OrcaFlex Manual - Orcina

Automation, Post-processing
Figure: The Duplicate Instructions form
Simulation file selection
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If your load case files (either OrcaFlex simulation files or OrcaFlex data files) are generated by an OrcaFlex batch
script then you should set this option to From Script File and select the script file using the Browse button or by
typing the file name into the "Script File Name" field. A duplicate set of instructions is generated for each file which
is written by the script file. We strongly recommend that you use this option since script files make QA much more
manageable.
Alternatively, if your load case files are generated by some other means then you can choose the Specified option
and you will then be able to specify each load case file directly.
Duplication Method
Usually you will want results for each load case to appear on separate sheets. To do this you set this option to
Different Sheets. The results sheets will be assigned names based on the Sheet Names by option. If you select the
Load Case option then results sheets will be named based on the load case file name. If you select the Index option
then sheets will be named 1, 2, 3 etc. In addition, you may specify a prefix for the sheet name by filling in the Sheet
Base Name field.
Sometimes, however, it is desirable for all the results to appear on a single sheet – this is achieved with the Single
Sheet option. The duplication process will generate new instructions with the same Sheet Name.
When you select the Single Sheet option you must also specify row and column offsets. These offsets allow you to
avoid the results from each load case overwriting other load case results. Suppose that the results from the first load
case took up 20 rows worth of space. In this case you would probably specify a row offset of 22 (to allow 2 blank
rows between load case results) and a column offset of 0.
When the selected duplication method is Single Sheet, you also have the option whether to Duplicate Labels.
When checked, the instruction’s labels are duplicated in the same way as the Different Sheets method, but also
updated with the given row and column offsets. If not checked then no labels are duplicated allowing you to extract
the results from multiple load cases to a single sheet that has only a single set of labels.
Duplicating the instructions
Once you have decided exactly how the instructions are to be duplicated you click the Duplicate button and the
instructions table will be modified to look something like this: