Post-processing - HTML report template

HTML report template

B-SIM comes with two templates, generating a basic and an extended report. Moreover, any HTML file with a specific format cam be used as the template. This allows users to create HTML reports according to their needs.

The report template actually used by B-SIM can be selected in Configuration.

The report templates coming with B-SIM

Two report templates are available. Click on the template name for detail information:
Basic template (bs_basic.htm)
Extended template (bs_extended.htm)

Creating user-defined report templates with B-SIM
Arbitrary number of user-defined report templates can be created. The template file is an ordinary HTML-formatted file, containing specific strings identifying B-SIM report variables. Every variable name used in the report template must be enclosed in two '$'. For example the variable for the final average thickness

fem_mean_thickness_def

must be specified as

$fem_mean_thickness_def$.

Every variable in the template is replaced with the appropriate value during the export file creation process. Any unknown variable names in the template will result in the following text generated in the export: "Unknown variable 'xyz'". This enables an easy identifying of errors in the report template.

Value of variables are in the units system specified in Configuration. It is user's responsibility to use the variables for units description in the report template. The variables representing units in the actual B-SIM version (2.4) are in the following table. Also these variables have to be enclosed in '$' when used (e.g. u_thi has to be specified as $u_thi$).

List of B-SIM variables representing units

Value represents:	Variable containing unit:	Resulting text:
Value represents:	Variable containing unit:	SI	US Customary
Thickness	u_thi	mm	inch
Temperature	u_temp	°C	°F
Pressure	u_press	MPa	psi
Stress	u_stress	MPa	MPa

Below is a list of all currently available B-SIM variables which can be used in the user-defined template files.

List of B-SIM export variables

Variable name	Description
Basic info variables
report_doc_name	Title of the HTML document
software_version	Software version stamp
date_and_time	Current date and time
project_name	Name of the project file
solver_start_time	When solution started
solver_duration	How long it took
solver_result	Result of solution (OK, instabilities, hardware key problems etc.)
solution_type	Preview or Full solution

Project file variables
sheet_file	Parison/preform file name*
tool_files	Tool files list*
process_control_file	Process control file name
material_file	Material file name
heat_and_friction_file	Heat and friction file name
project_programmer	Programmer (from Project file)
project_#	# (from Project file)
project_job_number	Job number (from Project file)
project_comments	Comments (from Project file)

FEM grid (parison / preform) details
fem_number_of_elements	Number of elems on FEM grid
fem_number_of_nodes	Nnumber of nodes on FEM grid
fem_min_x	Initial FEM grid min x
fem_min_y	Initial FEM grid min y
fem_min_z	Initial FEM grid min z
fem_max_x	Initial FEM grid max x
fem_max_y	Initial FEM grid max y
fem_max_z	Initial FEM grid max z
fem_min_x_def	Final FEM grid min x
fem_min_y_def	Final FEM grid min y
fem_min_z_def	Final FEM grid min z
fem_max_x_def	Final FEM grid max x
fem_max_y_def	Final FEM grid max y
fem_max_z_def	Final FEM grid max z
fem_mean_thickness	Initial mean thickness
fem_mean_thickness_def	Final mean thickness
fem_mean_temperature	Initial mean temperature
fem_mean_temperature_def	Final mean temperature
fem_mean_thickness_def_without_clamped	Final mean temperature, excluding clamped elems
fem_thickness_nonuniformity_factor	Thickness nonuniformity factor
fem_elems_list_all_with_nod_index	List of elements. Placing this variable to HTML template causes generation of a table with all elements details. Remark: Including this variable to the export template can result in long reports, which take longer to generate and display.
fem_nodes_list_all	List of nodes. Placing this variable to HTML template causes generation of a table with all nodes details. Remark: Including this variable to the export template can result in long reports, which take longer to generate and display.

VRML, variable profile picture, variable color scale
$vrml_thi_final	Creates WRL file with the final thickness profile on FEM grid and embeds it into the generated HTML report.
$scale_thi_final	Creates a picture with color thickness scale and embeds it into the generated HTML report.
$vrml_temp_final	Creates WRL file with the final temperature profile on FEM grid and embeds it into the generated HTML report.
$scale_temp_final	Creates a picture with color temperature scale and embeds it into the generated HTML report.
$vrml_vm_final	Creates WRL file with the final von Mises stress profile on FEM grid and embeds it into the generated HTML report.
$scale_vm_final	Creates a picture with color von Mises stress scale and embeds it into the generated HTML report.
$vrml_explanar_final	Creates WRL file with the final planar extension profile on FEM grid and embeds it into the generated HTML report.
$scale_explanar_final	Creates a picture with color planar extension scale and embeds it into the generated HTML report.
$vrml_LL_final	Creates WRL file with the final L1/L2 profile on FEM grid and embeds it into the generated HTML report.
$scale_LL_final	Creates a picture with color L1/L2 scale and embeds it into the generated HTML report.