotspot with only the current onscreen entities visible in isometric view, everything else in the model will be shown in transparency.
    Selection Isolate
    Displays the hotspot with only its parent component/ set visible in a view normal to the current orientation of the element, everything else in the model is hidden.
    Local Entity Zoom
    Displays the hotspot with only its parent component visible in a zoomed view normal to the current orientation of the element, everything else in the model is hidden. This is a zoomed in version of Isolate component view mode.
    Local Contour
    Displays only one hotspot with the entire model visible in a view normal to the current orientation of the element. This is a localized version of the global location view mode.
    Local transparency
    Displays one hotspot on the current handle with the spherical region around entity visible, in a view normal to the current orientation of the element. This is a single view version of Global spheres view mode.
    All other best view modes listed are nothing but standard model views.
    Notes
    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.
    Figure 6.
    Note: This dialog is similar to HyperView Notes property area. Here you can set the note text and all the formatting related settings.
    HyperView
    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.
    To utilize the advanced options, you have to select components and loadcases for the Loop Results module first.


    Figure 7.
    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.


    Figure 8.
    Once executed, a results table with the color codes is added to the report.
    • Red for Fail
    • Yellow for Warn
    • Green for Safe


    Figure 9.
    Scale Results
    Scale contour results for looping.


    Figure 10.
    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.


    Figure 11.