OpenBuildings™ Designer Help

Simulation Results - Additional Reports

Used to view additional reports of energy simulation results interactively. The range of special reports are also displayed on the Simulation results dialog’s reports tabs when simulation is run for given simulation type.

Tip: The message center displays the "Additional simulation results are available" message upon successful simulation completion. The reports displayed on the Simulation results dialog are saved to the project, and can be viewed at any time by selecting them from the Simulation dialog’s Results tab .
The additional reports are:
  • Heat Gains and Losses
  • Maxi Gain
  • Temperature Frequency
  • Equipment Sizing
  • Plant Energy and CO2


Example of one of the additional reports: (Heat Gain and Losses)

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.