Custom Output Reports in CAESAR II

Nigel Marsh
Chief Pipe Stress Analysis Engineer
Worley Parsons Australia

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Custom Output Reports in CAESAR II

Content
 CAESAR II Output Module
 Building Custom Reports
 Sharing Custom Reports
 Typical Custom Reports
 Other Output Module Features

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CAESAR II Output Module

Standard reports
can not be
modified

Custom reports
are stored in
system folder
and available for
all models

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CAESAR II Output Module

Types of output reports

 Individual
 Summary
 Code compliance
 Nozzle check

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CAESAR II Output Module

 Individual
 Each load case
reported separately

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CAESAR II Output Module

Types of output reports

 Summary
 Loads cases together for each node

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CAESAR II Output Module

Types of output reports

 Code compliance
 Code compliance
statement
 Loads cases
together for each
node

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CAESAR II Output Module

Types of output reports

 Nozzle check

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Building Custom Reports

 Custom reports tool bar

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Report Template Editor

Name

Settings

Preview

Data

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Report Name

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Report Settings

Summary line

Print node on
each line

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Report Settings

Print node on
each line
Summary line - off

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Output Data

Click on to r
open / close

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Output Data

 Available output data

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Output Data

Position in report

Decimal places

Sorts data
- ascending
- descending

Custom name

Column width
0 removes column
-1 default width

Precision based on
units displayed

Label used in
unit conversion

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Output Data

 Combine output types e.g.. Displacements and Restraints

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Standard report at template

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Standard report at template

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Standard report at template

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Sharing Custom Reports

 Exported into file test.C2RPT

 Standardise on projects / company

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Typical Custom Reports

 Displacement summary

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Typical Custom Reports

 Flange summary

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Typical Custom Reports

 Local restraint summary

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Custom Reports

 Questions?

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Filters

 Filter on Node
number
 Node filter not
applied to stress
summary

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Filters

 Filter options

Fields;
Within result type; eg
- Displacements
or - Restraints

Classes;
Between result types; eg
- between Displacements
and Restraints in the
extended results summary

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Filters

 Filter on result
value

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Filters

 Use Line number to filter out boundary conditions

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Filters

 Filter on restraint
CNode
 Exclude soil
restraints

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Using Labels

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Using Labels

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Sorting

 Sort results Double click on

column heading

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Element Listing

 Element listing controlled by ELEMENT.INP

 ELEMENT#.INP are templates that can be used
 Other reports have INP files

P1=‘:6:4 PRESSURE+

6 digits before decimal place

4 digits after decimal place

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Summary

 Custom reports saves time

 Custom reports improves accuracy
 Share custom reports
 Other Output Features

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Custom Output Reports in CAESAR II

Thank You

Nigel Marsh
Chief Pipe Stress Analysis Engineer
Worley Parsons Australia

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