Compare HV Versions – Template-Session

From the HV Versions - Template-Session tab, HyperView template or session files are used as the input files. You can select some or all of the displayed subcase, simulation, and result types and compare them across any versions of HyperView.

1. Click the Result tab then the HV Versions - Template-Session tab.

   
   
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2. Select the current and reference solver version.
3. Select a Tolerance method then input the value used to set the tolerance for the difference in values between the reference and current version result files during comparison.

   Option	Description
   Default	1e-6 for Scalar, Tensor, and Vector, if not individually chosen.
   Scalar	Enter values if different for the scalar result type.
   Vector	Enter values if different for the vector result type.
   Tensor	Enter values if different for the tensor result type.
   User Defined	Click Tolerance and set the individual tolerance value for all data types.

4. Click Apply to set new values.
5. Choose between a PowerPoint or HTML report of the result value comparison.

   Pass

   This returns a detailed report containing one slide per data type across load cases.

   Fail

   In case of a failure, one slide per load case for each datatype is published so that it is easy to identify the load case that contains a difference in values.

6. Load the session or template file.
7. Select an output directory.
8. Click Apply to extract information from the data file.
9. Select any combination of subcases, simulations, and result types from the populated areas.
   Click All to select all items listed.
10. Click Apply to generate data to compare the results of the chosen combination.
    The Compare result section displays the current file and the corresponding reference file. Click Report to display the diff report detailing the differences between files.