ShapeBuilder offers both quick and custom-made reports. The two built-in reports, Basic and Full, are designed to get you what you typically need with the click of a button. You may also manually build up the report you want by adding and removing tables and graphics. After finishing your report, you can print the report or export it to a spreadsheet or any text-based program. Please note that currently there is no way to setup and save a custom report template. However, the active report inside of the project file will be saved and available upon reopening the project.

Modifying Reports

You may modify any report after it has been created in the following ways.

Width

Click on a graphic or table in the report and use the Project Manager | Report Filter to change the width of the image or table.

Order Number

Each table or graphic has an Order Number, which helps organize items in the report as they are automatically positioned to fit the page. The higher the number, the further down in the report the item will be located. Items with the same number are grouped together as much as possible. To move something to the end of the report, give it a large number. To make something first you can give it a negative number. Unless you give every single item a unique Order Number, you won't be able to control the exact order of items as they are positioned by size.

Add/Remove Items

You can add a table to the report by dragging one from the Available Tables list onto the report or the Included Tables list. You can remove any table or graphic image using the Project Manager | Tables control. Click the X next to the name of the Included Table.

Property Descriptions

You may optionally include the definitions of properties using the Show Descriptions check box. This is a report-wide setting that will automatically make tables full-width so that the definitions are easy to read.

Copy & Paste Images

The built-in report images may not be as clear or zoomed for optimal reporting. Use the Copy command to capture either graphic view, exactly the way you want to see it, switch to the Report View and Paste the image (you can paste any image from any product into your ShapeBuilder report).

Basic Report

The Basic Report contains a graphic from the active Sketch View or Analysis View. It also includes the simple and advanced results. The image placement depends on the aspect-ratio of the sketch view window. You may customize this report after it has generated to add, arrange, or remove items.

Full Report

The complete report includes a full page Sketch View and well as full-page graphical views of all the calculated stresses and functions. It also includes the simple and advanced results. You may customize this report after it has generated to add, arrange, or remove items