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1 REPORTER 9.2

2 Contents Introduction to Reporter User interface menu layout Creating a template first steps Text Editing objects Variables D3PLOT images T/HIS graphs Lines, arrows, etc Library programs Ordering objects Managing pages Lining up objects neatly Error log Comparing two or more models Saving and exporting reports Batch mode operation User-written scripts Summary reports for multiple analyses LS-DYNA is a registered trademark of Livermore Software Technology Corporation

3 Reporter - Introduction Reporter offers automatic extraction of results and generation of report files from LS-DYNA output files Integration of several scripts and command files into single report Reports can be generated for a series of analyses Accessed through Oasys shell, or typing the executable name (unix) or by double-clicking the executable or its icon (PC)

4 Example Report 1 Example Report Page Output from D3PLOT Information extracted from the otf file (d3hsp)

5 Example Report 2 Example Report Page Output from T/HIS Numerical values from analysis

6 File name preference Before creating your first template, we recommend setting Reporter s preference for LS-DYNA output file names according to how the files are written by LS-DYNA on your system. LSTC file names = d3plot, d3thdt, d3hsp, etc OASYS file names = name.ptf, name.thf, name.otf, etc

7 User Interface Template / Presentation View Toggle Switch Object Selector Button Style and Colour Drop-Down Toolbar Menu Lines, Shapes and Text Objects Output from External Programs

8 User Interface: Object Icons Object selector Line Rectangle Text Report viewing Arrow Ellipse Image Output from user s Program D3Plot image Text from file Library image (e.g. logo) Table from multiple analyses T/HIS graph Image file to be read when generating report Library program Script

9 Creating a Template File Page size / orientation Create a new template by selecting New from File menu or the New File icon Preference settings

10 Creating a Template: Text To insert text, 1) select text box icon or Text.. from drop down menu 3) Text properties 2) Click on page at desired location 4) Enter text and press OK This cross is at the point where you clicked (see Justify settings in text box menu

11 Creating a Template: Editing objects To move/resize an object, first right-click the object to make the yellow drag handles appear. Then use the drag handles or drag the object Right click an object, edit Enter updated text

12 Variables Variables can be any character or numerical data Can change the variable values before generating a report Used to globally substitute throughout a report (e.g. analysis name and directory, allowing the whole report to be generated quickly for different models Variables can be created by and exchanged with external programs FAST-TCF scripts for T/HIS D3Plot command files Library programs and scripts User-written programs Managed through a single menu Examples: Titles File or directory names Numerical values from input/output files Maxima/minima etc from graphs Node/element ID in FAST-TCF scripts

13 Variables: Menu Create, edit and delete variables through Variables menu Default Reporter variables

14 Variables: Editing Directory containing LS-DYNA output files Analysis root filename eg tube if tube.key Set variable name, description and value. If the variable is a directory or file name, a browse button is available.

15 Using variables in text objects When in a text box, right click and Insert Variable or type the variable name enclosed with %, e.g. %VAR_NAME%

16 Variables: Output values Select Presentation view toggle switch to see displayed value Interpreted values of variables

17 Creating new Variables Give variable name and type. Setting the type to Directory or File enables Browse button. Options for File, e.g /data/run1/basename.key: File(absolute) = /data/run1/basename.key File(basename) = basename File(extension) = key File (tail) = basename.key

18 D3PLOT Object: Creating Select D3PLOT object and drag screen area to insert onto page Press Capture to start D3PLOT

19 D3PLOT Object: Capturing Perform D3PLOT operations as normal to achieve desired view Once finished select => Reporter in drop down File menu

20 D3PLOT Object: Capturing D3PLOT command file now embedded within template Right click on object to edit Job file automatically uses the DEFAULT_DIR and DEFAULT_JOB variables if they match the file opened.

