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We've heard from several folks that an automatic report generator would be a valuable addition to Simulation CFD.
We'd like to get a better understanding of how much demand there is for this (+kudos if you agree!) and what an ideal report generator would look like from your point of view (leave your comments!). How do you use reports today? How would you use reports differently if you could generate them automatically from Simulation CFD?
At the very least it would export images of results with legends.
But in order do this the zoom tool would need to be fixed. It's currently difficult to adjust the zoom scale to a level which displays both the model and the legend in a reasonable way. I wouldn't want an automated report to display my model by "Zoom All" for example, because it would be far too small.
Currently we add planes or iso surfaces and export images individually. Images are then placed into a report where where annotation is added. The reports generally describe the objectives and setup of the simulation along with information about the software used and the methods of calculation.
My ideal automated report would be based on templates. Simulation would provide several templates which would include placeholders for titles, table of contents, model description, results images, and conclusions. These templates could be copied and modified to suit our needs.
The function of the generator would be a wizard format which would guide a user through the process. I don't beleive it's feasible to have a completely automated process because every simulation is different.
Also, I think a lot of reports will need to demonstrate minimum and maximum values across a given area. The bulk-weighted results tool is useful for this, but it's difficult to identify regions in larger models. It would be great if the software could apply tags to the areas instead of just highlighting the outlines. The tags could have some basic style controls like font size and color, and would be a great way to identify the regions from the bulk table in a report.
2015 report generatior gives an error for models having "Initial Conditions" (infoString_w). Workaround is to disable "Initial Conditions" in the "Content" tab of report generator. Note that it will remain disabled until you enable it back again.
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