This chapter describes how to print graphics of several windows and how to use selected views for a mass print.
Printing multiple windows
When using several windows for your model display, you can also document the window areas on one page. Activate the More option in the 'Graphic Printout' dialog box, which is available in this case under the 'Window to Print' item (1).
Switch to the Window Arrangement tab (2).
You can specify how the windows are arranged on the sheet:
- As on current screen: The windows are arranged on the page as they are represented in the work window. If they lie next to each other in the work window, the images will be taller than they are wide when printed in portrait format.
- Page filling: Each window is printed on one page.
- 1): Only the first window (on the left or at the top of the work window) is printed.
- 2): The windows are arranged next to each other.
- 3): The windows are arranged one below the other.
Multi print
You can use the current view for a mass print in order to generate graphics for loads, internal forces, and deformations. Activate in the Graphic Printout dialog box the Multi print (1) option.
Further tabs are added to the dialog box (2). Define which graphics of the model, imperfections, loads, and results are to be created automatically (2).
Model
In addition to the current view, seven standard views are available in the 'Model' tab. Tick the 'Views' check box if you want to select one or more of these views for the printout.
Imperfections
Tick the 'Imperfections' check box if you want to print the views of the Imperfection Cases as multiple prints. If you have created several imperfection cases, but you want to print only selected cases, activate the 'Select' option. Then, you can define the imperfection cases in a new dialog box (see Loads for a description).
In addition to the current view, seven standard views are available for the graphics of imperfections.
Loads
Tick the 'Load Cases / Load Combinations' check box if you want to print the load images of the Load Cases and Load Combinations as multiple prints.
If you only want to print certain load cases, activate the 'Select' option (1). Click the text box to the right showing the load case numbers so that the
button appears (2). Click the button to open the 'Select Loading' dialog box. As described in the
Printout Report Manager
chapter, you can define the load cases and combinations for the multi print (3).
In addition to the current view, seven standard views are available for the graphics of loads.
The 'With imperfections' check box controls whether imperfections are shown in the load images.
Results
Tick the 'Load Cases / Load Combinations' check box if you want to print the results of the Load Cases and Load Combinations as multiple prints. If you want to print the results of certain loads, activate the 'Select' option. Then, you can define the load cases or combinations in a new dialog box (see Loads for a description).
Define the results that you want to print as graphics in the directory tree on the right. If you tick a check box, the corresponding image is prepared for the selected load cases and combinations in the activated views.
In addition to the current view, seven standard views are available for the graphics of results.
The 'With loads' and 'With imperfections' check boxes control whether the load images and imperfections are shown in the result graphics.
In the 'General' tab, you can check the preview of the multi print.
