Estimated completion time = 45 minutes.

In this practical session, you will complete the data entry components on your EASAP’s graphical user interface (GUI). The figure below provides a view of how your EASAP should look at the end of this session.

Please follow the instructions below to complete this practical session.

• Log in, and Set Mode→Author.

• Go to EASA→Applications→My EASAPs and find your ‘Rectangular Plate’ EASAP

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

• After the EASAP Builder window appears, expand the USER INTERFACE branch, and then similarly expand the TABBED PANE LIST.

• Right-click edges and select Sibling→Add TABBED PANE. Rename it loads and set one parameter:Tab:'3. Loads on Plate'

Nested within the loads TABBED PANE you will create two new TABBED PANES: the user will specify concentrated loads on the first, and on the second will specify a uniform load.

• Right-click on loads and select Child→Add TABBED PANE LIST (). Right-click it and select Child→Add TABBED PANE. Rename it concentrated and set its Tab:‘Concentrated Loads’

Now add a second TABBED PANE.

• Right-click concentrated and select Sibling→Add TABBED PANE (). Rename it uniform and set its Tab:‘Uniform Load’

• Right-click concentrated and select Child→Add SUB PANE. Set parameter Border:'Location'

• Right-click this SUB PANE and select Child→Add SLIDER (). Rename the slider xloc and set:

• Make a copy of xloc using Ctrl-C and Ctrl-B. Rename the new SLIDER yloc and change its Label:'Y (% of length)'

• Right-click the above SUB PANE and select Sibling→Add REALBOX. Rename it input_Lc and set parameters below: (Set Units: first and then you can select 'kip' from the dropdown menu at the far right when you set the other parameters.)

We need to create a new unit which will be used for uniform loads which is not in the default set of units.

• On the Tree right-click USER INTERFACE→UNIT MANAGER and then select Child→Add USER UNITS ()

• Right-click USER UNITS and select Child→Add DIMENSIONAL GROUP (). Rename it Stress2 and then set the parameter:Base Unit:'N/m^2'

When you create a DIMENSIONAL GROUP a Child CONVERSION is automatically created.

• Expand the Stress2 object and then select conversion1. Rename it ksf, which stands for ‘kilo-pounds per square foot’, then set:

You are now ready to apply the newly created ksf unit.

• On the Tree right-click USER INTERFACE→loads→TABBED PANE LIST→uniform and select Child→Add REALBOX. Rename it Lu and set parameters below: (start with Units: so you get the right dropdown units list)

• Save and check your EASAP. The tree should look like this:

The third TABBED PANE should look like this after clicking on the Test Web Browser button.

• Return to the builder. Right-click USER INTERFACE→TABBED PANE LIST→loads and select Sibling→Add TABBED PANE. Rename it report and set Tab:'4. Output Preferences'

On this pane you will create three data entry objects for users to input fields for the EASAP report title (ie. name, project title, and case title).

• Right-click report and select Child→Add SUB PANE. Rename it row1 and set:

• Right-click row1 and select Child→Add SUB PANE. Rename it titles and set Border:'Report Titles'

• Right-click titles and select Child→Add INPUTBOX. Rename it name and set:

• Right-click name and select Sibling→Add INPUTBOX. Rename it project and set:

• Right-click project and select Sibling→Add INPUTBOX. Rename it case and set:

• Right-click titles and select Sibling→Add SUB PANE. Rename it logo and set Border:‘Report Logo’

• Right-click on logo and select Child→Add FILE CHOICE (). Rename it file and set:

• Right-click file and select Sibling→Add INPUTBOX. Rename it lw and set:

• Right-click lw and select Sibling→Add INPUTBOX. Rename it lh and set:

• Right-click TABBED PANE LIST→report→row1 and select Sibling→Add SUB PANE. Rename it row2 setting the same parameters as row1 (below):

• Right-click row2 and select Sibling→Add SUB PANE. Rename it tables and set:

• Right-click tables and select Child→Add LOGICBOX (). Rename it showdisp and set:

• Right-click on showdisp and select Sibling→Add SPACER ()

• Right-click on the spacer and select Sibling→Add LOGICBOX (). Rename it showmom and set:

• Right-click on the tables SUB PANE and select Sibling→Add SPACER ()

• Right-click the SPACER and select Sibling→Add BUTTON (). Rename it button_submit and set:

• Right-click button_submit and select Child→Add MENU ACTION (). Set its parameter Action:'Submit'

• Save and check your EASAP.

The EASAP tree should look like this:

And the fourth TABBED PANE should look like this:

• Exit EASAP Builder by selecting Exit under the File menu or just by clicking on the x in the top-right corner of the window. If a pop-up window asks whether to save or not, select ‘Yes’.

You are now finished with Practical Session 2.

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