The Report Generator builds a production-quality document that gathers the analyses you choose — the kind of artifact a coating engineer hands to a customer or files in a design package. The output is a self-contained HTML or PDF file, available in English or Russian, and it reuses the same validated calculation engines as the analysis windows, so every number in the report matches what you see in the app.

Open it from the Report button in the Information ribbon group, or from File → Export Report. It runs as a 6-step wizard.

Settings

Step 1 — Scope. Report on the current design, or on several designs as a comparison report. This step also holds the cover-page fields: title, customer, project, designer, date, and an optional logo.

Step 2 — Sections. Tick the sections to include and reorder them with the ▲ / ▼ buttons. Available sections include the cover, design summary (layer table and totals), optical evaluation, color, refractive-index profile, |E|² field profile, ellipsometry (Ψ/Δ), integral values, the qualifiers verdict, merit operands, and free-text notes.

Step 3 — Options. Per-section settings: wavelength and angle-of-incidence ranges, which curves (T / R / A) and data tables to include, the color illuminant, optional n / OT / QWOT / FWOT layer columns, and tabulated material n,k. Sections that need no options are skipped here.

Step 4 — Language. Generate the report in English or Russian; this sets all headings, axis labels, and table headers.

Step 5 — Output. Choose a single self-contained HTML file or a print-quality PDF. This step also manages presets — save the current report configuration under a name and reload it later.

Step 6 — Preview & Generate. A live preview of the finished report; press generate to export it.

Plots are drawn as inline vector graphics, so the report looks identical in the preview, in the saved HTML, and in the PDF. Presets and an optional cover logo are stored in your Documents\TFStudio folder.

How to read it

The generated report is the deliverable, not an analysis tool — read it the way your customer will. Use the comparison scope when you want one document that puts several candidate designs side by side. Because the report pulls its numbers straight from the same engines as the Optical Evaluation, Color Evaluation, and Integral Values windows, the values are exactly what those windows show; if something looks off, check the per-section options (wavelength range, angle, illuminant) rather than expecting the report to differ from the app.

References

• H. A. Macleod, Thin-Film Optical Filters, 5th ed.