AECOsim Building Designer Help

Simulation Results Dialog

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



Note: The Simulation results dialog box opens after a simulation has completed. Simulations are defined in the Simulation dialog box .
Tip: The reports displayed on the Simulation results dialog box are saved to the project, and can be viewed at any time by selecting them from the Simulation dialog box’s Results tab .
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.
  • Export - Used to export the report to the following formats:
    • Acrobat (PDF) file
    • CSV (comma delimited)
    • Excel 97-2003
    • Rich Text Format
    • TIFF file
    • Web Archive
  • Zoom - Selects a zoom factor from the available drop down menu.
  • Close document map - Click to hide/unhide the table of contents (left panel).
Next/Previous tab The next/previous tab icons appear on the Simulation results dialog box 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.