Structural Analysis Reports

For aircraft structural analysis, MPC provides a set of predefined report forms that you can generate in Microsoft Word. This includes:

  • A summary of your answers to the SSI Selection questions for all selected structural items.
  • A summary of the item properties for all selected structural items.
  • The ability to insert any D&O documents that have been attached to selected structural items.
  • A summary of each Environmental Deterioration (ED), Accidental Damage (AD) and Fatigue Damage (FD) analysis that was performed for each selected structural item.
  • A summary of all maintenance tasks that were defined for the selected structural items.
  • The full details for each maintenance task.

You can also generate a report that shows all tasks in the project from all three analysis types - systems and powerplant, structural and zonal. (See Maintenance Review Board Reports.)

To open the report generation window, make sure the Structural Hierarchy tab has focus, then choose Structures > Reports > Reports.

Select Items

In the Select Items area, specify the items from the structural hierarchy that will be included in the report. You can generate a report that contains data from a single analysis or from multiple analyses together.

Select Report Forms

The Available Reports area displays all of the available report forms that are not yet selected. This list includes the standard report forms that are shipped with the software, as well as any custom report templates that you have created.

The Selected Reports area displays the forms that have been selected for inclusion in the generated report, in the order in which they will appear. You can drag and drop the selected forms into the desired position or use the Up/Down icons.

You can double-click a report or use the Include/Exclude icons to move the report between the areas.

Drag and drop the selected forms into the desired position or use the Up/Down icons.

Use the Sort Tasks By are to set the sort order for tasks: by number, by type (e.g., LUB, SVC, etc.) or by interval (with most frequent tasks listed first).

Report Settings

If you want to customize any of the report settings (e.g., font, paper size, add a logo, etc.), click the Report Settings button to open the Report Settings window, then adjust any of the following settings before generating the report:

  • Report Logo will display in the document header, if specified.

    • Select Logo allows you to import a *.bmp, *dib, *.gif, *.jpg, *.wmf, *.emf, *.ico or *.cur graphic. Note that the logo will be scaled down to a maximum size of 150 x 75.

    • No Report Logo displays no logo on the printed report.

    • Default Logo displays the default MPC graphic that was shipped with the application.

  • Paper Size specifies whether the documents will be configured for U.S. Letter or A4-sized paper.

  • Description and operation documents page settings specifies whether included Description & Operation (D&O) documents will maintain their own page margin settings or use the generated report margin settings.

  • Order for pages that are printed multiple times sets the order the pages will be printed in.

  • Use name (not abbreviation) for time units displays the full name of all time units on reports (e.g., 1000 Flight Hours or 1000 FHR).

  • Include 'Task Title' field displays the task title with the other task details.

  • Include 'Analysis Type' field in 'Tasks Summary (Detailed)' report displays the type of analysis the task is associated with in that report.

Generate Report

When you click Generate Report, you will be prompted to specify the pathname/filename for the new Word document that will be created.

Tip: For all predefined Word document reports, the information displayed in the footer of the print-ready report documents comes from the Working Group Stamp stored for the item.

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