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Select the joint elements for which you wish to generate
a report. The elements and the parent of higher level are selected.
You can select them either in the specification tree or in the 3D
geometry.
If you select a joint or a joint body, its children fasteners are
highlighted in the specification tree.
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You can modify the selection once in the
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Click BiW flat reporting
in the Fasteners Review toolbar.
The Flat Report dialog box opens. |
The directory for the report file is the one defined in
Customizing General Settings.
You can modify the path by clicking the Browse icon. The
Flat Report
file dialog box opens letting you choose the file. |
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The dialog box enables you to customize the report through
several options:
- Include comments: specifies that the report should start with
the commented header block showing keywords description.
- Long report: defines the Long report mode.
- Translate coded values: attribute values belonging to a
predefined list of codes are translated according to the NLS
set-up. For instance if the value of the joint element's finish
attribute is "B",
on using this option, it will be displayed with the translation
"Class B" in the report.
- Real numbers precision: corresponds to the number of decimal
digits of all the real numbers written in the neutral file and of
the discretization values displayed in the dialog box above.
This number is between 0 and 10.
- Unit: either be millimeter or inch.
- Discretization: the value affects long reports only as
discretization points of curve bead are not included in short
reports.
- Scientific notation: power of 10.
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Click OK.
The progress bar shows you the remaining exported percentage. |
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Open the .txt file.
It displays:
- one row per fastener containing all its attributes plus its
parents ones.
- fasteners attributes (joined components)
- fasteners' parents attributes (joints and joint bodies)
- joined zones attributes (path ID, thickness, material, etc.)
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Fasteners belonging to a same process type or
process category are displayed in the same order as they appear in
the specification tree. |
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General structure of the Flat Report
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Structure of the commented block
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The flat report begins with an optional commented
block containing the following information: |
- A comprehensive description of the keywords used as column
titles.
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- Some header information such as the product name and the report
date issue.
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Structure of the Results Block
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The flat report contains different attributes which
are spread over tab separated columns:
- Fasteners' attributes
- ID, type, diameter, layer number, etc.
- Fasteners parents' attributes
- Joined contact zone attributes
- Path ID, thickness, material, layer number, etc.
- Additional crossed thicknesses attributes (only in long
reports)
- PROJ, Normal and projection point coordinates
Values and order of the projection attributes
depend on the thickness crossing computation. For further
information about ordering, refer to the
Ordering Thickness Crossing Criteria
chapter.
- Curvilinear fasteners discretization attributes (only in long
reports)
- Point Count, for each point the localization coordinates (X,
Y, Z), the reference normal (W) and the tangent vector (U)
coordinates.
- Projection fasteners attributes (only in long reports)
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- You can only report BiW objects.
- A warning message
is issued in case errors occur during the report process. They are
logged in a .xml file.
Refer to the Import chapter in the Automotive BiW Fastening
documentation.
- One single log file is issued per flat report.
- Deactivated features are not reported; they appear in the log
file.
- A selection of BiW fasteners to be reported can be made prior
to entering the command. This selection can be modified at all time
within the command.
- If no BiW entity is selected, the flat report will contain all
fasteners found in the active product, including those located
within all sub-product instances. In this case, the whole product
structure is scanned recursively, starting from the active product.
- The products coordinates are reported relatively to the active
product coordinates.
- The header always displays the active product information even
if the report deals with an assembly.
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