### Creating and Saving a Custom Report

To create a custom report where you lay out objects where you want them, do the following:

1. Access the Custom Report tab and then apply the part data to the tab.

2. By default, a blank report exists when you first access this tab. But if you need to create a new report, click the Create Custom Report icon from the toolbar and choose New.

Important: Only one custom report can exist on the Custom Report tab at a time. Any existing custom reports visible here will be overwritten if you select New.

3. A new blank report appears:

4. If you want more than one page, click Create Custom Report icon . Then click Append for each additional page you want added. This adds new blank pages to the end of the report. Use the mouse wheel to scroll through the multiple pages.

5. Add the desired objects onto the custom report.

- Right-click and select Add object. A sub-menu of objects appears.

- From the list of available objects, select the object you want to add:

Chart Report Control - Inserts a Chart object into the report. This special report object displays the part's data in a chart format. Text Report Control - Inserts a Text object into the report. This special report object displays the part's data in a textual format.

CAD Report Control - Inserts a CAD object into the report. This special report object displays the part's data in a format comprised of the part's image and labels containing chart data.

CAD Control - This lets you add and position a copy of the CAD model into your report. See "CAD Object" for information on this type of object.

Trihedron Control - This lets you add and position a trihedron object into your report. See "Trihedron Object" for information on this type of object.

Section Cut Control - This lets you add and position a section cut object into your report. See "Section Cuts" for information on this type of object.

Graphic Analysis Control - Inserts a Graphical Analysis object into the report. See "Graphic Controls" for information on this type of object.

Color Bar - This inserts a color bar control into the report. This visual map corresponds to the color-coded tolerance zones used when visualizing features, feature_variables, and so on inside DataPage+. By default, DataPage+ uses a single tolerance zone (green), bounded by negative (blue) and positive (red) out of tolerance zones. But the number of tolerance zones and the colors used for them can be modified inside DataPage+. As this occurs, this color map, as used on the reports, will change to match.

Image - Inserts an image container into the report. Once inserted, a dialog box appears for you to load the desired image after you right-click on the image and select Custom Settings.

TextBox - Inserts a text box into the report. You can use this text box to send text strings to your reports. The user can also type into this text box to edit the string.

Textblock - This control sizes the text to fit its constraints, unlike the TextBox control which is either cut off or wraps when a line of text comes to the boundary. This control lets you display either text or expressions. See "Expressions".

Line - This inserts a line object into the report. You can set the line width and color from the resulting dialog box after you right-click on the object and select Custom Settings.

Rectangle - This inserts a rectangle object into the report. You can set the line width and color of the border from the resulting dialog box after you right-click on the object and select Custom Settings.

Ellipse - This inserts an ellipse into the report. You can set the line width and color from the resulting dialog box after you right-click on the object and select Custom Settings.

Grid Control - Inserts a customizable grid of columns and rows into the report. When you drag the object onto the report, a dialog box appears for you after you right-click on the object and select Custom Settings to define the number of rows and columns. This unique control is more than just a standard table though. In fact, you can program the individual cells, rows, or columns using expressions to display specific information from your database. See "GridControl" for more information.

- Click and drag the mouse to create the object at the desired location on the report.

- Modify the object by right-clicking on it and choosing the desired options from the resulting menu.

- Continue adding objects as needed.

- If using a GAC drag and drop marked profile dimensions from the side bar onto the GAC to get it to display real data.

Note: Most objects will not contain real data initially. These are dummy objects that only become populated when viewed within the Report tab or when a ReportViewer report is created.

5. Size and position the objects as desired.

6. Click the Save Report icon. The Save Report dialog box appears. Choose the desired report format and other options and click OK.

See the "Save Report" topic for information on these report formats.

To view the saved report, if you saved it as a WebReporter report, you will need to load it inside of the Report tab. If you saved it as a ReportViewer report, load it into the ReporViewer application.

Showing Data from Multiple Reports in a Single CAD Control

You can show data from more than one part in a single CAD container by doing the following:

1. From the main parts view, select the parts you want to report on.

2. Right-click and choose Apply. Both parts appear in the drop down list at the top of the side bar.

3. Create an empty custom report.

4. Add a CAD control onto the report. Size and position it as needed.

5. From the drop-down list in the side bar, select the first part.

6. From the side bar list of feature variables, highlight the ones you want to show in the CAD control.

7. Drag and drop the highlighted feature variables from the side bar into the CAD control.

8. The dropped items are displayed as labels surrounding the CAD image.

9. From the side bar's drop down list, select a different part.

10. Highlight the feature variables from that part.

11. Hold down CTRL on the keyboard, and then drag and drop as before.

12. This time, the dropped items appear as new labels inside the CAD control. Note that If you don't hold down CTRL, the CAD control only shows what is dropped; it won't retain the previous labels.

13. Continue using CTRL and dragging and dropping from other parts as needed.

14. Position the labels.