Use the Report tool, formerly known as Automated Reporting Director, to create and export Word and PowerPoint Presentation
(PPT) reports from within the HyperWorks session.
Create a standardized report from a pre-defined report template that can be reused to execute and export future reports.
A template file saves the Report contents (entities and modules) and the model file data.
Report items consist of several objects that define Word and PowerPoint reports, such as images, text, and tables.
These entities are the basic building blocks of any report.
Use the Parameters Browser to parameterize the contents of a session file or report template and automate a variety of analysis processes with
the Parameters Browser.
Explore, organize and manage your personal data, collaborate in teams, and connect to other data sources, such as
corporate PLM systems to access CAD data or publish simulation data.
Overview of external readers and the Altair Binary Format, the generic ASCII reader, running HyperWorks in batch mode, using Tcl/Tk commands, translators, and result math.
Use the Report tool, formerly known as Automated Reporting Director, to create and export Word and PowerPoint Presentation
(PPT) reports from within the HyperWorks session.
Execute and export reports in batch mode or non-interactive mode.
You can create a standardized report from a pre-defined report template in batch
mode. Batch mode processing executes a series of jobs on a computer without manual
intervention. In Report, the result processing jobs are set up in a way that they
can run to completion without manual intervention. All input data are pre-selected
through scripts, command-line parameters, or job control language.
To run a batch mode process for the Report, provide the commands in the Command
Prompt dialog on Windows or Terminal on Linux. The
Report batch mode program takes a set of data files as input, processes them, and
produces a set of output data files. This operating environment is defined as batch
processing because the input data is collected into batches of files and are
processed in batches by the program.
Important: Only full paths should be used in the command line when
running Report in batch mode. Using relative paths may cause the batch mode to
not run properly.
Enter the HyperWorks executable along with its full
path.
Enter the full path of the input report template report.
<Input Report Template File Path>
Enter the full path of the output report file. All other outputs generated by
the solution are saved in the same directory where the final output report is
generated.
<Output Report Path>
Note: Master file (5) and Working Directory (6) arguments are optional.
Enter the file path for the Master file document.
<Document or Presentation Master File Path>
Enter the working directory folder path. All outputs created during the report
execution are stored here.
<Working Directory Folder Path>
Enter the parameters of the report template in the same sequence.
<Arguments Full File Path>
To find the parameters of the report template file, open the report template
using HW File > Open > Report Template.