Hydromax contains a Report window. This window is used to create a progressive summary of the analyses that have been carried out. This report can be edited via Cut, Copy and Paste; printed, saved to and recalled from a disk file.

When you are in the Report window, the File | Page setup command allows you to customise the page orientation and size you wish to use for reporting. This is important because, inserted tables will be automatically formatted to fit the current page set up. However, once the tables have been placed into the report, their formatting will not be changed by changes to the print set up. Hence it is often most convenient to select the desired report page set up before any analyses have been made. You can for example choose the landscape Page Setup prior to running an analysis to make the tables fit better.

Hydromax will split most results tables so they fit the specified page set up. However, both Loadcase and Criteria results tables will not be split.

The Report window has it's own toolbar permanently attached to the view, as well as a ruler showing you tab stops, indentation and margin widths. Underneath all of this you have your actual editing area.

As the built-in report window only has basic editing and formatting functionality, it is recommended that the report window be used only to accumulate the results. Once all the results have been gathered in the report window, these should be saved and opened in a word processor such as Microsoft Word or Open Office for formatting:

§   set the results tables up as you want them to appear in the report (the report uses the same column widths, fonts etc.); do the same for the graph widow;

§   choose an appropriate paper size for the report (the tables will be split to fit this paper size, so choosing a wide paper size will prevent all but the widest tables from being split);

§   copy and paste the Hydromax report into Microsoft word. Use the Format | Autoformat function in Word (with the default settings) to set the correct styles for the different levels of heading in the document, this will facilitate generating a table of contents and also allows you to re-format the various styles (or import a custom set of styles using the style organiser in Word).

The information below is provided for reference, but it is strongly recommended not to use any of the formatting commands in the Report window. The toolbar has a number of buttons that allow you to change either the current settings, or the section of text that is currently highlighted.

The toolbar contains the following items:

The Ruler comes in two formats, in metric and in inches - the format you have displayed on your screen depends on the current Dimension Units you have (use Units in the Display menu to change this). The format shown below is metric.

The Ruler allows you to set left, right, centre, and decimal tab stops. The tab stops are very useful for creating columns and tables. A paragraph can have as many as 20 tab positions.

The 'left' tab stop indicates where the text following the tab character will start. To create a left tab stop, click the left mouse button at the specified location on the ruler. The left tab stop is indicated on the ruler by an arrow with a tail toward the right.

The 'right' tab stop aligns the text at the current tab stop such that the text ends at the tab marker. To create a right tab stop, click the right mouse button at the specified location on the ruler. The right tab stop is indicated on the ruler by an arrow with a tail toward the left.

The 'centre' tab stop centres the text at the current tab position. To create a centre tab stop, hold the shift key and click the left mouse button at the specified location on the ruler. The centre tab stop is indicated on the ruler by a straight arrow.

The 'decimal' tab stop aligns the text at the decimal point. To create a decimal tab stop, hold the shift key and click the right mouse button at the specified location on the ruler. The decimal tab stop is indicated on the ruler by a dot under a straight arrow.

To move a tab position using the mouse, simply click the left mouse button on the tab symbol on the ruler. While the mouse button is depressed, drag the tab to the desired location and release the mouse button.

To clear a tab position, simply click on the desired tab marker and drag it off the ruler.

Normally, a tab command is applicable to every line of the current paragraph. However, if you highlight a block of text before initiating a tab command, the tab command is then applicable to all the lines in the highlighted block of text.

In addition to menu support, there are also several useful keystrokes that are available while editing the report. These are listed below for convenience:

The report can be saved to a file or read in from a file using the Save and Open Menu commands with the report window highlighted. This is useful if you wish to append an analysis to a report that had been calculated at some time in the past. (Load in the old report, perform the analyses; the new results will be appended to the end of the report which may then be resaved).

Sometimes, it is desirable to insert schematic images of the vessel into the report. This is very easily done, by copying an image from one of the design views and then pasting it into the report at the desired location. Ensure that the colors selected will be easily visible in the white background of the report view.

Depending on which Microsoft operating system you are using (notably Win98), the image may not maintain its aspect ratio and may be pasted into the report as a square. To overcome this problem, paste the image into Microsoft Word first, then copy it from Word back into the Hydromax report window.

Changing the scale will affect the size of the image, and hence the thickness of the lines. For example, copying the image at 1:100 instead of 1:50 will effectively double the thickness of the lines if you make the images the same size in the report. Remember that you can change the font size in the design window.

Image copied at 1:500 (Word image displayed at 200%)

Image copied at 1:250 (Word image displayed at 100%)