Template builder

CHAPTER 15

Your house style,
built block by block.

In this chapter you will learn to

• Lay out a page with rows, columns and blocks
• Fill in values automatically with variables
• Add fields to type in when creating a report
• Save and share your own templates

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The template builder lets you design report pages with your own layout. Templates you create appear alongside the built-in templates (Standard, Photo ledger, etc.) when exporting a report.

When a report is generated, the images in the report are poured into your template in order. Whatever doesn't fit on one page flows onto new pages automatically, forming the final report (the column in the Insert variables section illustrates how).

Opening the builder

1. Select Export menu → Create Report on the toolbar to open the template selection screen
2. Select the Custom category in the left sidebar
3. Click New to open the template builder

To edit an existing custom template, open it with the Edit button on its card. You can also open the builder with New / Edit from the template selector in the report creation screen.

Screen layout

The template builder consists of three panels.

Layout model

Pages are laid out as nested rows → columns → blocks.

• Stack rows vertically to build the page (+ Add Row)
• Each row can be split into multiple columns (+ / - under Column structure). Merge joins the selected cell with the cell to its right; Unmerge splits it again
• Each column can stack blocks vertically (+ / - under Block rows)

Rows can be reordered by drag & drop in the left panel, or with the ▲ / ▼ (move), ⧉ (duplicate), and × (delete) buttons. Row height, column widths (ratios), and margins are adjusted in the properties panel.

Block types

Each block is one of three types, chosen with Type in the properties panel.

Image types for image blocks

Image blocks let you choose which kind of image to display.

About zoomed-to-measurements images

Zoomed to measurements crops the area enclosing every measurement in the image and enlarges it, keeping the original aspect ratio. Use it when small defects need to be shown large.

The zoom factor is set under Measurement zoom in the Custom Template group of the report screen. When measurements are spread widely, the factor is automatically reduced so that everything fits.

Insert variables

Text blocks can have project and measurement values inserted into them. Choose a variable via Insert Variable... in the content field, and it is inserted as a placeholder such as {{セット名}} (set name). The app inserts these placeholders automatically; their Japanese token names are part of the placeholder syntax and should not be translated or edited manually.

COLUMN

A page is nested boxes plus image slots

What you build in the template builder is the pattern for a single page. Stack rows vertically, split a row into columns, and place text, image and table blocks inside each column — like assembling the nested boxes on the left of the diagram.

Blocks that show photos or measurement values are given a data source (Image 1, Image 2, …). That is the slot that decides which image fills that spot. {{プロジェクト名}} (project name) and {{セット名}} (set name), on the other hand, ignore slots and print the same value on every page.

At export time, the images in the report are poured into the slots in order. A pattern that uses only Image 1 puts one location on each page; use Image 2 as well and you get two per page. Whatever doesn't fit flows onto new pages automatically (when Repeat is set to Auto).

Manual-entry fields

Turn on Make this a manual-entry field when creating the report on a text block to turn it into a field whose content is entered on the report creation screen.

• Field name — Name of the input field (e.g., Notes / Weather)
• Scope — Per page (entered separately for each measured location) / All pages (one entry applied to every page)

Block properties

Data source

Blocks that show images, tables, or measurement variables specify which image's data to display via the data source (slots such as Image 1 / Image 2 ...). Blocks with no data source set are outlined in a warning color.

Text

You can set the font, size (6–32 pt), Bold / Italic / Underline, horizontal alignment (left / center / right), vertical alignment (top / middle / bottom), and text color. Setting the font to (Follow output settings) inherits the default font chosen on the report output screen.

Table

Add columns under Table columns, and assign each column a header and the variable to display (ID / type / judgment / part / quantity / tile count / length / area / width / max temp / min temp / temperature difference / findings / measurement type).

Style (borders and background)

For both text and image blocks, you can set the border (none / all sides / bottom line) and its line width, plus the background color. Text blocks additionally offer Borders in Block (an underline beneath each line of text), and image blocks offer an image margin.

Saving and using templates

• Save with the Save button at the bottom. A name is required
• Saved templates appear as cards in the Custom category of the template selection screen and can be selected when creating a report
• From a custom template's card you can Edit / Export / Duplicate / Delete; use Import in the Custom category to load one (.critir-template.zip format)
• Closing with unsaved changes asks for confirmation

Preview and export

• The center preview updates live at all times. The extra pages created as images flow in can be browsed with the < / > buttons and the page indicator at the bottom
• Setting Repeat to Auto fills each page with as many images as the template has image slots (two per page if it uses Image 2) when the template contains data-bound blocks, and adds pages only as needed (None fixes it to a single page)
• Click the Export PDF button at the bottom to export a PDF