Document tables

Tables are the basic parts of the document. Tables can contain information about the project, different settings, results of FEM analysis designs or checks. Nearly all information from the project can be displayed in the document as a table.

By default each table creates a chapter and Caption of the table represents the name of the chapter.

Inserting of tables

There are following ways how to insert tables into a document:

Those ways are explained in the chapter related to editing of SCIA document.

Types of tables

There are available two basic types of tables: result tables and non-result tables. Non-result tables display information about the project (list of members, nodes, load cases, combinations, cross-sections, supports, setups, ...). Result tables are tables which shows results of some calculations, those can be results of FEM analysis or results of some designs or checks.

Non-result tables

Those tables has following properties.

Property Name is the identification of the table. \It is filled automatically after inserting of the table and usually contains the type of entities which are displayed in the table. The content of property Name is generated according to language of the UI.

Property Caption is the name of the chapter which contains the table. Content of the property Caption is generated automatically and if it is left unchanged it is also translated automatically after switching the language of the document (see chapter related to editing of document).

Property Caption visible controls displaying of the property Caption as a name of the chapter - see following pictures

User can reduce the content of the table by using property Type of selection. Here it is possible to switch between following values:

Property Template name enables to switch between predefined table templates = files with definition of table layout.

Property Visible is linked with the "eye" icon on the navigator. Hidden tables are present in the document data but not visible. Hidden tables are by default not regenerated even if they are invalid (see chapter related to hiding and locking of document items).

Property Locked is linked with the "lock" icon on the navigator. Locked tables are by default not regenerated even if they are invalid (see chapter related to hiding and locking of document items).

The properties Visible and Locked are not displayed in the property grid. They are controlled via icons in the Navigator.

Result tables

Result tables has the same properties as non-result tables plus properties of the result that the table is displaying Those result properties are the same as are available when displaying the result in SCIA Engineer.

The result properties must be taken from SCIA Engineer after each change, therefore there can be delay in displaying those properties in case the SCIA Engineer is busy. Waiting tasks for properties can be seen on the Tasks panel. In case the tasks are stuck in the queue it is advisable to check whether the SCIA Engineeris not blocked by any message-box. The communication can be also blocked by some modal dialogue displayed in SCIA Engineer.

It is also possible to select from predefined result table templates using Template name property.

Extended editing of result properties

In the version 17 there was introduced possibility to edit special result properties. By the "special" are meant those properties which are usually accessible via [...] button. Those properties are not available in property grid in Engineering Report, but can be accessed by ribbon command "Extended editing of properties". It is useful e.g. for changing of drawing setting for results in Result picture generator or to edit setting of some special results.

 

Changing of result properties or changes in selection property causes invalidation of the table. Changes in Name, Caption, Visibility, Locking and Template name are processed immediately and does not affect validity status of tables.

Graphical presentation of values

All numerical values in tables can be also represented by background graph. The background graph can display relative value of current table field with respect to the maximal value of this field within the table.

This graphical representation of values is by default switched ON for result tables (results of FEM analysis).

Users can switch the graphical representation ON/OFF on the ribbon View using switch Draw graphs in tables.

Graphical representation colour setting in the Style editor:

Graphical representation control in the Table layout editor:

Working with templates

Each table in SCIA Document is composed from raw data according to table layout. table layout contains information about table geometry and list of values which should be displayed in the table. Definition of table layout is called template. Predefined table templates are stored in *.TLX files.

Table layout can be changed by user in two ways:

It is not necessary to regenerate tables after editing of their layout. Changes are displayed immediately.

Changes done in table layouts are related to the edited tables only unless user explicitly saves his changes in Table layout editor (see further).

Editing of table template is done in Table layout editor. It can be started Edit button from the ribbon Home.

Splitting of tables into more columns

From version 2013.1 it is possible to split narrow tables into more columns. he splitting is available for horizontal and vertical tables. It is by default switched ON for some typical examples of narrow tables e.g table with structural nodes.

The splitting can be controlled (switched ON/OFF) in the table layout editor. T

Number of columns is calculated automatically to fit on the paper width. The gap between columns is defined in the style editor.