Objective: To generate any form of Stress Report directly from HyperX - the content of which contains all relevant data from the last-run Sizing or Analysis.
Steps to Exporting a Stress Report
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Select Zones of interest in the Viewport. See Selection for specific Viewport controls to aid this process.
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The data corresponding to all selected Zones will be printed to the report.
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Proceed to the 'Result' tab of the Ribbon and click 'Stress Reports.'
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From the resulting rise-up, select the preferred report type.
In general, there are three main types of reports:
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Microsoft Word Stress Reports - Report stress data in Word document format, including sample calculations for each active failure method. See Word Stress Reports for more information.
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Microsoft Excel Stress Reports - Report stress data in Excel column/tab format. See Excel Stress Reports for more information.
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Analysis Detail Reports - Reports intermediate data used in each margin of safety calculation for all selected Zones and Joints. See Analysis Detail Reports for more information.
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Word Stress Reports automatically extract meaningful stress analysis data (margin details, material definitions, weights, dimensions, etc.) from the current Database and organize it into a well-formatted Word document. The idea is to provide a flexible means to generate a stand-alone Word-based report that serves to document all relevant Analysis and Sizing data to support any sort of design review or certification process.
Types of Word Stress Reports
There are two types of Word-format Stress Reports, the options for which are indicated by the red boxes in the Stress Report rise-up menu below:
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Stress Report (MS Word Format) - This is the basic Word-based Stress Report defined above. Selecting this option will allow HyperX to generate a Word Stress Report for the selected Zones based on the most recent analysis.
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Custom Method Report (With MS Word Template) - Custom Method Reports can be used to automatically generate template-based Stress Reports for the custom failure methods found in Analysis Plugins.
Data Contained in Word Stress Reports
HyperX provides the user with several different customization options in order to control what data is reported, how that data is reported, and to add company-specific information (logo, engineer names, etc.). The Stress Report Export form, shown in the image below, illustrates all of these options.
The information contained within each Report Content section is defined below, for reference.
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Project - High-level information pertaining to the most recent Project analyzed.
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Zones - Tabulated summary data displayed per Zone.
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Data- Table containing Zone area, weight, critical margin of safety, controlling Design Load Case, and controlling failure criteria information.
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Dimensions- One table per each design type, outlining all relevant Sizing dimensions resulting from the last run.
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Margins of Safety - Margin of safety data resulting from the last analysis tabulated in various formats.
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Lowest Margin by Analysis- Table of margins outlining the lowest margin of safety generated for each criterion in the last run analysis along with the corresponding Zone and Design Load Case data.
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Lowest Margin by Design Load Case- Margin table showing the critical margin of safety and corresponding Zone and failure criteria for each Design Load Case.
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Margins for Zones- All margin of safety data displayed for each Zone per object per criterion, with corresponding criteria data and load case IDs.
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Margins for Elements - Margin of safety data generated for critical elements (only available if the last run was an element-based analysis).
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Critical Design Loads - Tabulated summary of the results of the critical Design Load Cases, based on the number of hits. For an understanding of how a design load case attains "hit" see Load Case Filtering.
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Set Summary - Summary of weights resulting from the last analysis displayed per Set.
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Database/Project Settings - Summary of the Database and Project settings (see "Advanced Settings") for the last analysis.
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Stress and Strain Calculations - Detailed summary of the HyperX methodology for determining the stresses and strains within a panel or beam Zone.
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Failure Calculations - Detailed summary of the methodology behind each active failure criterion in the previous analysis run complete with resulting critical margin, corresponding Zone loads, and equations.
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Materials - Summarizes the relevant material properties of all Materials included in the analysis results of the previous analysis.
Excel Stress Reports automatically extract meaningful stress analysis data (margin details, material definitions, weights, dimensions, etc.) from the current Database and organize it into a well-formatted Excel Spreadsheet. These reports can either be stand alone to review data that isn't readily available in the HyperX interface or they can be referenced by other reports to support design review or certification.
Types of Excel Stress Reports
There are two types of Excel-format Stress Reports, the options for which are indicated by the red boxes in the Stress Report rise-up menu below:
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Stress Report (MS Excel Format) - This is the basic Excel-based Stress Report defined above. Selecting this option will allow HyperX to generate an Excel Stress Report for the selected Zones based on the last-run analysis.
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Custom Method Report (With Excel-based Template) - Custom Method Reports can be used to automatically generate template-based Stress Reports for the custom failure methods found in Analysis Plugins.
Data Contained in Excel Stress Reports
HyperX provides the user with several different customization options in order to control what data is reported in the Excel Report. The Stress Report Export form, shown in the image below, illustrates all of these options.
The information contained within each Report Content section is defined below, for reference.
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Project - High-level summary of specific Project data corresponding to the last run analysis.
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Overall Summary - Tab containing general Database and Project information, various Project metrics, FEM files names and corresponding units, and Project units.
