OpenBuildings™ Station Designer Help

Simulation Results - Standard Report

Used to view energy simulation results in reports that are displayed on the Simulation results dialog’s reports tabs.



Note: The Simulation results dialog opens after a simulation has completed. Simulations are defined in the Simulation dialog.
SettingDescription
Toolbar Located along the top of each of the dialog tabs, the toolbar provides controls for viewing, navigating, printing and exporting reports.
The controls from left to right are:
  • Navigate back/forward in history - Disabled
  • Stop - Click to stop regeneration of the reports.
  • Refresh - Click to refresh the results being displayed.
  • First page - Click to jump to the first page of the report. Enabled when "Switch to print preview" is selected.
  • Previous page - Click to jump to the previous page in the report. Enabled when "Switch to print preview" is selected.
  • Next page - Click to jump to the next page in the report. Enabled when "Switch to print preview" is selected.
  • Last page - Click to jump to the last page of the report. Enabled when "Switch to print preview" is selected.
  • Page setup - Opens the Page Setup dialog.
  • Switch to print preview / interactive view - Click to change the layout of the report. The print preview allows you to view each printed page. It activates the navigation buttons (first, previous, next, last page). The interactive view (default) displays the reports in a single scrollable page.
  • Print report - Prints the report.
  • Zoom - Selects a zoom factor from the available drop down menu, or enter the custom percentage zoom factor.
  • Close document map - Click to hide/unhide the table of contents (left panel).
  • Save - Used to export the report to the following formats:
    • Acrobat (PDF) file
    • CSV (comma delimited)
    • Excel 97-2003
    • TIFF file
    • Web Archive
Next/Previous tab The next/previous tab icons appear on the Simulation results dialog when it is resized, and the tabs do not all fit. Use the buttons to move to the next tab or to return to the previous tab.
Dialog tabs The Simulation Results dialog is arranged in a series of tabs. See the "tab" topic links below for details.