Euro NCAP FWDB
Euro NCAP VTC Simulation and Assessment Protocol Frontal Impact
This topic focuses on the automation of the FWDB Criterion (Assessment Criteria) assessment using REPORTER.
Introduction
The Euro NCAP Front FWDB 2026 REPORTER Template can be used to perform the FWDB (Assessment Criteria) Euro NCAP VTC Simulation and Assessment Protocol Frontal Impact
Section 3.2. The FWDB case. For more information about scoring and methodology please refer to Euro NCAP Scoring and Colour Bands
Firstly, in PRIMER, you should have set up the occupant and structures required for your Simulation model. This can be found in Workflows in the tools menu, then Automotive Assessments and under the Crash Test dropdown find 'FWDB Full Vehicle', and for Version select "2026" and fill out the occupants and Structures. Then save the created Workflows data using the Save to File or Save to Model buttons. For more information see the 'Automotive Assessments PRIMER' manual. Automotive Assessments PRIMER
Using the REPORTER template
Before using the REPORTER template, you should have defined the occupant and structures user data required for your model in PRIMER (see Automotive Assessments PRIMER for details).
In REPORTER, click the tab and then filter by Virtual Testing (under protection) & Euro NCAP (under regulation) and double-click to open the template.
You will be prompted for the Simulation (.key) file. Once selected the REPORTER Template will run and produce the results.
REPORTER Results
Page 1: Contains all point totals for each occupant body region as well as the overall point total and the true point total. For more information on the colours, points and scoring please refer to Euro NCAP Scoring and Colour Bands
Page 2: Contains the subjective modifiers
Pages 3 and 4: give a more detailed score overview for each occupant. The occupant is split into its respective body regions and criterion.
Pages 5 - 52: Contain T/HIS graphs and plots of all the occupant and structure criterion
Running in Batch
The template can also be run in batch mode, specifying the required information through command line arguments.
If your results are in the same directory as the keyword file then you only need to specify the keyword file on the command line and the test file and red zone which are specific to this template:
<reporter_exe> -batch -file=<template_name> -varKEYWORD_FILE=<keyword_file> -varTEST_FILE=<test_file> -varRED_ZONE=<red_zone> -exit
[Add the -pdf, -html, -pptx command line arguments to write the report out in the format you want]
Where:
| reporter_exe | The full path and filename to the REPORTER executable |
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| template_name | The full path and filename of the template you want to use. The workflow templates can be found in $OA_INSTALL/workflows/templates/automotive_assessments |
| keyword_file | The full path and filename of the keyword file |
If the results are in a different folder to the keyword file, you will need to add an extra argument to specify it:
<reporter_exe> -batch -file=<template_name> -varKEYWORD_FILE=<keyword_file> -varRESULTS_DIR=<results_dir> -exit
Where:
| results_dir | The full path to the results directory |
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Similarly if you want to output the images and other files generated by REPORTER to a different folder than the default, you will need to add an extra argument:
<reporter_exe> -batch -file=<template_name> -varKEYWORD_FILE=<keyword_file> -varOUTPUT_DIR=<output_dir> -exit
Where:
| output_dir | The full path to the output directory |
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