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Zones Summary - Tab containing the area, weight, lowest margin, controlling load case, and controlling failure criterion for each Zone.
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Set Weight Summary - Table of weights resulting from the designs specified in the last run analysis, organized by Set.
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Margins of Safety - Margin of safety data resulting from the last Analysis tabulated in different formats, one tab for each table format listed below.
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Lowest Margin by Analysis- Table of margins outlining the lowest margin of safety generated for each criterion in the last run analysis along with the corresponding Zone and Design Load Case data.
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Lowest Margin by Design Load Case - Margin table showing the critical margin of safety and corresponding Zone and failure criteria for each Design Load Case.
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Margins for Zones - All margin of safety data displayed for each Zone per object per criterion, with corresponding criteria data and load case IDs.
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Margins for Elements - Margin of safety data generated for critical elements (only available if the last run was an element-based analysis).
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Critical Design Loads - Tabulated summary of the results of the critical Design Load Cases, based on the number of hits. For an understanding of how a Design Load Case attains "hit" see Load Case Filtering.
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Database/Project Settings - Summary of the Database and Project settings, as seen on the Project Settings (Advanced Settings) Form, for the last analysis.
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Materials - Summarizes the relevant material properties of all Materials included in the Analysis Results of the previous analysis. One tab per Material Family Type.
Analysis Details are a particular kind of Excel-based Stress Report that contains intermediate data used to generate margins of safety for each Zone and failure criteria. In conjunction with the Theory sections of the Help Documentation, these reports allow users to trace through the details of each margin of safety calculation.
Types of Analysis Detail Reports
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Zone Analysis Details (MS Excel Format)
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Joint Analysis Details (combined CSV file)
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Joint Analysis Details (CSV file per method)
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Joint Analysis Details (MS Excel Format)
Create an Analysis Detail Report for a Single Failure Analysis
In some instances, it may be more useful to only look at the data for one Zone when trying to understand a specific failure method. This can be accomplished from the Failure Analysis Form.
Step 1 - Select a single Zone in the Viewport.
Step 2 - Right Click > Select 'Analysis Results' to launch the Analysis Watch Window.
Step 3 - Right-click on a single failure method of interest and select 'Analysis Details'.
This will automatically generate a single-tab Analysis Detail Report for the selected method. While auto-generated in the TEMP directory, the user is able to save this report as desired using the usual Microsoft functions.
Custom Methods Reports can be used to automatically generate template-based Stress Reports for the custom failure methods found in Analysis Plugins. They can be generated in both Excel and Word formats.
Step #1: Generate Tags for Plugin
Custom Method Reports are generated according to a template document marked up with tags related to the Analysis Plugin of interest. Before we create a Template File, let's export the tags for the Plugin of interest. To do that:
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Click on the "Plugins" button on the Analysis tab of the Ribbon to open the Plugin form.
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Navigate to the desired Plugin tab and click the "Export Report Tags" button.
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Use the File Explorer to choose a location and name for the Tags File. Click 'Save'.
Step #2: Create and Populate Template with Tags
Depending on whether you want an Excel- or Word-format Custom Methods Report, there are different processes for locating and using generated tags.
Word Format
First, you must create a new Word document in the same location as the Plugin's .dll. This file will act as the template for generating the Custom Methods Reports.
Next, copy the desired tags from last step's Tags File into this Template File. The tags for Word files are bracketed, i.e. begin with a "[" and end with "]". When generating a Custom Methods Report, these tags will be replaced with the corresponding data from the selected Zone(s)/Joint(s) last run analysis. Aside from the tags themselves, you can format and customize this template however you'd like. Save the file when done.
Excel Format
First, you must create a new Excel document in the same location as the Plugin's .dll. This file will act as the template for generating the Custom Methods Reports.
Next, you must locate the Tag File that is formatted for Excel (Excel-formatted tags begin with a "$" instead of using brackets). Using the File Explorer, locate excel_analysis_detail_tags.txt in your HyperX install's "Temp" directory ("{InstallDir}/Projects/Temp").
Finally, copy these tags into the Excel Template File and customize the formatting of the rest of the file as you prefer. Save the file when done.
Step #3: Generate Custom Methods Report
Once the template(s) are saved in the location of the Plugin .dll, they will be available in the Custom Methods Reports form. To open the form, navigate to the Results tab of the Ribbon, click on the "Stress Reports" button, and select "Custom Method Reports" from the pop-up.
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If you have saved the generated Tags File in the same location, it is also visible from this form. However, generating a report with it will not include any analysis data as the tags are formatted for Word and not Excel.
To generate the Custom Methods Report:
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Select the Zone(s)/Joint(s) you want to report.
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Select the "Output Directory" for the generated report.
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Select the desired template(s).
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Click "Generate Report".
After generation, the Custom Methods Reports will automatically open for review. Notice that nothing will be reported for a tag if that failure method is not enabled on the Zone/Joint you are analyzing.