In order to make printouts the user has to choose Printout options under File. The Printout options menu option displays a dialogue-box with eight tabs: Printout selection, Geometry, Concrete input, Loads, Results/member, Results/joint, Results complete frame, Design.

Printout selection

Here a selective choice can be done of the required printout so that the number of pages can be adapted to the user’s wishes.

Under each tab there is a Delete all option which can be used to ensure that possible earlier options have been removed, and that only the options stated after having pressed on Delete all are those that are to be printed.

Geometry

Here the user can choose the geometry-input data that is to be printed.

Concrete input

Here the user can choose the concrete input that is to be printed.

Loads

Here the user can choose the load-input data that is to be printed.

Results/member

Here the user can choose what diagrams and tables are to be printed for each and every member.

Results/joint

Here the user can choose the joint-result tables that are to be printed.

Results - complete frame

Here the user can choose what diagrams and tables valid for the complete frame are to be printed.

Design

Here the user can choose the result that are to be printed.

Use File\Print on the menu line when all results that are to be printed have been chosen.

Print Manager

The function of the Print Manager is to enable the user to make a personal template for what the printout is to look like, the size of the pictures etc. or, alternatively choose the standard template that already exists within the program.

Choose Preview or Print from File or press the Printout button in the main window of the program.

Then choose a printout template from the list. The program comes with a printout template called Standard printout template. Press the More templates… button to edit current printout template or to create a new printout template.

A list on printout templates that can be used will now be displayed. By clicking on the Edit button the chosen template can be changed to the user’s requirements.

A printout template decides the layout of the printout, i.e. what font, colour etc. is to be used. In the example to the left the printout template has been named Standard printout template.

The printout template consist of the following parts:

Tables

A table can have the following appearances:

• Tables with frames
  Frames round the table where each table column is separated from nearby table column/columns with one or several perpendicular lines.
• Tables without frames
  Table divided into columns without separation lines.
• Grey-white layout
  Table without frames where every other table-post has been marked with a soft grey background colour to make it more distinct.
• Personal layout
  This function is the same as that for Grey-white layout, but the user can now choose the background colour himself. A suitable colour can be chosen from a colour palette by clicking on the … button. 
  
  The user can set the appearance of the contents of the table. By clicking on the Table title button to the right of the text the font of the table title can be chosen from a font-dialogue box. This is also valid for the column title and the table-posts.
  
  Note that too big fonts can cause tables or any other objects to fail to fit in the page. If this should happen the table columns, or the width of the objects, will automatically be adjusted in breadth without any regards to text editing.
  
  If the object won’t fit the page the Print Manager will try and create a new page hoping to find more space. This attempt can fail, depending on what personal adjustments the user has done, and the print manager will then cancel the printout generation and show an error message.

Pictures

The user himself can set the size of the pictures by choosing one of the following alternatives:

• 1/1 Page
  Choose the 1/1 page option if you want the pictures to be presented in a whole page size.
• 1/1 Landscape
  Choose landscape if you want the pictures to be presented lying in a whole page size. Depending on earlier printer settings the Print Manager will switch from landscape for pictures to portrait for tables and other text material.
• 1/2 Page
  Choose the 1/2 Page option if you want the pictures to be presented in the size of half a page.
• 1/3 Page
  Choose the 1/3 Page option if you want the pictures to be presented in the size of a third part of a page.
• 1/4 Page
  Choose the 1/4 Page option if you wish the pictures to be presented in the size of a quarter of a page. This option is the most economically when thinking of the total number of generated pages. It is also the most preferable option if the user wants to obtain smaller printouts.
• Picture title
  Press the … button to the right of the text if you wish to change the font size of the picture title.
• Frames round pictures
  Mark Frames round pictures with a cross if all picture objects, that are to be printed, are to have a frame round them.

Other

• Company name
  Press the button to the right of the company name text if you wish to choose an appropriate font.
• Section title
  Press the button to the right of the section title text in order to change the text characteristics of the headings.
• Table of contents
  A table of contents can be obtained by marking this option. All generated objects, as well as the number of the page, on which the  A table of contents can be obtained by marking this option. All generated objects, object has been printed, can be added to the table of contents. The user can, just to mention one example, set if he wants to obtain a table of contents for all printouts that have more than 20 pages. The table of contents is added at the end of the generated document.