21 D3PLOT Object: Generating Select Presentation mode to view resulting output Right click on object, then Generate. Or, to generate the whole report, press CTRL-G or File=>Generate

22 D3PLOT Object: Copy / Paste Copy an existing object through right click, Ctrl-C or Edit->Copy Paste copied object using Ctrl- V or Edit->Paste, or right click at a specific location

23 D3PLOT Object: modifying the picture Pressing Capture for an existing object: re-opens D3PLOT with the chosen view Perform additional operations in D3PLOT and return to Reporter

24 D3PLOT Object: Output Right click Generate on newly created object Switch to Presentation view to see resulting output Ctrl-G generates the full report

25 T/HIS graphs using FAST-TCF Select T/HIS object and screen drag an area Load an existing FAST-TCF script... or press Capture to start T/HIS

26 FAST-TCF Object: Capturing Perform T/HIS operations as normal to achieve desired plot. The graph may show one or many curves. Once finished, select Return to Reporter in drop down File menu

27 FAST-TCF Object: Creating FASTTCF script now embedded within template Press Capture again if you want to modify the graph Analysis path should usually be replaced with a variable

28 FAST-TCF Object: Editing Additional commands from a second Capture are automatically appended to script Save script for use outside Reporter

29 FASTTCF Object: Generating Right click and Generate to execute script Select Presentation mode to view resulting output

30 FASTTCF Objects: Variables Variables can be created within the FASTTCF script: this line is typed manually into the script (see section on FAST-TCF syntax in the T/HIS manual). It finds the maximum value on the curve with tag forcekn and stores it in a variable MAX_FORCE Variable reference within text box

31 FASTTCF Objects: Variables Select Presentation mode to view resulting output Switch back to Template mode to continue editing the template Interpreted value of variable

32 Image Objects Three further methods of inserting an image: Standard image Any existing bitmap, jpeg or gif image Image File Named image file to be inserted when generating the report Library Image Image from Reporter s library, e.g. company logo

33 Drawing Objects Formatting options Rectangles to frame images Drawing Objects Image from image library Lines

34 Library Programs Reporter has a library of programs to extract information from the LS- DYNA keyword and printed output files (*.key, *.otf or d3hsp) Select library tool icon and drag across a suitable screen area (OTF file =d3hsp file)

35 Library Programs: Inserting Expand / contract list Select program Arguments passed to program e.g. for d3hsp file this should be %DEFAULT_DIR%/d3hsp OK to insert selected program

36 Library Programs: Formating Can apply conditional formatting based on output

37 Library Programs: Generating Select and right click Generate to execute program Conditional formating Select Presentation mode to view resulting output Switch back to Template mode to continue editing the template

38 Library Programs: Generating Create a summary table by inserting several library programs

39 Ordering Objects When generating a report, Reporter processes objects in order. If a variable is created by object A and used in object B, then object A must be generated before object B. E.g. text object using variable MAX_FORCE must occur after FAST-TCF object that created the variable Use to adjust the order of an object

40 Managing Pages Insert page from another template or library Export Page Define master page to apply consistent format

41 Lining up objects neatly When in presentation mode, click the Selector tool, then click on an object and drag or nudge. Another method is to use the geometry data (corner coordinates and size) in the Object Edit menu to set several objects to have the same X or Y coordinates and size.

42 Error Log The Logfile records all operations executed by Reporter with associated warnings and errors. It can be useful for debugging templates Errors/warnings appear in red Search for next error or warning

43 Comparing two or more models Pictures and graphs comparing two (or more) models can be made. First, create a new variable for the directory of the second model (e.g. BASE_DIR) If using OASYS filenames (jobname.thf, jobname.ptf, etc), create a new variable for the second model name (e.g. BASE_JOB) Now capture graphs and pictures in the normal way; when in T/HIS or D3PLOT, open two (or more) models and create the desired pictures or graphs.

44 Comparing two or more models In D3PLOT, use File=>Open new model to open the second model. Window=>Edit Window can be used to control which models appear in which windows, and change the colour of each model. File=> return to Reporter as before.

45 Comparing two or more models The Job file text box now shows a list of the models opened by D3PLOT. Use the left/right arrow keys to scroll through the text box. Change the directories shown to %DEFAULT_DIR% and %BASE_DIR% Now, by editing the variables BASE_DIR and DEFAULT_DIR, any two models may be compared.

46 Comparing two or more models In T/HIS, use Read=>LSDYNA and New Model to open two (or more) models. Perform any necessary operations to display the desired graph. File => return to Reporter as before As with the D3PLOT object, the Job File text box now contains a list of models. Change the directories to %BASE_DIR% and %DEFAULT_DIR% as before.

47 Saving / Exporting Save Reporter template file (*.ort): contains all the information required to generate a report Write a Reporter report file (*.orr): same as template file, but also includes pictures and graphs generated during the current session, i.e. the report can be viewed in Reporter without needing to re-generate

48 Saving / Exporting Postscript: better definition for printing. Viewable in Ghostscript. File may be large. PDF: Adobe Acrobat format. Can be printed. Html: suitable for on-line usage. Powerpoint VBA: a Visual Basic macro - run macro to generate powerpoint version of report (this is available on any computer) Powerpoint: generate a powerpoint file directly. This can be done only on a PC that has Powerpoint installed

49 Running in Batch Reporter can be run in batch mode using the following command line options

50 Running in Batch Example: (path)/reporter92.exe batch file=(path)/example.ort vardefault_dir=/data/example/run1 pdf=(path)/example.pdf exit In this example, the LS-DYNA results in directory /data/example/run1 will be processed using Reporter template example.ort, and the report saved to a pdf file named example.pdf. Reporter will then exit. When the path includes spaces (on PCs), it should be enclosed by quote marks, e.g. C:\Documents and Settings\example -batch indicates that Reporter should not ask questions or expect any interaction with the user. Reporter still displays the images on-screen during report generation when in batch mode.

51 Unicode Characters If your computer has Unicode fonts (e.g. Chinese, Japanese, Korean), these characters may be included in Text objects and Variables, displayed in Reporter, and written to all output formats except postscript.

52 Advanced Topics: User Written Program Insert a program object Define arguments required by program Select a user written external program (can be a script written in Perl, Python etc or be an executable). The output to stdout from the program will be displayed

53 Advanced topics: D3PLOT added commands Add extra command-file lines to a D3PLOT object through the Edit button. This is rarely needed all the necessary commands are stored automatically while Capturing. Load existing command files, add further commands to automatically-generated command files, or save a file for use outside Reporter

54 Advanced Topics: Multiple Analyses Whole process can be controlled by Oasys Shell if required Key list Shell Run1.key LS-DYNA Run2.key LS-DYNA Results 1 Results 2 Reporter Report Variables file Reporter Report Variables file Run3.key LS-DYNA Results 3 Reporter Report Variables file Template 1 Template 1 postprocesses each analysis separately, and writes a file containing the values of the variables Reporter Summary Report Template 2 Template 2 creates a summary report, using the variable values generated by Template 1

55 Advanced Topics: Multiple Analyses In Template 1 (used to postprocess each analysis separately): Request a Reporter variables file Variable values are written to a plain text file

56 Advanced Topics: Auto Table Template 2: Reporter can generate a table of results from multiple analyses Insert an Autotable object by screen dragging an area

57 Advanced Topics: Auto Table Select root directory containing analyses Add / Remove columns Variable value to enter into column - can be the output from a program Table Dimensions Apply conditional formatting and create hyperlinks to other files

58 Advanced Topics: Auto Table Values extracted from Reporter variables files Conditional formatting based on value Hyperlinks to individual report files

59 Advanced Topics: Blob plots Variable values (e.g. HIC) and corresponding X,Y & Z co-ordinates extracted from all analyses contained within root directory. Each blob represents one analysis. This requires two objects: (1) A library script that creates a data file, and (2) A D3PLOT object that reads and displays the data

60 Advanced Topics: Blob plots Insert a library program object and select D3PLOT data file Root directory containing analyses Variable values to extract from variables files

61 Advanced Topics: Blob plots D3PLOT data file library program Insert a D3PLOT object and select the data file generated by the library program Press Capture to load D3PLOT using the data file

62 REPORTER 9.2