Estimated completion time = 15 minutes.

In this practical session we will create an output report on the EASA→Authoring→Testing page. The report will include a summary of user input and a table of results.

• Find your EASAP at EASA→Author→Applications→My EASAPs.

• Click on it and then click on the EASAP Builder link in the new page.

• On the Tree right-click OUTPUT and select Child→Add REPORT.

• Right-click report1 and select Child→Add HTML OUTPUT. Rename it body and set one parameter:

We need to extract some data from the underlying analysis software output file.

• Right-click report1 and select Sibling→Add DATA PROCESSING. Expand it.

• Right-click LIST and select Child→Add EXTRACT. Set its

This file name will not appear in the pull-down list because it is created after the plate software application is run.

In order to help in the creation of EXTRACT, FIND, and REPEAT objects:

• Right-click on extract1 and select Extract Tool at the bottom.

When the Extract Tool window appears,

• Click on the Open button ().

At the top of the Load sample file window:

• Select Local file and browse to your tutorial files, select PLATE.OUT and click OK.

The window should appear as follows:

• In the preview pane scroll down until you find ‘JOINT DISPLACEMENTS’.

• Highlight ‘JOINT DISPLACEMENTS’, right-click and select Add Literal Find from the icon bar.

JOINT DISPLACEMENTS will appear in the left Matched Lines column.

• Next, highlight the number 1 below ‘JOINT DISPLACEMENTS’. Right-click and select Add Variable Find.

• After the Add Variable Find window opens, name the DOR ‘node’ and select ‘Integer’ for the DOR type.

• Highlight the first 0.000000 after 1. Right-click and select Add Variable Find.

• After the Add Variable Find window opens name the DOR xd and select ‘Real’ for the DOR type.

• Highlight the second 0.000000 after 1. Right-click and select Add Variable Find.

• After the Add Variable Find window opens name the DOR yd and select ‘Real’ for the DOR type.

• Highlight the last 0.000000 after 1. Right-click and select Add Variable Find.

• After the Add Variable Find window opens name the DOR zd and select ‘Real’ for the DOR type.

Next we set up a repeating FIND to pull out the desired data.

• Highlight the second line (‘node xd yd zd’) in the Matched Lines column.

• After the line becomes yellow select the Repeat () button within the Extract Tool toolbar.

• The Set Repeat Parameters window opens, select 'Match up to a maximum number of lines'. Enter ‘21’ within the 'Maximum number of matches'.

• Select OK to close the Extract Tool window.

Finally we compute the maximum displacement on the plate. In the OUTPUT branch:

• Right-click SCALAR and select Child→Add STATISTICS. Rename it MaxD and set:

• Time to save your work, click Save.

Now let’s display the calculated maximum displacement of the plate in our report.

• Right-click body and select Sibling→Add TEXT OUTPUT. Rename it MaxDisp and set:

Now add a heading.

• Right-click MaxDisp select Sibling→Add HTML OUTPUT. Rename it heading and Set:

Finally display our extracted nodal displacement data in a table.

• Right-click heading and select Sibling→Add TABULATED DATA. Rename it DispTable and set:

• Now save the EASAP, and then check the EASAP tree to ensure that the OUTPUT branch looks like this:

At this point, you can also get a preliminary view of the report that will be generated by the objects in the OUTPUT branch.

• Back in your browser window select EASA→Authoring→Testing and then click on the View Results button () in the Output column for the test run completed in the previous practical session.

The following will appear in the browser window:

Note: If your results pages do not look like what is shown above, you may have a problem with the original EASAP run or with the objects on your OUTPUT branch. You can try to resolve the problem now or wait until Practical Session 5 when you will be testing and troubleshooting your EASAP.

• After reviewing the Latest Output content, return to EASAP Builder and exit.

You are now finished with Practical Session 4.

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