Preview window

 

Introduction

The Preview window is a document-like window that can be used for tabular preview of selected entities or results.

Many principles are shared with Engineering Report, therefore many instructions related to using of Preview window will be identical to instruction related to Engineering report.

 

Opening the Preview

The procedure for the opening of the Preview window for non-results tables:

1. In the graphical window of SCIA Engineer select the entities that should be included into the preview.
2. Call function Print / Preview table:
   1. either using menu function File > Print data > Print / Preview table,
   2. or clicking button [Print] on toolbar Project.
3. The preview window is opened and tables are displayed

The procedure for opening Preview window for result tables

• Press the action button Preview in the results properties

Preview window can be also opened from the menu View / Toolbars

 

Note: If the Preview window has been already opened, its content is replaced with the appropriate new tables.

 

Switching between new on old preview window

Conservative users may still use old preview window. The switching can be done in Setup / Options / Other dialogue on the panel Classic GUI.

 

Printing the preview

Content of Preview window can be printed using two buttons. Left one opens print preview backstage view with possibility to modify printing parameters (those parameters are same as in Engineering Report). The right one start printing with the last used setting.

 

Exporting preview

Content of the Preview window can be exported using the Export button. There are the same possibilities as in exporting of Engineering Report.